Comments on: The Secret Lives of Apple Products http://cogdogblog.com/2006/04/05/the-secret-lives-of-apple-products/ Alan Levine's space for barking about and playing with technology Fri, 25 May 2012 14:40:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Alan http://cogdogblog.com/2006/04/05/the-secret-lives-of-apple-products/comment-page-1/#comment-4263 Alan Fri, 07 Apr 2006 00:47:44 +0000 http://cogdogblog.com/2006/04/05/the-secret-lives-of-apple-products/#comment-4263 You would not know it from the public comments posted here, but word has reached me that my "venomous post" has been circulated among the Apple Tree, where the 16th Commandment is Thou Shalt Not Write Anything Slightly Negative About Apple. I've been told that my post is a personal attack. What has been missed that (a) this is MY blog space, not Apple love-ware; (b) I proclaimed here, there, and everywhere my 20 year loyalty and use of Apple Stuff; and (c) if you disagree with things I write (and I write this way to spurn disagreement), then BARK back via this comment space. I enjoy being told off, that I am wrong. I live for the debate, the exchange. But don;t go sulking into a corner claiming I am making personal attacks. I don't like Apple's Secret Strategy Started With 4 Monthd Old Hype, and that is my <b>opinion</b>. How is that an attack? Where did I call someone names, insult their mother's clothing, or mock their choice of music? Huh? And so it seems, the mumbles under the Apple Tree are feverish, yet incapable of coming out into the open space and saying so. Pfttttttt. You would not know it from the public comments posted here, but word has reached me that my “venomous post” has been circulated among the Apple Tree, where the 16th Commandment is Thou Shalt Not Write Anything Slightly Negative About Apple.

I’ve been told that my post is a personal attack.

What has been missed that (a) this is MY blog space, not Apple love-ware; (b) I proclaimed here, there, and everywhere my 20 year loyalty and use of Apple Stuff; and (c) if you disagree with things I write (and I write this way to spurn disagreement), then BARK back via this comment space.

I enjoy being told off, that I am wrong. I live for the debate, the exchange. But don;t go sulking into a corner claiming I am making personal attacks. I don’t like Apple’s Secret Strategy Started With 4 Monthd Old Hype, and that is my opinion. How is that an attack? Where did I call someone names, insult their mother’s clothing, or mock their choice of music? Huh?

And so it seems, the mumbles under the Apple Tree are feverish, yet incapable of coming out into the open space and saying so.

Pfttttttt.

]]> By: Leon Lighips http://cogdogblog.com/2006/04/05/the-secret-lives-of-apple-products/comment-page-1/#comment-4257 Leon Lighips Thu, 06 Apr 2006 16:13:21 +0000 http://cogdogblog.com/2006/04/05/the-secret-lives-of-apple-products/#comment-4257 <i>"I’d almost rather be forced to watch an endless loop of “Broken Flowers”."</i> Leave Jim Jarmusch and Bill Murray out of this. They're business associates of mine. And worry no more, Mr. CogDogBlogger -- when Lighips eLearning Supremacy Systems rools out the next phase it's going to make iTunesU look like a kid's lemonade stand. “I’d almost rather be forced to watch an endless loop of “Broken Flowers”.”

Leave Jim Jarmusch and Bill Murray out of this. They’re business associates of mine.

And worry no more, Mr. CogDogBlogger — when Lighips eLearning Supremacy Systems rools out the next phase it’s going to make iTunesU look like a kid’s lemonade stand.

]]> By: Alan http://cogdogblog.com/2006/04/05/the-secret-lives-of-apple-products/comment-page-1/#comment-4254 Alan Thu, 06 Apr 2006 15:00:29 +0000 http://cogdogblog.com/2006/04/05/the-secret-lives-of-apple-products/#comment-4254 Ahh Gardner, <em>"there's a certain edge to arrogant Mac users that's particularly cutting, as if the rest of the world has somehow missed the crucial element that will lead to world peace, a stylin' wardrobe, and a higher consciousness."</em> But that part is true, there is empirical evidence ;-) Ahh Gardner, “there’s a certain edge to arrogant Mac users that’s particularly cutting, as if the rest of the world has somehow missed the crucial element that will lead to world peace, a stylin’ wardrobe, and a higher consciousness.”

But that part is true, there is empirical evidence ;-)

]]> By: Gardner http://cogdogblog.com/2006/04/05/the-secret-lives-of-apple-products/comment-page-1/#comment-4251 Gardner Thu, 06 Apr 2006 12:19:10 +0000 http://cogdogblog.com/2006/04/05/the-secret-lives-of-apple-products/#comment-4251 Hardly seems fair to have to beg to drink the Kool-Aid. :-) Seriously, there's a lot to love about Macs, iPods, and Apple software. I bought my mother a Classic in 1989. I've had my hands on most of the models you mention. Heck, I'm even a devotee of some minority platforms: I had a brief, intense romance with the Amiga in the late 80's, and a longer romance with OS/2 in the early 90's. I stuck with OS/2 up through Warp, with fond memories of swapping over 20 floppies in and out during the install. One of these days I'll probably get a Mac. I think OSX is truly wonderful. It's the cult that gets to me. I've met some arrogant Windows users, but there's a certain edge to arrogant Mac users that's particularly cutting, as if the rest of the world has somehow missed the crucial element that will lead to world peace, a stylin' wardrobe, and a higher consciousness. Feh! And don't get me started on Apple's customer service (sic), and unremarked blunders like selling iMacs with iSight cameras that the iLife software can't capture from. Oh, they fixed that a couple of months later. But we had to buy Quicktime Pro to get the functionality, because they wouldn't give us the updated iLife. Good luck with the floor wax. Hardly seems fair to have to beg to drink the Kool-Aid. :-)

Seriously, there’s a lot to love about Macs, iPods, and Apple software. I bought my mother a Classic in 1989. I’ve had my hands on most of the models you mention. Heck, I’m even a devotee of some minority platforms: I had a brief, intense romance with the Amiga in the late 80′s, and a longer romance with OS/2 in the early 90′s. I stuck with OS/2 up through Warp, with fond memories of swapping over 20 floppies in and out during the install.

One of these days I’ll probably get a Mac. I think OSX is truly wonderful.

It’s the cult that gets to me. I’ve met some arrogant Windows users, but there’s a certain edge to arrogant Mac users that’s particularly cutting, as if the rest of the world has somehow missed the crucial element that will lead to world peace, a stylin’ wardrobe, and a higher consciousness. Feh!

And don’t get me started on Apple’s customer service (sic), and unremarked blunders like selling iMacs with iSight cameras that the iLife software can’t capture from. Oh, they fixed that a couple of months later. But we had to buy Quicktime Pro to get the functionality, because they wouldn’t give us the updated iLife.

Good luck with the floor wax.

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