Comments on: Apple is vexing me http://comments.deasil.com/2007/10/08/apple-problems/ escape colon w q Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:48:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: felix http://comments.deasil.com/2007/10/08/apple-problems/#comment-6224 felix Mon, 15 Oct 2007 12:38:58 +0000 http://comments.deasil.com/2007/10/08/apple-problems/#comment-6224 Michael, I believe it is new - I think it is a special sauce they cooked up especially for the intel macs. As for the iPhone... well, despite everything I said, I still find it to be the best phone I've ever owned. Well, I did really love my old nokia sliders from the late 90's... As for laziness and throwing away discs... well, I wish I had been lazy enough not to throw away those freaking disks. But, I was never really a hardware DIY'er. I fear and hate hardware, so generally speaking just deal with what I'm given, and fortunately Apple generally gives me just what I want. And, I'm increasingly moving towards keeping everything on external drives and just using internal drives for the OS and other unimportant things. Michael, I believe it is new - I think it is a special sauce they cooked up especially for the intel macs. As for the iPhone… well, despite everything I said, I still find it to be the best phone I’ve ever owned. Well, I did really love my old nokia sliders from the late 90’s…

As for laziness and throwing away discs… well, I wish I had been lazy enough not to throw away those freaking disks. But, I was never really a hardware DIY’er. I fear and hate hardware, so generally speaking just deal with what I’m given, and fortunately Apple generally gives me just what I want.

And, I’m increasingly moving towards keeping everything on external drives and just using internal drives for the OS and other unimportant things.

]]> By: Poyla http://comments.deasil.com/2007/10/08/apple-problems/#comment-6198 Poyla Fri, 12 Oct 2007 02:54:32 +0000 http://comments.deasil.com/2007/10/08/apple-problems/#comment-6198 Ahhh the support side I did not even think of. And true, Fe takes lazy to a level most can not even appreciate, aside from Garfield and maybe Jabba. I think if they had decent help pages online, like they do now, the DIY'ers would probably need far less customer service or support than the customer they are used to now. I don't know, I just want to have all the options i can when building a machine, and it's a shame to have to only wonder what cool hard drives or graphics packages they would create if they were designing parts. -P Ahhh the support side I did not even think of. And true, Fe takes lazy to a level most can not even appreciate, aside from Garfield and maybe Jabba. I think if they had decent help pages online, like they do now, the DIY’ers would probably need far less customer service or support than the customer they are used to now. I don’t know, I just want to have all the options i can when building a machine, and it’s a shame to have to only wonder what cool hard drives or graphics packages they would create if they were designing parts.
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]]> By: ronin http://comments.deasil.com/2007/10/08/apple-problems/#comment-6194 ronin Thu, 11 Oct 2007 15:05:25 +0000 http://comments.deasil.com/2007/10/08/apple-problems/#comment-6194 Well, Macs aren't really for DIY'ers like you and I. They're for lazybones like Fe who just want to unbox and go. ;-) And since Apple's targeting that type of consumer, keeping the Mac relatively locked down works better from a support standpoint. Well, Macs aren’t really for DIY’ers like you and I. They’re for lazybones like Fe who just want to unbox and go. ;-) And since Apple’s targeting that type of consumer, keeping the Mac relatively locked down works better from a support standpoint.

]]> By: Poyla http://comments.deasil.com/2007/10/08/apple-problems/#comment-6191 Poyla Wed, 10 Oct 2007 15:56:38 +0000 http://comments.deasil.com/2007/10/08/apple-problems/#comment-6191 This falls into why people like me don't use macs, even from graphics. The simple fact that you can not build your own mac has always been crazy to me. They have great products and great minds designing their stuff, but the lack of integration with other merchandise is still a mystery to me. Not only would they make more money selling parts AND machines rather than one or the other but they might actually learn something and apply it new products. I want a better graphics card, or a better cooling system? I install one. I don't have to sacrifice something else for the money to go get a new system. Mac heads would argue, well thats because the mac system wouldn't need a new cooling system or graphics cards, but I say BS. Maybe for 2 years, then you want to change something up. I drool at the day I can go out and buy a mac OS and some mac parts and put em on my ol pc :) Anyway, good read. This falls into why people like me don’t use macs, even from graphics. The simple fact that you can not build your own mac has always been crazy to me. They have great products and great minds designing their stuff, but the lack of integration with other merchandise is still a mystery to me. Not only would they make more money selling parts AND machines rather than one or the other but they might actually learn something and apply it new products. I want a better graphics card, or a better cooling system? I install one. I don’t have to sacrifice something else for the money to go get a new system. Mac heads would argue, well thats because the mac system wouldn’t need a new cooling system or graphics cards, but I say BS. Maybe for 2 years, then you want to change something up. I drool at the day I can go out and buy a mac OS and some mac parts and put em on my ol pc :) Anyway, good read.

]]> By: ronin http://comments.deasil.com/2007/10/08/apple-problems/#comment-6183 ronin Tue, 09 Oct 2007 15:52:02 +0000 http://comments.deasil.com/2007/10/08/apple-problems/#comment-6183 Now if someone hadn't tossed the install discs to begin with he wouldn't be having this problem. ;-) I store my MBP discs in a safe place and keep a copy in my daily commute bag at all times. Not sure when it began but it seems like Apple's been making the install discs model-specific for some time now. Now if someone hadn’t tossed the install discs to begin with he wouldn’t be having this problem. ;-) I store my MBP discs in a safe place and keep a copy in my daily commute bag at all times. Not sure when it began but it seems like Apple’s been making the install discs model-specific for some time now.

]]> By: Michael Natale http://comments.deasil.com/2007/10/08/apple-problems/#comment-6177 Michael Natale Tue, 09 Oct 2007 00:47:26 +0000 http://comments.deasil.com/2007/10/08/apple-problems/#comment-6177 Is this something new with the install disks? I've used Mac Mini install discs to reinstall one of the original Powerbook lines. I had an eMac, use MacMinis and PowerBooks/MBP's at work, and I thought the only incompatibility I ever ran into was processor type. Are you sure there's not some other issue going on with your particular situation? As for the iPhone, the things you outline are exactly why I didn't buy one and don't plan to for a couple years. Even putting aside that Apple tethered the iPhone to one of the worst cell carriers EVAR (IMHO), historically whenever they enter a new product space they have growing pains like everyone else. Unlike everyone else, they have a megalomaniac/supra-genius at the helm who (if reports are to be believed) may not take suggestions or criticism well and is notoriously infamous for being the final decision maker for, well just about everything. Not a good combination. (can you say iMovie 08?) I'm a huge Apple fan, but enough of a realist to realize that El Jobso is both a blessing and a curse at times. Is this something new with the install disks? I’ve used Mac Mini install discs to reinstall one of the original Powerbook lines. I had an eMac, use MacMinis and PowerBooks/MBP’s at work, and I thought the only incompatibility I ever ran into was processor type. Are you sure there’s not some other issue going on with your particular situation?

As for the iPhone, the things you outline are exactly why I didn’t buy one and don’t plan to for a couple years. Even putting aside that Apple tethered the iPhone to one of the worst cell carriers EVAR (IMHO), historically whenever they enter a new product space they have growing pains like everyone else.

Unlike everyone else, they have a megalomaniac/supra-genius at the helm who (if reports are to be believed) may not take suggestions or criticism well and is notoriously infamous for being the final decision maker for, well just about everything. Not a good combination. (can you say iMovie 08?)

I’m a huge Apple fan, but enough of a realist to realize that El Jobso is both a blessing and a curse at times.

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