Apple are annoying me
As a mother someone who has to fix computers everyday I wouldn't recommend them to anyone and its nothing to do with the fact they are shiny fisher price fashion accessories, but because they break. I currently have 4 on my desk in various states of hardware failure. three are under a year old. The hard drives are shit and fail all the fucking time. Apple are trying to squeeze even more profits by putting shit nasty hardware in their shiny boxes and the apple fanatics are eating up every spoonful of the shit they are being served. This annoys me greatly. I hope Steve Jobs gets cancer and dies.
( Peej, Thu 17 May 2012, 15:56, 7 replies, latest was 12 years ago)

....
Sobs, you means
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 17 May 2012, 15:57, Reply)

and "candies"

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Thu 17 May 2012, 16:01, Reply)

Makes it sound so much nicer

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 17 May 2012, 16:02, Reply)

I have an apple but I also have a blackberry running on Orange
I can't remember what date I got them, but the raisons were clear at the lime
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 17 May 2012, 15:59, Reply)

My phone contract is up for renewal. I don't want to replace my iPhone with another smart phone, as I have a blackberry for work and an iPad.
However I have no idea what sort of 'normal' phone to get.
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Thu 17 May 2012, 16:00, Reply)

a tele

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 17 May 2012, 16:01, Reply)

lol

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 17 May 2012, 16:02, Reply)

Get one of those 'old fart' phones with massive buttons so you don't get confused.
Alternatively, mr b3th has a rugged JCB phone with a laser pointer and a torch and shit.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Thu 17 May 2012, 16:13, Reply)

Does he wear it clipped to his belt?

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 17 May 2012, 16:15, Reply)

Round his neck like a panic button
b3th, come quickly! I can't reach the bourbons!
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 17 May 2012, 16:17, Reply)

He doesn't need a panic button
Every five minutes, it's "(b3th's nickname)! How do you spell X? Where's Y? Come and look at some random shit I found on the internet!"

It's like having kids.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Thu 17 May 2012, 16:21, Reply)

It's not
You need more shitty nappies and piss
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 17 May 2012, 16:22, Reply)

Give it a year or so...

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Thu 17 May 2012, 16:22, Reply)

BUT WHAT ABOUT MR B3TH?!!?!?!!111!

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 17 May 2012, 16:24, Reply)

a ha ha ha ha ha.

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Thu 17 May 2012, 16:25, Reply)

That is surely not too far away now

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 17 May 2012, 16:22, Reply)

too slow

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Thu 17 May 2012, 16:24, Reply)

I know, I'm typing like an old man.
Does that turn you on, b3th?
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 17 May 2012, 16:26, Reply)

Like you wouldn't believe

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Thu 17 May 2012, 16:27, Reply)

She's rubbing one out right now

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 17 May 2012, 16:27, Reply)

Shh. Don't tell everyone.

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Thu 17 May 2012, 16:28, Reply)

I'm in ur computa
watching u wank
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 17 May 2012, 16:31, Reply)

Not usually.

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Thu 17 May 2012, 16:18, Reply)

Bastic.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 17 May 2012, 16:00, Reply)

funt

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 17 May 2012, 16:02, Reply)

I hope when they told him he was dying they made him pay them 99p for an app that just said "It's Cancer :("

(Bazongaloid, Thu 17 May 2012, 16:00, Reply)

I hoped that with Sobs tragic passing
Apple would start letting you use all software. Why won't they do this?
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Thu 17 May 2012, 16:11, Reply)

Don't say taht!
I'm excited about getting my shiny new ipad this week. Don't ruin it for me before I even get it!
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Thu 17 May 2012, 16:12, Reply)

I have one. It's crap. Fast. But crap. Good for HD porn. But crap. Heavy. And crap. Good as a reader. But crap.

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Thu 17 May 2012, 16:13, Reply)

That's ok then
b3th is only getting one for HD porn
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 17 May 2012, 16:14, Reply)

Is there any other kind?

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Thu 17 May 2012, 16:15, Reply)

Oh yes
There are all sorts of other kinds.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 17 May 2012, 16:16, Reply)

noooooooo!

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Thu 17 May 2012, 16:15, Reply)

Don't listen to cowlick, they are very useful if you don't mind only being able to use one application at a time.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Thu 17 May 2012, 16:17, Reply)

It's alright. I know he's a cunt.

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Thu 17 May 2012, 16:23, Reply)

RESPECT MY AUTHORITAH!

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Thu 17 May 2012, 16:23, Reply)

You're not the boss of me!

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Thu 17 May 2012, 16:24, Reply)

Battered's theme tune band

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 17 May 2012, 16:24, Reply)

Has his fave dinner down the CHIPPY.

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Thu 17 May 2012, 16:27, Reply)

Yes, no, maybe
I don't know
Can you repeat the question?
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Thu 17 May 2012, 16:29, Reply)

Do what?

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Thu 17 May 2012, 16:30, Reply)

chippy: shirty, aggressive, taking the internet very seriously

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 17 May 2012, 16:45, Reply)

They are fucking shit and you know it, Tom Thumb.

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Thu 17 May 2012, 16:23, Reply)

hahaha!

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 17 May 2012, 16:24, Reply)

If they're under a year old shouldn't they be done under warranty?
Even still, I'm sure they could get a replacement for nowt if they went down the apple shop and caused a scene about the sales of goods act.

Or is apple that shiny and important it transcends sales law?
( Slippery Mick ‏, Thu 17 May 2012, 16:17, Reply)

shiny shiny

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 17 May 2012, 16:18, Reply)

They've been banging on about the new iPad being 4G
when it won't work in most countries.
(PsychoChomp, Thu 17 May 2012, 16:30, Reply)

Just been told off for that

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 17 May 2012, 16:30, Reply)

this is indeed true
And all that Siri crap that doesn't actuaaly work over here eitehr.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Thu 17 May 2012, 16:31, Reply)

Really?

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Thu 17 May 2012, 16:32, Reply)

For anything useful, no

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 17 May 2012, 16:32, Reply)

All teh things in the advert like 'Is my brother here yet?'
that function only works in America.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Thu 17 May 2012, 16:33, Reply)

Despite it showing Nottingham or something on the ad

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 17 May 2012, 16:34, Reply)

Forests ground.
Tell it to Watchdog, losers.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Thu 17 May 2012, 16:35, Reply)

*winks*

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 17 May 2012, 16:35, Reply)

Would you? Anne Robinson.

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Thu 17 May 2012, 16:36, Reply)

Not with yours

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 17 May 2012, 16:38, Reply)

I probably would
Like really nasty. Smack her about a bit, punch her in the backfat. Spit on her, that sort of thing.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Thu 17 May 2012, 16:41, Reply)

Force her to drink sherry.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 17 May 2012, 16:43, Reply)

After I'd already drank it.

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Thu 17 May 2012, 16:46, Reply)

It's not localised properly, (yet)

(PsychoChomp, Thu 17 May 2012, 16:34, Reply)

Siri fucking rocks, I use it all the time, it's so much easier to work out my calendar stuff.
And I think next month they'll switch on the locational stuff in the UK.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Thu 17 May 2012, 16:37, Reply)

Siri isn't on the ipad yet though, is it?

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Thu 17 May 2012, 16:42, Reply)

Nope, they might enable it next month, but I wouldn't hold my breath.
If they have it for 'the new ipad', they'll have to at least have it for the ipad 2, and that came out before the iphone 4S, and it was a USP of that.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Thu 17 May 2012, 16:48, Reply)

I suspect in fairness
that's more to do with them not being arsed to change US adverts. Anyway, they've been slapped for that one.

I hardly think "company dishonest in adverts" is a reason to complain, though. Unless you can arrange for any fucker advertising something as "100% natural" to be smacked down with the "well done, you've stated the law of conservation of matter as sales point" stick? I'd be impressed then
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 17 May 2012, 16:54, Reply)

1) You're a chick?
2) I fucking love apple products, my 3 year old laptop is still worth more than half of what I paid for it, and it can run anything that I've wanted to run on it, very quickly. They always use the highest grade proccessors available at the time, but I admit that it's a fucking joke how much the 'extras' are, £160 to go from 4gb ram to 8gb is rediculous.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Thu 17 May 2012, 16:36, Reply)

What on Earth are you going to be doing on a laptop
that requires 8gb of RAM?
( Kroney, Thu 17 May 2012, 16:40, Reply)

Not sure you want to know.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 17 May 2012, 16:41, Reply)

He probably does the sick, French bastard.

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Thu 17 May 2012, 16:43, Reply)

The dirty cochon.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 17 May 2012, 16:55, Reply)

That's exactly what Apple think too, which is why its an extra option rather than default.
I've got my dev stuff that uses a good lot of that, lots of tabs and windows open with media-rich websites and lots of documentation.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Thu 17 May 2012, 16:47, Reply)

Yeah, but 8 gig's worth?
It wasn't so long ago that was a server level amount.
( Kroney, Thu 17 May 2012, 16:50, Reply)

I've normally got around 1.5g free, but it's always better to pair up the ram chips, so 6gb wouldn't really be that efficient.
Most of it goes in Firefox even though Chrome is my main browser.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Thu 17 May 2012, 16:52, Reply)

I was going to use this argument
but it's a personal experience thing, innit? I just think it's idiotic to argue that macs break, because you're basically suggesting therefore that PCs don't.

I have a macbook pro that runs at exactly the same speed now as it did 5 years ago. Fucking try that with a PC laptop.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 17 May 2012, 16:49, Reply)

Yeah, but you know why that is
All the targetted malware on the internet is targetted at Windows. If IOS was anywhere near as targetted, you'd have exactly the same problems, probably compounded by the lack of third party removal products.
( Kroney, Thu 17 May 2012, 16:51, Reply)

*cough* iOS is mobile, OSX is desktop *cough*
I think Win8 will really kill off most malware, because every app would be sandboxed. MS are moving towards Apple's pholosophy by having a closed eccosystem, which has the pay-off of having to play by MS's rules.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Thu 17 May 2012, 16:55, Reply)

This is interesting.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 17 May 2012, 16:56, Reply)

thing

(PsychoChomp, Thu 17 May 2012, 16:58, Reply)

Of course.
But you present that like it's a negative point of apples? It'd be like knowing that all red cars get stolen, no blues one do, and then buying a red car and trying to suggest that it being stolen is a good thing.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 17 May 2012, 16:56, Reply)

I don't present it as a negative
more like an irrelevancy. You're comparing one thing to another on completely incomparable terms.

If I were to extend your analogy, it's more like the owner of the red car saying they don't like blue cars because you can't control them yourself. You can't change gears, you can't swap out engine components, all you can do is steer. To which the owner of the blue car retorts with "yeah? well red cars get nicked more often".

Different things.
( Kroney, Thu 17 May 2012, 17:01, Reply)

totally depends what you want them for.
Your points are valid, but only if you want something other than a way of getting from a to b out of a car. The red car might be faster and better handling but if all you do is drive it to the supermarket that's an irrelevancy, the only thing that matters is that it keeps being stolen.

To me, being more or less immune to malware is the single most important thing in a computer (assuming all else is equal, which for everything I do bar lectures, it is, and for presentations and lectures, macs piss on pcs from a great height) because it means I don't have to care or pay attention. And I only have time for either caring about my computer or ranting on here. And I choose you.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 17 May 2012, 17:09, Reply)

Sure, which is fine. I just don't like it when people say one's better than the other.
They aren't. I just prefer to use a PC for much the same reason as I choose manual cars over automatics. I'm not anti-Apple at all, I even have an iPhone, because I just need my smartphone to be a smartphone and the Apple one does it best.
( Kroney, Thu 17 May 2012, 17:13, Reply)

FIGHT FIGHT IT'S AN AFTER SCHOOL GERD FIGHT !!!!!!

( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Thu 17 May 2012, 17:15, Reply)

Yeah, us gerds are always scrapping.

( Kroney, Thu 17 May 2012, 17:16, Reply)

You bust a move by comparing processor speeds and red dwarf scripts (AS SIGNED BY THE CAST AND CREW!!!!!)

( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Thu 17 May 2012, 17:18, Reply)

I'm running an overclocked Woodbridge and I've got a signed Lister figurine
*spins on head*
( Kroney, Thu 17 May 2012, 17:23, Reply)

is a gerd a gay nerd?

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 17 May 2012, 17:21, Reply)

no, I know, fair play
I run my lab kit on a mix of Unix, PCs and macs depending on what's needed.

it just amazes me how many people will genuinely go "yeah but your mac only runs fine becuase there's no viruses on it" as if that's a bad thing.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 17 May 2012, 17:21, Reply)

What worse about that is that in an intel mac so any in the last 8 years or so
takes the same RAM as a PC laptop which is a fraction of the price, the only difference is you don't buy it from apple. It cost e 20 quid to upgrade my macbook pro to 4gb. Yes I have a macbook pro, its 4 years old and the hardware in it is miles better than the shit they are selling now to cut costs.
( Peej, Thu 17 May 2012, 19:25, Reply)

Yeah
because PCs NEVER break, do they?

Well known for their reliability, which of course is why there are no computer repair shops in the UK anywhere.

Oh, wait.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 17 May 2012, 16:46, Reply)

Right very late on this but I work for a very large institution
with over 6000 pcs but only 300 macs. 50 macs have gone for warranty repair with either hard drive or touch pad failures this last year compared with just 3 PCs so you tell me what those numbers mean about the shoddy cheap shit Apple are putting in their products
( Peej, Thu 17 May 2012, 19:18, Reply)