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It's like you think the other PC makers are any better. Not to defend Apple, but this is an industry malaise, and it's been going on for a lot longer than you t
by sbuk 14y ago
It's like you think the other PC makers are any better. Not to defend Apple, but this is an industry malaise, and it's been going on for a lot longer than you think. Is it right that they do it? No. Of course not. That said, my 2007 iMac is still perfectly serviceable. It won't receive the next OS X update, but by then it'll be at least 6 years old. I doubt the components would cope - much like my 2006 HP Compaq nc6320 (catchy name) ran Windows 7 well enough but won't run Windows 8 and struggles with most of the recent Linux distributions. There is nothing wrong with feeling let down and putting your money elsewhere, as a consumer that is your right. I'd argue that your reasoning in this instance is flawed.
- adlpz 14y agoThe point here is that we used to buy Apple (and pay their price) just because they weren't like the rest of the industry. That doesn't hold anymore.
- sbuk 14y agoMy point is that the are are still considerably better and actually not much worse than they've ever been. I've never had to threaten Apple with legal action in order to get the support I was due. With regard to Apple today, most of you appear to be too young to remember the 68000 => PowerPC transition in the early 90's. It was extremely painful for us with older 68 series machines with Apple offering no support at all. Where Apple are today is several orders of magnitude better than they were then.