"There can be no doubt that 2005 was a stellar year for Apple. From record-breaking quarterly financial reports and the release of Mac OS X Tiger to the announced transition of the Macintosh to the Intel platform and new iPods, Apple fired on all cylinders throughout much of the year, creating unprecedented demand for many of its products." Update: Here are photos of the cooling system for the Quad-core PowerMac-- one of those could counteract global warming. Seriously.
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Member since:2005-06-29
This is just a joke.
There will always be exceptions. But I guess you are too busy hating Microsoft to admit that Windows has the best backwards compatibility in the industry.
Don't see anything that will prevent them to do so.
Try talking to some real Apple resellers, which I do regurlarly. Supply is a major problem for Apple (iPod Nano, the 20" iMac G5). Supply isn't one of Apple's strong points.
Member since:2005-11-23
>But I guess you are too busy hating Microsoft to admit that Windows has the best backwards compatibility in the industry.
Don't think so, I am using MSDOS/windows since 15 years.
>Supply is a major problem for Apple (iPod Nano, the 20" iMac G5). >Supply isn't one of Apple's strong points.
You are talking about hardware, Microsoft only do software.
But I guess you are too busy hating Apple...
Edited 2005-12-30 16:14
Member since:2005-07-06
Humm, let's see. I had the slow memory failure on my powerbook 15".
Called Apple (I haven't Applecare): two days laters I had my powerbook back at home repaired.
I've got an iBook at home. 2 months after the 1 year warranty expired the track pad stopped working. I rang Apple and the rep said they could fix it, but it would cost me £230, although he couldn't give me an exact figure...
The AppleCare terms and conditions state the following:
In the event Apple repairs or replaces your Covered Equipment, you understand and agree that the replacement product and parts that Apple provides may be manufactured from new, refurbished, or serviceable used parts
So, if you've got a fault with one on their products they may replace it with a refurbished version. For a products that is under guarantee this is totally unexceptable. If there's a fault it should be replaced with a brand new version.
Member since:2005-06-29
In the UK, they only have to replace a failed component with one of similar value, it is perfectly acceptable in the UK to use refurbished parts that are of same value as the failed components.
Also you'd be suprised how many shops sell returned 'used' goods as new, there are quite a few that have been mentioned in Computer Magazines about people getting a supposedly New PC to find other people details on them and their personal documents.
It is against the UK Trade and Descriptions act to sell used goods as new yet people still do, atleast Apple is being honest about it, opposed to promising new components when there is a chance they may just be off another returned system that has something else wrong with it.
Member since:2005-07-06
Don't see anything that will prevent them to do so. Supply 90+% of the computing world only means "prints more CD"...
Um, hardly! It means supporting 90% of the world's weird software, outdated hardware, and freakish use-cases. Printing CDs is the least of Microsoft's troubles.
>Humm, let's see. I had the slow memory failure on my powerbook 15".
Called Apple (I haven't Applecare): two days laters I had my powerbook back at home repaired.[/i]
My reaction to Apple's support is mixed. When I broke my iPod while installing a firmware update (I have no idea how...), I went to the Apple Store, and they gave me a new one free of charge. On the other hand, they accidentally shipped my PowerMac with a Spanish-language keyboard, and I still haven't gotten a replacement more than a month later. Dell's support has been uniformly excellent, on both machines I've bought from them.
Member since:2005-11-23
>Um, hardly! It means supporting 90% of the world's weird software, outdated hardware, and freakish use-cases. Printing CDs is the least of Microsoft's troubles.
Since when Microsoft are supporting all hardware ? They just made a generic OS, hardware manufacturers provide the drivers.
Stop the FUD.
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2005-11-23
>Could Apple support 16 years' worth of binaries?
This is just a joke. I have a hundred of softwares/games running on win 95, 98 that doesn't run anymore with windows 2000 and XP.
>Could Apple supply 90+% of the computing world with operating systems AND office solutions at the same time?
Don't see anything that will prevent them to do so. Supply 90+% of the computing world only means "prints more CD"...
>Could Apple succesfully enter the highly difficult console gaming market?
I agree with this, Microsoft should only make console as they are not able to do a good OS and as they have 90% of market share only due to games running on windows.
>Will Apple start to take customer support seriously..?
Humm, let's see. I had the slow memory failure on my powerbook 15".
Called Apple (I haven't Applecare): two days laters I had my powerbook back at home repaired.
You are right, I think they didn't take me seriously.
Edited 2005-12-30 16:10