What do you think to Apple?

[yorkie_chris]

Originally Posted by ThEGr33k

Luke, whats wrong with us IT professionals?

You all a bunch of pasty faced spotty geeks who go all pukey at the sight of a woman

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

You all a bunch of pasty faced spotty geeks who go all pukey at the sight of a woman

Indeed... but whats that got to do with Apples

[yorkie_chris]

Originally Posted by ThEGr33k

Indeed... but whats that got to do with Apples

You seen good will hunting? "How do you like them apples?"

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

You seen good will hunting? "How do you like them apples?"

Dont think I have...

It's not so much the flashy geeky products that have a limited number of applications and versatility, but more the smug "look at my new flashyApple product" the owners have.

Normal people like me and most of my friends say "I have to use the phone, be back in a sec", an Apple user will always say "I have to use my iphone, be back in a sec". They just simply have to tell you they have an Apple product. Like they won't just mention their laptop, they have to give you the exact model number and colour.

It's the general smug-**** attitude they have about their inferior choice that gets to me

[Kalessin]

Originally Posted by Lozzo

... the smug "look at my new flashyApple product" the owners have.

I don't have that look. There may be some initial childlike excitement when I'm first in possession of a shiny new gadget (and not just Apple gadgets), and I'm sorry if you misinterpret that as smugness.

Originally Posted by Lozzo

Normal people like me and most of my friends say "I have to use the phone, be back in a sec", an Apple user will always say "I have to use my iphone, be back in a sec".

I don't ever say that.

Originally Posted by Lozzo

Like they won't just mention their laptop, they have to give you the exact model number and colour.

I don't have an Apple laptop. And if I did, it wouldn't have a model number, it would have a model name.

Originally Posted by Lozzo

It's the general smug-**** attitude they have about their inferior choice that gets to me

I don't have a smug-**** attitude about any of my inferior choices. I don't even have a smug-**** attitude about my superior choices. When I make a choice, I generally research all the options so that I can make an informed decision. If that decision turns out to have been the right one for me, I am happy.

You know what gets to me? People who write obvious flame-bait bait posts full of ridiculous generalisations designed to upset a specific group of people.

All generalisations are false. Including this one

I am not an apple user but the iPhone is an excellent piece of kit.

You can knock it but even I...who is way too uncool to own such a thing...have to admire it.

Maybe its the 'to be seen to have' rather than the having that gets me.

Feel the same with BMW onwers...

I too , like many other members of this topic, find that its more of a "look at me i have an apple product", rather than actually having it for its features especially in the college/university scene. Dont get me wrong im sure there are apple users that know what they are getting/arent smug about it but there are a lot more that have them to just look "cool".

Kind of reminds me of the Prius fad.

Besides, i love the G1 phone from google. Mostly because it has a proper keyboard.

the only thing i will ever buy from apple is a ipod, hate the i mac's mac books and now that new crappy Ipad(panty liner)

imac/books are ALL over priced and under specked and if i wanted OSX then i would just run snow lepard on a far supeior mashine that costs half as much and is twice as good ....

[Kalessin]

Originally Posted by barwel1992

a far supeior mashine that costs half as much and is twice as good ....

Such as...?