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Originally Posted by speakingtohe
crapple? I don't own an IOS device, but I have a hard time giving any credence to someone using such a term with out substantial stated reasons. Have you had years of hands on experience with Apples?
I understand someone not liking it, but with millions of seemingly happy users I doubt it is quite that bad.
Helen
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The world is full of stupid people, that has been known since dawn of time and it hasn't gotten any better since then.
People will spend a lot of money on something that looks nice. The fanatical devotion the average Apple product owner possesses, far outstrips the devotion of any similar product type -- leading me to doubt their reasons are based on logic.
Having used a borrowed MacBook for a week or so, I can say: NEVER AGAIN. For starters, the interface is IMHO a nighmare...
It's not that the hardware is bad (it is overpriced because of the Apple logo on the back) it is simply that you are forced into a mold, matching the cultish nature of the product.
A Mac will limit what you can do, and then charge you extra money for some pretty basic things.
As has been pointed out, for example, they now solder the RAM into the machine so you have to buy a preconfigured box with more RAM rather than buying the RAM yourself and upgrading it (tends to be cheaper).
Millions of happy users also doesn't in and of itself provide a proof in comparison to the far greater number of people who use Windows... and are quite happy. I also would like to point out it is iOS, not OSX, that is Apple's big seller.
Perhaps there are people with legitimate reasons even though they haven't passed your personal approval yet?