Stop the Apple iPad Fanboy Articles...

hidari · 07-05-2010, 06:24 PM

This man seems angry....

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2365786,00.asp

vaughnmr · 07-05-2010, 06:36 PM

That's John Dvorak, and I think he came pretty close to nailing it. It's really funny, if you think about it.

At least people have something new to hate here, it used to be the Kindle and Amazon, and that was getting kinda old...

kjk · 07-05-2010, 06:41 PM

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Originally Posted by hidari

This man seems angry....

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2365786,00.asp

Dvorak? He isn't angry. Just having some fun with Apple users-for more hits to his stories, of course:
http://www.scripting.com/2006/06/09.html

Quote:

I was talking with Dvorak at the Vloggercon party this evening, and he started telling a story about how he deliberately pisses Mac users off to get flow for his stories, and I said, hold a minute, I want to record this, and shit if he didn't stop and repeat it for me and my video camera. I guess now I'm an official video blogger.

Scoble was there too:
http://scobleizer.com/2006/06/10/joh...s-for-traffic/

Video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMQv0j29WHA

Android users weren't too happy Dvorak seemed to have moved on from Apple to Android:
http://www.androidcentral.com/dvorak...-apple-android

Telling Android users to shoot themselves:
http://phandroid.com/2008/10/23/pc-m...hoot-yourself/

murraypaul · 07-05-2010, 06:48 PM

This bit:

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There's an insecurity amongst Apple fanboys. It says that the company's products have a lot of flaws no one wants discussed. It's amazing how they stew in their own anger when the mildest critique appears. It's as if they are being personally targeted.

Is true of absolutely every device. See how ruffled all the eInk fans get about pro-iPad articles

Other than that, the article is just as blatantly pandering as the ones he is complaining about:

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I've yet to find anyone who can show me a useful app on the iPad, other than a text reader.

That's just rather sad flame-bait by someone desperate for attention

vaughnmr · 07-05-2010, 07:01 PM

The Cranky Greeks is hilarious most of the time. People need to get a life, and quit getting their feelings hurt by references to the hardware or software they happen to be using. We are individuals, and what's good for one may not be for another, that's just the way it is.

fishface · 07-05-2010, 07:09 PM

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pandering, uncritical "news" stories.

Somebody call the police! The interwebs, it is being pandering and uncritical!!! Oh noes!!

wodin · 07-05-2010, 08:45 PM

John Dvorak should get the SuperTroll of the year award,

hidari · 07-05-2010, 09:48 PM

anyways...sometimes good to stir the pot......

J. Strnad · 07-05-2010, 10:09 PM

Dvorak's been around a long time, always playing the cranky role and more than not, hitting a few nails on their heads. I love his stuff whether I agree or not. He's the original "Get off my lawn and pull your damn pants up!" cranky old man. Love it.

LDBoblo · 07-06-2010, 12:18 AM

Yeah the iPad adoration can be a bit sickening at times...

...but at least it's not E-Ink!

NavyDad6 · 07-06-2010, 10:48 AM

Cranky or not... he hit the nail on the head. My wife asked me if I was going to "upgrade" my kindle to an Ipad.

She and the majority of apple "fanboys" don't understand the difference between the two. Sad.

BenLee · 07-06-2010, 11:24 AM

I appreciate the man for going against the grain a bit. People get too caught up in the Apple marketing, they really do. I mean, the lines in NYC for iPhones were just absurd if you think about what they were offering....It's a PHONE...with some apps....not a device that performs open heart surgery!

carld · 07-06-2010, 02:14 PM

Dvorak is right about some of the over-the-top fanboyishness, but he's also a professional curmudgeon.

HansTWN · 07-06-2010, 09:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BenLee

I appreciate the man for going against the grain a bit. People get too caught up in the Apple marketing, they really do. I mean, the lines in NYC for iPhones were just absurd if you think about what they were offering....It's a PHONE...with some apps....not a device that performs open heart surgery!

Perhaps with the antenna issues a lot of those fanboys will need open heart surgery in the near future.

Anyway, the author is right on the money. When obvious faults are being defended as "features" that is when fanboism starts.

pboss · 07-06-2010, 11:05 PM

That guy looks like J.S.Bach from my elementary music textbook with some nerd glasses on. Gotta love what he says.

07-05-2010, 06:24 PM	#1
hidari MR Drone Posts: 1,613 Karma: 15612282 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: DRONEZONE Device: PB360+, Huawei MP5, Libra H20	Stop the Apple iPad Fanboy Articles... This man seems angry.... http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2365786,00.asp

07-05-2010, 06:36 PM	#2
vaughnmr Ebook Reader Posts: 605 Karma: 3205128 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Texas Device: Kindle 3, HTC Evo, HTC View	That's John Dvorak, and I think he came pretty close to nailing it. It's really funny, if you think about it. At least people have something new to hate here, it used to be the Kindle and Amazon, and that was getting kinda old...

07-05-2010, 07:01 PM	#5
vaughnmr Ebook Reader Posts: 605 Karma: 3205128 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Texas Device: Kindle 3, HTC Evo, HTC View	The Cranky Greeks is hilarious most of the time. People need to get a life, and quit getting their feelings hurt by references to the hardware or software they happen to be using. We are individuals, and what's good for one may not be for another, that's just the way it is.

07-05-2010, 08:45 PM	#7
wodin Illiterate Posts: 10,279 Karma: 37848716 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: The Sandwich Isles Device: Samsung Galaxy S10+, Microsoft Surface Pro	John Dvorak should get the SuperTroll of the year award,

07-05-2010, 09:48 PM	#8
hidari MR Drone Posts: 1,613 Karma: 15612282 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: DRONEZONE Device: PB360+, Huawei MP5, Libra H20	anyways...sometimes good to stir the pot......

07-05-2010, 10:09 PM	#9
J. Strnad Guru Posts: 915 Karma: 3537194 Join Date: Feb 2009 Device: Kobo, Kindle 3, Paperwhite	Dvorak's been around a long time, always playing the cranky role and more than not, hitting a few nails on their heads. I love his stuff whether I agree or not. He's the original "Get off my lawn and pull your damn pants up!" cranky old man. Love it.

07-06-2010, 12:18 AM	#10
LDBoblo Wizard Posts: 1,385 Karma: 16056 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Asia Device: Kindle 3 WiFi, Sony PRS-505	Yeah the iPad adoration can be a bit sickening at times... ...but at least it's not E-Ink!

07-06-2010, 10:48 AM	#11
NavyDad6 Reading is FUNdamental Posts: 233 Karma: 1516 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: WA state Device: Kindle 2	Cranky or not... he hit the nail on the head. My wife asked me if I was going to "upgrade" my kindle to an Ipad. She and the majority of apple "fanboys" don't understand the difference between the two. Sad.

07-06-2010, 11:24 AM	#12
BenLee eReader Junkie Posts: 304 Karma: 1220 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: New York City, NY Device: Kindle + Sony	I appreciate the man for going against the grain a bit. People get too caught up in the Apple marketing, they really do. I mean, the lines in NYC for iPhones were just absurd if you think about what they were offering....It's a PHONE...with some apps....not a device that performs open heart surgery!

07-06-2010, 02:14 PM	#13
carld Wizard Posts: 2,698 Karma: 4748723 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: Kindle Paperwhite	Dvorak is right about some of the over-the-top fanboyishness, but he's also a professional curmudgeon.

07-06-2010, 11:05 PM	#15
pboss Evangelist Posts: 408 Karma: 646 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: none	That guy looks like J.S.Bach from my elementary music textbook with some nerd glasses on. Gotta love what he says.

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