Then in my opinion they are a bunch of saddo's that need to get out more. :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Daniel
...but still no different to lots of other companies. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Daniel
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Then in my opinion they are a bunch of saddo's that need to get out more. :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Daniel
...but still no different to lots of other companies. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Daniel
Well I can't speak for Android. I tried to Frape someone who owns a Desire the other day and couldn't, but it may just take 5 minutes of getting used to it :pQuote:
Originally Posted by barryfullalove
Apple stuff is simple, I'll give it that to a certain extent. Anyone who's owned an iPod will tell you that the iPod itself is good, but iTunes is ****. You should try out a WinPho7 phone, they're dead easy to use and if people would actually get over the whole Microsoft stigma they're actually pretty good.
My thoughts on Vista are well known. IMHO it was a good operating system which although not perfect was still better than XP, earlier last decade there were always stories in the news about big vulnerabilities in XP before SP2 came along. Vista brought proper support for multi core processors and a whole raft of other improvements. UAC was annoying but anyone who knew what they were doing switched it off as soon as Vista booted up for the first time ;) But granted Windows 7 is much better.....
Getting a little more on topic, 2 of my colleagues at work went to a presentation today to talk about iPads in an education environment and both came away seeing obvious positives to the technology but also seeing lots of disadvantages compared to laptops and just generally feeling that it wasn't money well spent.
Of course but is this something that we should condone? I'd be FAR more interested in Apple products is they actually said what they could do for me rather than trying to appear more than what they actually are.Quote:
Originally Posted by BDunnell
Few things from that. Firstly, I haven't really got a anti-MS bias, I just think they should stick to PCs and certainly avoid consoles. Secondly, I hate MediaPlayer, it may run better than iTunes and have better features (and not f things up so much) but I just can't get to grips with it. Thirdly, iPads (and indeed, tablets in general) are pointless in virtually all environments.
I can only repeat what I said before: I don't think Apple is any different to any other company in this respect. Why single Apple out?Quote:
Originally Posted by Daniel
As for Apple's image, maybe it is worth pointing out that journalists might often be well-disposed towards Apple products because the NUJ offers discounts to members with the Apple Store. Private Eye pointed this out a few years ago, the intention being to highlight how this could lead to biased reviewing. However, this was the first I'd heard of this, so I immediately took advantage of my NUJ membership and got money off my new MacBook. Thanks, Private Eye. My own experiences of Apple products? Almost entirely positive, though the physical build quality of MacBooks would appear to leave something to be desired. Mine needed a new screen after a year and part of the trim on the front came away, apparently a common failing. But, again, in all of this, whether positive or negative, there is nothing unique to Apple.
I disagree about the iPad and tablets. I think in some environments they are certainly good. I mean imagine you're in hospital and the doctor is making his/her rounds all they need to do is dock their tablet or swipe it at the foot of your bed to get all your charts up and have access to years of your medical data. That sort of thing can only be good. There are other environments where it can also be good too.Quote:
Originally Posted by barryfullalove
But for me the use of an iPad would be when I'm on the couch and when I'm on the crapper. It's too big to be properly portable because if I'm going to walk around with a few hundred pounds of electronic equipment I want it to go into my pocket. It's too big to type on one handed and you can't really type on it two handed either....... My phone also does what the iPad can do but just in a more convenient form factor. When I'm not using my phone I'm probably on my PC and a tablet just isn't as compact or useable as my phone nor does it have as many features as my PC.
There's no excuse for the RROD really, but the fact that Microsoft have gone from nothing to being up there with the rest after just 2 consoles says a lot about how well they've done things. If not for Microsoft then Sony might still not have proper online gaming.....
That's why I say virtually all environments. There other places where it makes things a bit easier but TBH I see them as non-essential. As you say you can either use a pc/laptop/netbook for serious typing etc. or a smartphone if portable is needed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Daniel
As a side note, I was on holiday last week and one of the lads in the hostel had his iPad stolen (he was in a dorm of 20 and fell asleep with it on his chest). I genuinely cannot see one good reason for taking an iPad with you when you're travelling around Europe. I took a crappy Nokia phone from work (think it was a 3110c) and even that got stolen so it's hardly a big surprise that a piece of kit like an iPad would get lifted.
Are you done? Well allow me to retort :p
Apple make some excellent products, there's no two ways about it. They take ideas that others have struggled with (touchscreen phones, tablets, app stores); refine the user experience and market them with style. The vast majority of their products work perfectly the vast majority of the time for the vast majority of users.
Their marketing is superb, such as the way they've engineered queues "round the block" for the new iPad, largely by restricting where you can buy one. You couldn't buy online at launch, and no third party retailers had them. Want an iPad2? Queue up at an Apple store. Looks good in the papers, doesn't it, but it's hardly a way to do business in the 21st century.
Where I do have a problem with Apple is this idea, perpetuated by some of their biggest fans and encouraged by their marketing people, is that they can do no wrong. They have released botched hardware and software more than once, and while they are by no means the only offender they always seem to go on the defensive and either deny the problem or blame the user (First gen Apple TV's failures, "you're holding it wrong" etc).
That's the reason I brought up the alarm clock problem when it resurfaced. It simply should not happen on a ~£500 piece of kit. No excuse.
My other problem with Apple is the way they lock down the ecosystem. Now there's perhaps nothing wrong with that on some hardware - I never hear people complaining that they don't have freedom to root their PS3 or the inbuilt satnav in their BMW. But on a computing device the degree of control is too harsh. I saw a recent Facebook post from someone on here complaining how they were struggling to get iTunes to talk to their phone following a software update - a quick Google revealed that many others had the same problem. Because Apple have this paranoid fear of people exchanging files without their permission there's no way round it. Me? I just have my SD card as a shared drive on my home network, piece of cake.
Don't get me wrong, I like the fact that Apple exist. They drive others to compete, and plurality of competition is a good thing. I just simply cannot fathom the blinkered love (or indeed hatred) that some people seem to show for them.
That certainly wasn't true for the iPhone 4, I got mine delivered on launch day.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dave B
My point related specifically to the iPad2 :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark