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#62Earlier quoted context omitted.
On the other hand, iPhone OS (or how was it called in early days) was a clear inspiration for Android. You cannot deny Apple basically invented many phone UI metaphors, that were directly copied (and I don't mean it in negative sense) into Android UI. And to your other point... closed nature has its upsides too. Look at gaming consoles, they work quite well despite being crazy controlled. And Apple never wanted to do…
I would argue that the best gaming console of all time is the PC.
I would argue that the PC is a terrible gaming console, as crappy drivers and graphics APIs (and the wide variety of hardware) rob PC games of huge amounts of the total performance the hardware is capable of.
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#63Thank you for being flawed enough that you failed to stop Android taking over the phone market, and thereby preventing the world from entering a technology dark ages where hardware and software ecosystems are locked down and controlled by huge corporations.
On the other hand, iPhone OS (or how was it called in early days) was a clear inspiration for Android. You cannot deny Apple basically invented many phone UI metaphors, that were directly copied (and I don't mean it in negative sense) into Android UI. And to your other point... closed nature has its upsides too. Look at gaming consoles, they work quite well despite being crazy controlled. And Apple never wanted to do…
I'm not sure about that. The iPhone UI is definitely a good piece of engineering, and it's certainly more polished than what came before, but I don't think it invented anything novel.
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#64He's not dead yet.
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#65Steve, thanks for personal technology so good it's ruining my life: http://www.addictionandsubtraction.com/30-day-smartphone-fas...
And yes, I'm being somewhat facetious.
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#66Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm starting to wonder where this meme comes from. I would hardly call owning a product produced by the most successful company in the world and a household brand being a "hipster". Apple products are not really overpriced. Try buying a capable iPad-like tablet for less than $499. Try buying something like the 11" Macbook Air for less than $999. The iPhone 3GS is $49 with a two year contract. Is there a rebel without…
iMacs and mac minis are overpriced. Of course the high price also comes from using mobile components but still, you can get a Desktop PC with the same specs as an iMac (including a 27 inch screen) for several hundred $ less than an iMac.
But is it going to be an all-in-one aluminium case ?
No ? Oh so it's not really apples-to-apples then.
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#67I am disappointed by how many of the comments flashing by in the twitter stream on that site are people insulting Steve Jobs and Apple users in general. Not exactly surprised, but disappointed nonetheless.
There's a lot of hate and prejudice cultivated in some circles vs. Apple and people who use their products. It's certainly worthy of a cultural study or analysis. I suppose this is mainly the 'us vs. the other' mentality... Linux users get that ridiculous BS, too.
Microsoft gets a lot of hate, too.
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#68Earlier quoted context omitted.
Almost every other laptop manufacturer also does that, at least now-a-days. And it was true when I got my first laptop, a ThinkPad in 2004. Did Apple start the trend, and was it different before that? I am not sure, I could not find enough conclusive pictures of older models. More broadly, this is the kind of rationalizing which probably come from some irrational hate that the grandparent is talking about. Also to ta…
None of the Thinkpads that I have on hand (x30, T41 tablet, X201, Z61m, covers ~ 10 years) exhibit that feature, so it's not something "thinkpad does". The difference with the Apple logo is that it is usually illuminated - rather than mere branding that you have to look for, it actually pulls your eye and works as an advertisement due to the difference in illuminance.
The apple logo is also designed to be viewed by others, NOT the owner.
Thinkpad's branding ("Lenovo" and the angled "Thinkpad" in the corner) face the owner when the laptop is closed.
The Apple is inverted. When the laptop lid is up (in use), it's advertising Apple to others. When the laptop lid is closed, the owner sees an upside-down apple.
That's marketing genius.
(Typed on a Thinkpad, running Debian GNU/Linux, of course: while I appreciate marketing genius, I prefer technical superiority ;-)
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#69Earlier quoted context omitted.
There's a lot of hate and prejudice cultivated in some circles vs. Apple and people who use their products. It's certainly worthy of a cultural study or analysis. I suppose this is mainly the 'us vs. the other' mentality... Linux users get that ridiculous BS, too.
Microsoft gets a lot of hate, too.
The dynamics are different when it's the mainstream hating you and those being discriminated against are significantly outnumbered. Where that applies to which group definitely varies widely by social circle.
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in all honesty I think wozniak deserves more credit and bill gates did more to get affordable home computers to the mass than jobs did. But I have no doubts Jobs would of been successful regardless.
That is extremely debatable.
which part is debatable ?