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They aren't really that well designed compared to the competition. Apple can only focus on one thing at a time (and cutting corners on everything else). Exampl
by tjoff 14y ago
They aren't really that well designed compared to the competition. Apple can only focus on one thing at a time (and cutting corners on everything else).
Example: LED backlight cinema display? Neat! Then they cheap out using a glossy coating, not even a HUD, no scaler, no inputs, the worst stand in the market for a prosumer monitor etc. etc. etc. You'd think that a company claiming to be focusing on quality actually cares about ergonomics, but apple only care about looks and perceived quality. God knows how they can uphold that image when peoples devices fail constantly, I don't even know of anyone that own a working iPod anymore.
They can't even design the cooling for their laptops decently. They are hot and they are noisy (no margins at all), and it's not like you get anything in return. Buying an apple product you should just be happy if you can even exchange the battery.
As always, there is one thing they do right. On laptops it's the trackpad. But the rest just doesn't impress and is at best on par with the competition (but lacking the extra features (which isn't really a bad thing (most of the time) - but it makes you wonder what you pay for).
Apple has obviously gone to extra effort to reduce EMI interference, probably to keep the charger from interfering with the touchscreen
I've yet to encounter problems with any mobile phone during charging, so that makes you wonder whether apple uses a cheaper touchscreen than everyone else, or if other charges are just as good in regards to the EMI interference or if apple has higher margins than everyone else (which I highly doubt considering the problems apple create just to look good (cable strain relief springs to mind)).
- kaiuhl 14y agoThis is a silly comment. Apple's laptops are widely regarded as the best in the industry and have been for quite a few years. The cinema displays are not just displays either—they also include 2.1 speakers, a webcam, and an ambient light sensor, all in a package that looks really nice in a house or office. This is a package that other display manufacturers are yet to produce. It's nice to oversimplify for the sake of argument, but these kinds of non-reality based posts just show how polarizing Apple is. Good design is important to most.
- tjoff 14y ago> Apple's laptops are widely regarded as the best in the industry and have been for quite a few years. Oh, well in that case. Sigh. Speakers, webcam and ambient light sensor... Those are the kind of non-features that you typically don't have to deal with on an apple product, if you care about a crappy webcam, inbuilt speakers in the monitor etc. you most certainly should buy a PC - they are crammed with useless stuff like that. These kind of non-reality based post just shows just how blindly loyal the typical apple customer is.
- culturestate 14y agoThere are two main purchasers of Cinema Displays: those who own an Apple laptop and want to use the display as a docking station with the laptop in clamshell mode, and those who own a Mac Pro or Mac Mini. In both use cases, having a display that integrates a webcam, speakers, and ambient light sensor is hugely beneficial.
- jrockway 14y agoDoes any consumer display come with an appropriate stand? For me, a high-quality monitor arm is something you buy when you buy a desk, and when you buy a new monitor, you don't even bother to look at the junk stand the monitor includes. Stands just don't have the adjustability necessary to be comfortable. So, including a cheap stand seems like a good engineering compromise; it's just going to get thrown away, so why bother making it good? (Oddly, I seem alone in this view. At Google, where a monitor stand is just a helpdesk ticket away, I've only seen about five other people that use them. Some people even use big stacks of paper to support their monitors. It's crazy!) I also agree about Apple hardware running hot. I have a new mac mini on my desk and that thing is always very hot to the touch and often makes a lot of noise while under load. (To compare, I never hear a peep out of my generic 6-core tower, and that thing is always under heavy load.)
- culturestate 14y agoMy MBP becomes a jet engine when under load, but I've honestly never heard the fan in my various Mac Pros after 5+ years.
- tjoff 14y agoIPS monitors typically have decent stands. The Dell ultrasharp series for example are quite good in my opinion. I don't think I've seen a cinema display with a monitor-arm, I'm a bit skeptic that people that buy the cinema display could ruin the aesthetics of the display with an arm (not that the cinema display is that good looking anyway). I don't feel that an arm is needed when a good stand is included, and a good arm can easily cost as much as the monitor in the first place. Better to buy two monitors with good stands than one monitor with a crappy stand and an arm - in my opinion.
- christoph 14y agoWhen I plug my Galaxy S2 into a cheap generic USB wall charger, the touchscreen is almost unusable. The problem certainly exists and is not limited to Apple hardware.