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  • LOL @ Beeblebrox
    E.T.Cook had this to say on Dec 18, 2007 Posts: 8
    Why is Apple Getting a Bad Rap?
  • That's the ticket...prove that you aren't an arrogant prick by coming in and being the grammar police. Fulfilling the stereotype 4TW!!11!!!!11!!!eleventyone!!!1!!
    E.T.Cook had this to say on Dec 18, 2007 Posts: 8
    I've Given Up Arguing with Windows Users
  • Sebastien, Thank you for your forthright response. I agree with you 100% in what you are saying. Not only from a personal perspective to I find that type of self-righteous attitude despicable, but as I have said many times prior, it also does a diservice to the platform and the community in general. It isn't until we can admit that our preferred platform is fallible, and that it isn't utopia that there will be true development pushing forward. It is amazing the contrast between the Mac community, which mocked Vista for the bugs it had upon shipment, with the apologists who managed to rationalize away the issues with Leopard. The individuals that are rightfully criticising Leopard for being in many ways a mess are few and far between. This is where the Mac and Windows people tend to divert. I don't remember the last time a Windows blog apologized or rationalized the shortcomings of Vista so adamently, but yet we experience it every day on the Mac side. Worse yet, the hypocrisy of the individuals who STILL degrade Vista even with the current state of Leopard is just baffleing, and only goes to substantiate the double standard that Mac zealots possess. Where is the WTF attitude? Where are the demands for Apple to right their wrongs? Where is the accountability? I want every security flaw, every bug, every issue period of the Mac platform to be well published. I don't need someone telling me how great my preferred platform is, quite the opposite, I need someone telling me how it could be improved, and help us hold Apple accountable, and keep their record of innovation going! To answer your aggregate and overall question...why is apple getting a bad rap?... The answer is...its own userbase.
    E.T.Cook had this to say on Dec 18, 2007 Posts: 8
    Why is Apple Getting a Bad Rap?
  • Sebastien, thank you for responding. When I said you were being disingenuous, I was referring to the same notion reinharden was putting forth...that you really aren't representing Apple in an honest light. Regarding the hardware issues. As I stated before, I wouldn't be so damned angry about all the issues I had if it wasn't for the Apple apologists and the terrible support I receive inside the Apple store (Willow Bend, Plano TX). Every time I walk in there I feel like I am in the midst of elitist pricks, and the "apple genius" behind the bar has no qualms with lying to me, or denying that there is an issue at all. There have been a few times that I have gone in for issues like my power cable, and the individual behind the bar has looked me straight in the eye, and told me that he has never seen an issue with the power cables on the MBP before...are you serious?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? Every time I go up there with an issue, it almost feels like they are angry because I am casting aspersions against Steve Jobs himself. Personally, I hate Apple tech support. I hate the Apple store. I try to stay as far away from Apple elitists as I can because of their condescension and arrogance. I am not comfortable around them. Maybe because I'm employed, don't dress like a 15 year old douche, and don't wear thick rimmed black glasses. I apologize for lashing out, it is just that every time I think about my experiences at the Apple store I just get myself worked up. I have yet to have a great experience there.
    E.T.Cook had this to say on Dec 18, 2007 Posts: 8
    Why is Apple Getting a Bad Rap?
  • I'll tell you why they are getting a bad rap. Because I am on my 5th replacement iphone. They raped their biggest supporters with a 1/3 price cut within 60 days. Their new OS is buggy beyond belief. My MBP had speaker issues, display issues, keyboard issues, battery issues, and I've had to replace my power cord 3 times. This isn't what makes me angry though. It is the Mac apologists that dismiss the fact that Apple is fallible and act like there are quality, software, or build issues within their products. THAT makes me angry. Also, based on what you say above in your post and in your comment Sebastien, I can only label your post as disingenuous.
    E.T.Cook had this to say on Dec 18, 2007 Posts: 8
    Why is Apple Getting a Bad Rap?
  • You know what I find the most harrowing about this article? That after the whole Malcor affair, Applematters was oft portrayed as objective and fair individuals, and many distanced them from the typical zealotry garbage that permeates most Mac blogs...so I added them to my feedlist. Come to find out, they are just as piss poor as everyone else! Why can't we just get fair analysis and coverage without the condescension? Sure some punditry every now and again is alright...but the above article is just plain garbage. Why I am forced to sift through vitriol like the above, or Gruber's unsolicited liberalism just to get some Mac news is infuriating. Cut the shit, and give it to me straight. And Hadley, you want to talk about personal attacks, how would you perceive the above to be? I am a relatively recent convert into the Mac world, am I one of the imbeciles that James is referring to? How self-righteously indignant. Applematters has "Stouped" to a new low.
    E.T.Cook had this to say on Dec 18, 2007 Posts: 8
    I've Given Up Arguing with Windows Users
  • My point of course being: why does one have to be superior to the other?
    E.T.Cook had this to say on Dec 17, 2007 Posts: 8
    I've Given Up Arguing with Windows Users
  • This article only goes to show your own hubris and arrogance, which is shared by most Mac users. Very rarely do Windows users champion the superiority of Windows, they are just defensive as a result of the constant insults and condescension. I am an avid Mac user, but I still get livid at the apologists, and the vitriol that spews out of the mouths of most mac elitists.
    E.T.Cook had this to say on Dec 17, 2007 Posts: 8
    I've Given Up Arguing with Windows Users