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Apple products don't need durability, since they release a new version of a product by the time the current generation is no longer new. Why would you want your

by Typhon 16y ago

Apple products don't need durability, since they release a new version of a product by the time the current generation is no longer new. Why would you want your ipad or iphone to last more than one year, when the new iphone or ipad will make you look obsolete ? Why cling to those past inferior versions ? Just buy the newest ones ! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planned_obsolescence http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planned_obsolescence

ams6110 16y ago
I sense some sarcasm in your response but it's basically true, at least for portable devices (and not just Apple). Try to go into the Verizon store and buy a charger, case, or any other accessory for a phone that more than about 12 - 18 months old, they won't have them anymore... they've moved on to the next model. And WHY do device manufactures change the connectors with every generation so the old chargers you had can't be kept as spares... so if you lose your charger you can be pressured to just upgrade your whole phone. At least the Apple products are better in that regard. The problem with the MagSafe strain relief has been addressed... all companies have these little issues and I certainly don't think you can make a blanket statement that Apple products aren't durable due to this specific issue (typing this on a 12" PowerBook G4, ca 2002).
- bryanlarsen 16y ago
  "And WHY do device manufactures change the connectors with every generation" Have you looked closely at the last generation of changes? Pretty much every single phone except for the iPhone now uses micro-USB. So yes, it's annoying that everybody changed in the last generation, but everybody changing to the same thing is double-plus good.
ugh 16y ago
Every manufacturer of consumer electronics is like that. The explanation is simple and not evil: Moore's law. It just makes no sense to sell products with last year's technology. That doesn't mean that the old products become automatically obsolete. My 2007 MBP still works. My 2004 iPod mini still works. My parents' 2008 Compaq laptop still works.

by Typhon 16y ago

ams6110 16y ago

I sense some sarcasm in your response but it's basically true, at least for portable devices (and not just Apple). Try to go into the Verizon store and buy a charger, case, or any other accessory for a phone that more than about 12 - 18 months old, they won't have them anymore... they've moved on to the next model. And WHY do device manufactures change the connectors with every generation so the old chargers you had can't be kept as spares... so if you lose your charger you can be pressured to just upgrade your whole phone. At least the Apple products are better in that regard. The problem with the MagSafe strain relief has been addressed... all companies have these little issues and I certainly don't think you can make a blanket statement that Apple products aren't durable due to this specific issue (typing this on a 12" PowerBook G4, ca 2002).

bryanlarsen 16y ago
"And WHY do device manufactures change the connectors with every generation" Have you looked closely at the last generation of changes? Pretty much every single phone except for the iPhone now uses micro-USB. So yes, it's annoying that everybody changed in the last generation, but everybody changing to the same thing is double-plus good.

ugh 16y ago

Every manufacturer of consumer electronics is like that. The explanation is simple and not evil: Moore's law. It just makes no sense to sell products with last year's technology. That doesn't mean that the old products become automatically obsolete. My 2007 MBP still works. My 2004 iPod mini still works. My parents' 2008 Compaq laptop still works.