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While i find Apple products really well made, they have only given us minor technical innovations (unibody construction, 3d desktop graphics, sensible touch-bas

While i find Apple products really well made, they have only given us minor technical innovations (unibody construction, 3d desktop graphics, sensible touch-based apps, etc?). In fact, you could remove apple products from the world, and we wouldn't be missing anything essential technology-wise. Yes they did match the technologies right to make amazingly desirable products, just like expensive cars match technologies without introducing major innovations. I would rephrase the pythonesque quotation "But apart from the polish in sanitation pipes, better scrubs for doctors, yellow paint on roads, cleaner baths and lighter shields for soldiers, what have the Romans done for us?"

specialist 15y ago
Unibody minor? Please. I'm on my 3rd MBP. I destroyed my 4 yr old model (last before unibody). The latest is model is wicked tough. I also have recent Dell and HP laptops. Pieces of shit. No comparison.
- zerostar07 15y ago
  in terms of big-picture technology, it's 2011 and we have personal 3d printing. unibody is not that novel.
  - specialist 15y ago
    substractive vs additive. As far as I know, there's no 3D printing technology nearly as strong as aluminum. Yet.
- tallanvor 15y ago
  I've never understood how people manage to mess up cases so badly - especially other (supposedly) technical people. I have never replaced a computer because of physical failure. --Even my first laptop, which lasted me 5 years, was replaced because I was moving overseas and didn't want to have to worry about paying higher prices for a laptop in the UK.
  - dagw 15y ago
    People expect different things from their hardware. Some people are super careful with their kit. Always keep it in a special case when not using it, always transport it in a padded bag, always put it down very carefully, never but anything on top of it etc. Others simply chuck their phone or laptop unprotected into whatever bag they happen to have handy and set off. Personally I'm very much in the second camp. I expect my hardware to keep up with me, not to change my habits to accommodate my hardware.
  - specialist 15y ago
    My laptops go EVERYWHERE with me. I really beat the shit of out them. Despite the case and padded backpack. The right side sagged from where my wrist rests, a problem eliminated by the unibody. I put my thumb through the LCD, replaced it, and not being very handy, the case lost its factory fresh fit and finish.
gujk 15y ago
At least 4 of the items on your satirical list have the power to literally save lives from infection, head-on collision, or swordfighting. So, yeah, even "merely incremental" improvements can be world-changing. All Einstein did was add a small error-correction term to Newton's theory.
- zerostar07 15y ago
  get your facts together, the ISS still thinks thinkpads are sturdier, and Einstein altogether replaced Newton's concepts, reducing him down to a marginal case in his equations.

specialist 15y ago

Unibody minor? Please. I'm on my 3rd MBP. I destroyed my 4 yr old model (last before unibody). The latest is model is wicked tough. I also have recent Dell and HP laptops. Pieces of shit. No comparison.

zerostar07 15y ago
in terms of big-picture technology, it's 2011 and we have personal 3d printing. unibody is not that novel.
- specialist 15y ago
  substractive vs additive. As far as I know, there's no 3D printing technology nearly as strong as aluminum. Yet.
tallanvor 15y ago
I've never understood how people manage to mess up cases so badly - especially other (supposedly) technical people. I have never replaced a computer because of physical failure. --Even my first laptop, which lasted me 5 years, was replaced because I was moving overseas and didn't want to have to worry about paying higher prices for a laptop in the UK.
- dagw 15y ago
  People expect different things from their hardware. Some people are super careful with their kit. Always keep it in a special case when not using it, always transport it in a padded bag, always put it down very carefully, never but anything on top of it etc. Others simply chuck their phone or laptop unprotected into whatever bag they happen to have handy and set off. Personally I'm very much in the second camp. I expect my hardware to keep up with me, not to change my habits to accommodate my hardware.
- specialist 15y ago
  My laptops go EVERYWHERE with me. I really beat the shit of out them. Despite the case and padded backpack. The right side sagged from where my wrist rests, a problem eliminated by the unibody. I put my thumb through the LCD, replaced it, and not being very handy, the case lost its factory fresh fit and finish.

gujk 15y ago

At least 4 of the items on your satirical list have the power to literally save lives from infection, head-on collision, or swordfighting. So, yeah, even "merely incremental" improvements can be world-changing. All Einstein did was add a small error-correction term to Newton's theory.

zerostar07 15y ago
get your facts together, the ISS still thinks thinkpads are sturdier, and Einstein altogether replaced Newton's concepts, reducing him down to a marginal case in his equations.