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Apple and the US patent system
Sox:
My macbook pro battery exploded, then the power adapter fried, and now it's useless unless I replace those parts for £160.
Once they stop things like that from happening, and make the macbook line into something as reliable as their desktops, maybe then they'll be worth so much freaking money.
I have drawn the conclusion that a macbook is something you buy if you have that much money doing nothing, but it is definitely not something that you should save up for, because it's guaranteed to have some issues down the line, and if you couldn't really afford it in the first place, you definitely won't be able to afford a repair.
It's only their notebooks that I have these issues with, however. In 8 years, I have never experienced any kind of problem whatsoever with desktop macs. If I were to go back and start again, I'd get a macbook desktop and a regular old laptop, because now I am stuck with neither.
Alex C:
--- Quote from: Jeans on 06 Mar 2010, 14:09 ---(This is, of course, just me trying to rationalise the fact that I bought a mac despite knowing that Apple are diiiicks.)
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Jens, the only reason I'm not going to give you much shit about your last post is the simple fact that you obviously aren't trying very hard.
I know I come across as overbearing in my Apple hate at times, but honestly, it's largely because for years now people have tended to view Apple as a fuzzy, cuddly Microsoft alternative. Frankly, I'm of the opinion that you should never, ever just give a company the benefit of the doubt in regards to their business practices.
look out! Ninjas!:
I never got how that worked considering Bill Gates is the biggest philanthropist in the world or near enough to it, and Apple has been routinely called out on its shitty workplace practices.
ipods are pretty though.
David_Dovey:
Guys due to your use of Letter-Based Word Architecture In A Forum-Oriented Environment For Information Construction And/Or Troll-Based Implementation you all owe me $12b
Alex C:
--- Quote from: look out! Ninjas! on 07 Mar 2010, 00:33 ---I never got how that worked considering Bill Gates is the biggest philanthropist in the world or near enough to it, and Apple has been routinely called out on its shitty workplace practices.
ipods are pretty though.
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Yeah, it takes a long time to change perceptions. I blame the '90s-- Apple losing tons of money but eventually becoming profitable again as the dotcom bubble burst was basically the feel good IT story of the decade compared to Microsoft squaring off against Netscape. An antitrust suit is bound to generate a helluva lot more bad press than Apple jerking around their authorized resellers, even if both bad practices are pretty devastating to the people they affected.
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