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ProfCrash · 11-19-2013, 11:37 AM

The same can be said for the Kindle/Nook/Sony wars of yester year. Of which, a shamefully must admit, I participated. Some times it takes a while to realize that what matters is that someone is happy with what they have and not proving that you have the best stuff.

I get some of the Apple angst. Apple has always had an interesting mixed rep to me. They make great products that work and have good customer support but there is an element of "cool clique" to them that rubs me the wrong way. And I really like to have devices that allow me to do what I want, with who I want, when I want.

The downside to my iPad is that I cannot play certain games with my friends on Android tablets. That annoys me. But more of the games that I like are available for Apple and not Android so I went with Apple.

I think that the more viseral reaction is the the folks who line up to buy the new product the day it is released because they have to have the latest and greatest. I know people do that with other products but my Apple friends seem to be more exuberiant in announcing their camp outs.

And a part of me is probably jealous. I would love to have enough money to buy the latest iPad on releae day every year. I know you can trade in a device and get the next one at a discounted price but it strikes me as still expensive and unnecessary because the upgrades just are not that big of a deal.

It is important to some folks to have the latest and greatest on release day. We see that here with e-readers. If folks are comfortable with spending the money on that, who am I to judge?

And then the judgmental part of me says that my K3 and PW2 are less expensive together then my iPad. I think I could actually toss in the DXG and still have three devices that are less expensive then my iPad. All spaced out n purcahse time and all have different features that made them attractive.

And I just don't get the need for a phone that does that much. And before long I am at "those crzy, wasteful nutjobs" who are buying the latest and greatest so they look cool and do they really need to be on Facebook 24/7 and yelling at kids to get off my lawn....

So I am going with product hatred is normally not all that rational and leds to yelling at small children so maybe we should all take a breath and let peope buy what they want.

I am going to make myself some more tea.

11-19-2013, 11:37 AM	#8
ProfCrash Tea Enthusiast Posts: 8,554 Karma: 75384937 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Somewhere in the USA Device: Kindle1, Kindle DX Graphite, K3 3G, IPad 3, PW2	The same can be said for the Kindle/Nook/Sony wars of yester year. Of which, a shamefully must admit, I participated. Some times it takes a while to realize that what matters is that someone is happy with what they have and not proving that you have the best stuff. I get some of the Apple angst. Apple has always had an interesting mixed rep to me. They make great products that work and have good customer support but there is an element of "cool clique" to them that rubs me the wrong way. And I really like to have devices that allow me to do what I want, with who I want, when I want. The downside to my iPad is that I cannot play certain games with my friends on Android tablets. That annoys me. But more of the games that I like are available for Apple and not Android so I went with Apple. I think that the more viseral reaction is the the folks who line up to buy the new product the day it is released because they have to have the latest and greatest. I know people do that with other products but my Apple friends seem to be more exuberiant in announcing their camp outs. And a part of me is probably jealous. I would love to have enough money to buy the latest iPad on releae day every year. I know you can trade in a device and get the next one at a discounted price but it strikes me as still expensive and unnecessary because the upgrades just are not that big of a deal. It is important to some folks to have the latest and greatest on release day. We see that here with e-readers. If folks are comfortable with spending the money on that, who am I to judge? And then the judgmental part of me says that my K3 and PW2 are less expensive together then my iPad. I think I could actually toss in the DXG and still have three devices that are less expensive then my iPad. All spaced out n purcahse time and all have different features that made them attractive. And I just don't get the need for a phone that does that much. And before long I am at "those crzy, wasteful nutjobs" who are buying the latest and greatest so they look cool and do they really need to be on Facebook 24/7 and yelling at kids to get off my lawn.... So I am going with product hatred is normally not all that rational and leds to yelling at small children so maybe we should all take a breath and let peope buy what they want. I am going to make myself some more tea.