The Anti-Apple-Fanboi Thread

[Barrister]

From what I've been able to gather, Apple tends to shit on its customers.  Yet its customers still worship the brand.  I wish my company could pull that off.

Trying to be objective here:

-what I've read is that apple products in terms of reliability seem to be only so-so.  Plenty of stories of problems.  But that Apple (through its Apple stores) is very good about fixing/replacing faulty items.

[Kleves]

On the other hand, but Xbox just broke for the fourth goddamn time, and Microsoft wants to charge me $100 to get it fixed. So, you know, go Apple.

[sbr]

I want a game console made by Apple.  The iBox, maybe.

[katmai]

On the other hand, but Xbox just broke for the fourth goddamn time, and Microsoft wants to charge me $100 to get it fixed. So, you know, go Apple.

I went and bought a arcade xbox for $100 more as it was worth it to get away from the noisy old 1st gen xbox360 i had.

[BuddhaRhubarb]

From what I've been able to gather, Apple tends to shit on its customers.  Yet its customers still worship the brand.  I wish my company could pull that off.

Trying to be objective here:

-what I've read is that apple products in terms of reliability seem to be only so-so.  Plenty of stories of problems.  But that Apple (through its Apple stores) is very good about fixing/replacing faulty items.

I'd agree. I've had several macs now (and several PCs as well as my new Ubuntu netbook) and yeah they have a built in obsolescence. But if you don't know that going in, you are being willfully obtuse. All electronic devices are made mostly to complicate your life further. The paperless office? yeah that happened.

When I had only PCs I had some hardware issues (that were in the end, satisfying to figure out and fix, same thing with the macs I've had.

They are all just computers. tools for me to waste time arguing heatedly with strangers from strange lands about shit I have vague theories about.

Macs imho are just as messed up as other systems. Also I've never paid any kind of fortune for one either. I have a 4 year old imac that runs like stink. needs the occasional reboot, but that's it.