[AprilHare]

Originally Posted by stustaff

I did say people who like apple and tell others about that, Im assuming thats what you meant by Fanboy?

I think you're missing the spirit of the word 'fanboy'. Think fanatic boy, i.e. immature male fanatics. Filled with specious arguments and rabid support without justification or indeed supporting evidence.

Originally Posted by stustaff

I cant see why that only applies to Apple? as far as i am aware that happens with every product and manafacturer.

I disagree. Not every manufacturer has fanboys virulently promoting products the way Apple does. I can't say if Apple isn't directly behind quite a lot of it, especially with respect to the computer side of the business.

Originally Posted by stustaff

We are clearly both excellent at making assumptions

Observation isn't assumption.

Originally Posted by stustaff

You implied that quite clearly, by suggesting i buy the product due to propaganda. I dont see why you feel the need be mocking anyone on here unnecessary imo

Mocking? Me? Never!

Originally Posted by stustaff

But that has nothing to do with what I said, in my experience people want to look at new gadgets and Im more than happy to let anyone i Meet play with anything of mine.

My point is, you promote it by handing it to others to play with.

Originally Posted by stustaff

They should go on an apple diet

My fingers are as Nature made them and no dieting will ever reach Apple UI standard for me.
I believe I read an article that stated it was due to limitations in the handling of the display, not my fingers - but it's easy to not care about the distinction when you can't ring a phone number on a phone!

Originally Posted by stustaff

manipulate? bit strong for me, their software is designed to run on their hardware and they protect that right and the law agrees with them. I doubt Sony would be happy if I hacked their latest PRS firmware to work on other ereaders either.

I doubt anyone has tested their silly agreements very hard - except Pystar. They managed to sell Mac clones without much trouble. But manipulation I call it still, as Pystar have felt pressure from Apple and have wound down parts of their business.
But it doesn't stop Apple
Sony use Linux and Adobe ADE in their firmware. Not unique. And the linux is quite installable on different machines (yay for open source!). Try doing *that* with old OS X. (Don't give me Darwin - Darwin is certainly not OS X.)

Originally Posted by stustaff

Again I dont disagree but the fact is Apple arent unique in that.

Those were unique Apple issues, but there were more where that came from! More than other manufacturers I am aware of.