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Yeah. Definitely a lot of animus against Apple. You have an issue with people who, unlike you, acknowledge and have respect for the engineering work necessary
by Bud 15y ago
Yeah. Definitely a lot of animus against Apple.
You have an issue with people who, unlike you, acknowledge and have respect for the engineering work necessary to take new theoretical pieces of hardware, get someone to build 30 million of them, and combine them into a useful and well-designed product that people want to buy. And you also have your own set of blinders on, which prevent you from seeing that if you can do this months or years ahead of your competition, over and over and over again, you ARE innovating.
Your blinders are so effective that you can't even see the straw men you keep setting up and knocking down. Nobody in this thread suggested that Apple "invented tablets" (which is absurd). Apple did invent one that people actually want to BUY, however. And no, Apple didn't invent 300dpi displays; they just got them into a product which still has decent battery life. And no, they didn't invent the concept of more efficient CPUs and assemblages of chips; they just make the right choices faster and smarter than everyone else. In the marketplace, that stuff counts, dude. Deal with it.
- huggyface 15y agothe engineering work necessary to take new theoretical pieces of hardware And then you go on and actually discount all of those claims. I would say it was funny but I really think it's just sad. HN is not a site for stupid people, so yes, I DO have an issue with it. If you're reading People Magazine and they herald Apple's "invention" (I remember the breathless commentary about the revolutionary new A5. You probably drank that up), hey have at it. But to see that sort of technically ignorant garbage infecting more enlightened places? Take it to the fan club and save the rest of us the tiring religious proselytizing.
- Bud 15y ago"The rest of us"? Funny, I only hear you bitching, or even disagreeing. Everyone else is too busy playing with their new iPads, I guess. You clearly just can't handle the fact that Apple has succeeded, and you have been driven into twisting others' words, inventing reactions and projecting them onto strangers ("You probably drank that up"), and similar twit behavior. Take it back to grade school.
- huggyface 15y agoHumorously I am typing this on a 3rd generation iPad yet remarkably that doesn't necessitate that I be a raging idiot like so many. But whatever: proudly wave your flag. You belong, right?
- wtallis 15y agoWho here is calling the iPad Retina display Apple's "invention"? Quit using that straw-man!