The Poisoned Apple
Apple
PC or Mac? FireFox or IE? Both are common questions in the IT world, well I’m FireFox on a PC both in the office and at home. However i do own an Apple iPhone and Apple TV. I have yet to experience any problems with Apple TV, but here are some of my thoughts on the iPhone.
Apples are apparently better than PCs, what with windows updates, blue screens etc. that you get with Microsoft Windows, however what they don’t tell you is Apple are equally as bad they just take a different approach, instead of blue screens or error messages, you just get a “pretty” colour wheel whilst things are loading / restarting to try and distract you from the fact that it’s taking just as long to load than a PC would. Give me a Quad Core Xenon with Vista and i assure you it would be just as fast if not faster than a Mac.
When Apple released their iPhone 3G on 2.0 firmware, there was a huge amount of problems and very shortly after they announced 2.1 firmware which was meant to fix crashing of applications, general lag and other issues. However whilst running 2.1 you will not find applications crashing or lag because instead of locking up your iPhone they just close for no reason at all! This is really frustrating when you are trying to use an application on your IPhone, especially the ones Apple make you pay for! Either fix the problem or leave it broke, don’t claim to have fixed something that you clearly haven’t – you just changed how it handles the error!
On the day of release of the new Mac-Book Air, Apple announced numerous updates to fix known issues with software. Why release something that isn’t ready? If you want to make a claim to something at least have evidence to support it, this is just from what i know, I’m sure with a little digging i could find a lot more wrong with Apple’s methods and claims.
A friend recently had a similar experience with an Apple Time Capsule.
Brooke Bryan
October 21st, 2008 at 10:51 pm #
Great Post! We are all very aware that Apple Users are simply being hypnotized by that bloody colour wheel. I don’t see how an OS built around looking nice is a good environment to work with unless you’re using Adobe Photoshop and other design related programs. My conclusion: If you use an Apple Mac for anything other than design…. http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=JixbzFjv_cU
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October 21st, 2008 at 10:52 pm #
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Sadie Charles
October 25th, 2008 at 11:15 am #
Thank you for the informative opinion on apple. I now know not to buy an apple! (although bearing in mind your opinion is probably a little bias) Glad to see you are keeping up with your blog!
Jasper
February 25th, 2010 at 8:07 am #
Hehe, you two and your Apple bashing are never going to let it go, are you?! I can’t really comment on the TV or Time Capsule – I have Sky+ and just a normal NAS because it was cheaper and it’s just a hard drive, but the OS is solid. Sure, there are negative things you can say about it – the pinwheel is one of the most obnoxious features of any operating system ever, and the hidden preferences smack of laziness and an attempt to hold ties with Linux that aren’t really there. The lack of a decent package manager (Macports? Really?) is also a huge pain in the ass, but if there was one, you can bet it’d be policed to the point of uselessness anyway! That being said, it’s just a marginally stripped Unix system (most of the parts you get back with developer tools anyway) with a pretty GUI.
Windows isn’t without its problems either – Vista forgetting settings, being prone to crashing (much, much more so than OSX is my extensive experience with both), regedit and the horrible Add/Remove Programs.
As much as dirty little Windows fanboys like to sit and poke Apple users for wearing their turtlenecks and being pretentious douches, Apple users could poke fun right back for being pimply, adware blocker-installing nerds. It’s all just namecalling and, more importantly, it’s all just an OS that you choose! If you’re comfortable with the computer you use, that’s enough. If I come along with something you’ve never used and say I like it, it might perk your interest to try it and go back if you don’t like it (like I did when Windows 7 came out – great improvement, still not enough for me). I don’t think I’ll ever understand the Windows is best, Mac sucks crap. It just doesn’t matter – it’s a tool you can use to get through your day – whatever makes it easiest.
Also, are you /really/ (as a Windows user) going to start going on about something being released to meet a deadline without being ready?! Really?! You know that cancels out at least one positive thing you said about Vista, don’t you?
Jasper
February 25th, 2010 at 8:10 am #
Also, Brooke – you don’t see how an OS with a focus on attractive UI is an improvement? It’s something you’ve got to sit and look at all day, why shouldn’t it look nice if it’s got all the function?