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Apr 14, 2012 10:34 PM
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In 2009 - apple added a compass and add an S behind ... they sold hundred of thousands of units to people who already owned the iphone 3G.

In 2010 - they release iPad with the same specification as iPhone 4 that is gonna be release 2 months later... took off the camera exclude the retina display that is gonna be out in 2 months ... and throw it to the consumers....

Back then... iPad wasn't something new.... many makers refuses to venture into the tablet form because it was risky and proven ineffective by the tablet PC

tablet PC was the initial concept but failed to attract the market because of the limited capability of tablet PC compare to a Laptop....

However, Apple manage to revive the concept and REDUCE the capability of a tablet PC and slap it at a high "laptop" price and PEOPLE STILL BUYS IT.... Its like the greatest legal way to scam stupid people..


2 Months later after ipad - They release the iphone 4... many people was astounded by the "Video Calling" feature.. which exist since Nokia 6630 and revolutionized by android phones... Half assed everything that exist in the Galaxy S that was released 6 months ago... boasting about their glass is 5 thousand times stronger than plexi glass but still weaker than gorrila glass release 6 months ago... and retina display on a 3.5 inch screen which basicly means it improves nothing ... yet millions are sold like hot cakes


In 2011 - The release of iphone 4s and says it is a new "Reinvented" revolutionary Phone. How did they reinvent the already reinvented and revolutionary iphone 4 you ask? They dont... they limit the production and design overhead... throw in a processor that is already invented for another product.. update the camera.. add a already exist voice command feature on the android phones and slap an S on the box... wallah ...billion dollar profit for the year cause people would still buy it...

In 2012 - They release the iPad (the 3rd ipad but they are too lazy to add a 3 or any indication that it is the 3rd generation ipad)... the iPad is patched with the iPhone 4 Camera, iPhone 4s Processor.. doesnt comes with SIRI and thicken the size compared to the previous ipad.. The 6months old iphone 4s got 8MP camera .. they have the technology but they refuse to slap it in a brand new ipad...
AND PEOPLE STILL buys it ... LIKE A COLLECTABLE item or something


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Apr 14, 2012 10:43 PM
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'Apple proves that people are gullible and stupid'

Certainly didn't need proof to know that.
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i have never owned an apple product
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Isn't this what marketing is all about?
Some people point out how Apple users are gullible and stupid; while others look at it more optimistically as that Apple is good at marketing to a certain audience (the gullible and stupid). To each their own I guess... I grew tired of the whole apple bashing years ago; it is like swatting at flies when you are in a swamp, a bloody waste of time. Even if you demonstrate just how well Apple screws over people who are willing to pay some extra cash for an OS tailored to generally inferior hardware... it is not like this will ultimately change anyone's decision to get an apple product. Just like talking about how flexible Linux is will not get your amishesque grandmother to change her OS. In the end, all you accomplish is indulging yourself in elitism; feeling as if you are not a part of the masses, and thus somehow superior. I dunno... eventually I just got sick of it all; mocking large parts of the population for what you consider stupid just becomes tiresome.... There will always be the stupid and the gullible, but there is little you can do about it.
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As someone who makes a living off said stupid people, I enjoy the apple sheep. They come in and buy shit loads of accessories, services and protection plans. More so than most tablet customers. 90% of them know that it's new and know that they want it, they don't really need to know what it does better than the last model.
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Marketing geniuses.

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It just shows how Apple is good at selling. I agree with the statement though. Apple isn't anything special, it lacks a lot essential things. The iPhone for example, after many many MANY people have complained the fact it lacks flash player, yet they still don't put it on OS systems. And MacBooks, why don't they have microsoft word and powerpoint installed?! Why make us pay! I know its microsoft but shh. OS system sucks too, well, its good but I'd like to download windows application sometimes. My dad is a Apple fan but even he finds it ridiculous how they release 'new' things when its hardly any different from the old.

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Never understood the big deal about Apple, never been enticed to buy any of their products. Got to give it to them though, their marketing skills are unparalleled.
Apr 15, 2012 3:48 AM
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Apple selling substandard products to rich hipster douchebags? I for one am shocked.
Apr 15, 2012 4:26 AM

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So what amuse me is, how they able to market their product so greatly :)
Apr 15, 2012 6:14 AM
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People are dumb enough to buy blindly. Nowadays what sells is the brand, not the product.
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Selling useless crap to stupid people. that's what capitalism is.
Apr 15, 2012 6:19 AM

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People are dumb enough to buy blindly. Nowadays what sells is the brand, not the product.


Nowadays? It's always been like that, especially in fashion. Apple are just the most successful in the era. Who know who will be next.
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To be honest, this is a bit like mocking people who buy clothes from the likes of Gucci, because you can get cheaper clothes from GAP. Are these people buying Apple products for their technological specifications, or are they buying them because they are fashionable?

You'd have to be a damn fool to say that the Apple products aren't pleasing to look at. As far as aesthetic design goes, they are certainly among the best companies around right now.

Of course, it won't last. Such is the way with fashion, really.
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Well it's certainly a great way to earn money, but it's of course not anything new. The best example has to be the Catholic church scamming people out of their life savings by selling redemption tickets to get their dead relatives out of purgatory quicker.

The only thing that really makes Apple's schemes stand out from the rest like brand clothes and such is that we're talking about a technical product with objective stats and preformance values, which are in no way anywhere near worth the price, thus making the scam behind it all even more obvious.
But then again, the people that buy all these things hardly care for performance, and most probably don't even know what half of the stats means in the first place.
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To be honest, this is a bit like mocking people who buy clothes from the likes of Gucci, because you can get cheaper clothes from GAP. Are these people buying Apple products for their technological specifications, or are they buying them because they are fashionable?
Still, the difference is that clothes are bought today almost solely for aesthetic value, at least for the kind of clothes we're talking about here.
Apple's products on the other hand are by their very nature utilitarian, thus showing the general ignorance and decadence much more clearly when people are willing to buy inferior or even useless consumer utility products solely for a sense of fashion.
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The only thing that really makes Apple's schemes stand out from the rest like brand clothes and such is that we're talking about a technical product with objective stats and preformance values, which are in no way anywhere near worth the price, thus making the scam behind it all even more obvious.

Not that I want to defend Apple here, but their main feature was always ease of use and usability. In the not so distant past, Macs were pretty much fire and forget, while the regular PC often turned into setup nightmares. And they have some good ideas in terms of interfaces and the likes that got adopted by competitors.
You can hardly measure these things or put an objective price tag on them. Apparently a lot of people are willing to pay a premium for convenience.
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Not that I want to defend Apple here, but their main feature was always ease of use and usability. In the not so distant past, Macs were pretty much fire and forget, while the regular PC often turned into setup nightmares. And they have some good ideas in terms of interfaces and the likes that got adopted by competitors.
You can hardly measure these things or put an objective price tag on them. Apparently a lot of people are willing to pay a premium for convenience.
Sure, but the difference is getting smaller and smaller. A Android interface is just as efficient as a iPhone interface, so now that the rest of the market has caught up, they don't really have the edge anymore.
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Reminds of the news entry about a kid who sold his kidney for a apple product.
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The thing about this logo is that people bought the product, not because of the logo, but because it was a great product. The problem with apple is, it's just a logo. I know Sony has it's own logo, but it doesn't sell on the basis of its logo, not to mention the fact it's products logos are changeable, it sells on the basis of how good it hardware and software is, not if it looks pretty.

The problem is that computers like apple and alienware seem to be using their logo as the main selling point. Not because of what is inside is good. Though obviousness Apple rely on their logo more than a company such as aleinware or dell because those computers are actually powerhouses of hardware and software, and apple is not. Apple has just become a stick on tag.

But lets not face reality here, this is genious from apple. Slapping on apple an logo and increasing it's market price by 200%, that is a brilliant piece of marketing and great for business.

This company has been putting it's logo on shit for years and people buy it like its *ahem* going out of fashion.

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Apr 15, 2012 9:24 AM

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'Apple proves that people are gullible and stupid'

Certainly didn't need proof to know that.
yah this, i mean pretty much all these giant corporations and enterprises prove this every day

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Jizzy, I know you have no idea how to argue for shit,

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Jizzy as you would call yourself because youre a dick The most butthurt award goes to you And clearly you havent watched that many shows thats why you cant determine if a show is unique or not Or maybe you're just a child who likes common stuffs where hero saves the day and guys gets all the girls. Sad taste you have there kid you came up to me in the first place making you look more like a kid who got slapped without me even knowing it and start crying about it to me

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It just shows how Apple is good at selling. I agree with the statement though. Apple isn't anything special, it lacks a lot essential things. The iPhone for example, after many many MANY people have complained the fact it lacks flash player, yet they still don't put it on OS systems. And MacBooks, why don't they have microsoft word and powerpoint installed?! Why make us pay! I know its microsoft but shh. OS system sucks too, well, its good but I'd like to download windows application sometimes. My dad is a Apple fan but even he finds it ridiculous how they release 'new' things when its hardly any different from the old.

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The only apple product I own is a 160gb iPod classic, but only because it's the largest mp3 player on the market and I have 20,000+ songs on my iTunes library.

If my cell phone would have a 160gb hard drive, I'd sell my iPod in a second.
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Everyone knows that people are gullible and stupid. Apple didn't prove anything, they are just using this fact to their own advantage, just like many other companies already do.

Apple just does an outstanding job at it.

I think that people who don't buy products because of the apple logo are no different than people who buy apple products just because of the logo.

But I will agree that Apple does overcharge for products much of the time. It does annoy me when people buy Apple products just because they think it looks nice and is stylish. But I guess being stylish is more important than functionality for some, so I cannot judge.

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I think that people who don't buy products because of the apple logo are no different than people who buy apple products just because of the logo.

But I will agree that Apple does overcharge for products much of the time. It does annoy me when people buy Apple products just because they think it looks nice and is stylish. But I guess being stylish is more important than functionality for some, so I cannot judge.


It's impossible to really make a judgment of a person that supposedly doesn't buy apple products simply because he doesn't like them. And the reason that it is impossible is because Apple have no superior products so you can say that someone still refuses to buy the apple product despite being clearly superior. Even if someone dislikes apple would he still not buy apple if their product could do stuff no other could and in the right price? If he still refuses then i guess you can say that but apple don't have such a product so we can't know.

As about style. Well actually i can understand if someone is willing to buy a better looking product than a monstrous looking one, i mean people even buy cars based on looks. The problem is that technology products as the ones Apple is making is full of awesome looking things. Is the iphone a beauty amongst monsters? Not at all, there is a number of amazing looking phones. Are their PC's so much more beautiful? Not really i have seen man laptops and normal PC with beautiful cases. Apple products aren't really that amazingly better looking s in the end the thing that makes them sell is the name and image along with fashion trends.

Apple's strong point is marketing and steady product line. They make their protucts fashion icons and raise the awareness about them. For examble their where some good MP3 players even before apple released Ipod but whenever you went around holding them in your hands most people had no idea wtf that little thing was and to them you where just a gadget nerd and didn't even care to hear how awesome that device could really be. But when apple released their product they put it movies and in the hands of famous people along with magazines etc and suddenly it was cool to have an mp3 player. Actually no, not an mp3 player, just ipod.
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I agree with everything that the op said. I don't own an pc or a phone personally.

However, I'll be buying Ipad solely for the reason of watching anime and reading manga/books when on the bus or other means of public transportation, or in the bed. It's awesome for that. I was going to buy an android tablet but then Ipad 3 came out and I was like, might as well get the best resolution.

But yeah, I don't understand how stupid some people can be when it comes to apple x_x This other day, I was talking to this apple fanatic friend that was trying to convince me to buy a mac. So I was like, "it's almost double the price and lower configuration than this other laptop from Lenovo, and I can't even play Guild Wars 2 on it, along with a load of other games". His response? "Doesn't matter, you'll have a mac" ...............
Apr 15, 2012 11:48 AM

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Not surprised. Predictable, even.

Don't care, though.
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maybe they have money
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DarkShards said:
Everyone knows that people are gullible and stupid. Apple didn't prove anything, they are just using this fact to their own advantage, just like many other companies already do.

Apple just does an outstanding job at it.

I think that people who don't buy products because of the apple logo are no different than people who buy apple products just because of the logo.

But I will agree that Apple does overcharge for products much of the time. It does annoy me when people buy Apple products just because they think it looks nice and is stylish. But I guess being stylish is more important than functionality for some, so I cannot judge.

i completely agree with this post. however, they do produce good quality products, if i had the money i would buy an iphone/ipad.

i applaud them on their marketing techniques, i don't see anything wrong with taking advantage of stupid people.

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but only because it's the largest mp3 player on the market

other than archos.
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I'd just like to say my iPhone is one of the best investments I've ever made. And no I did not buy the newest one right when it was released.
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i have never owned an apple product
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The thing about this logo is that people bought the product, not because of the logo, but because it was a great product. The problem with apple is, it's just a logo. I know Sony has it's own logo, but it doesn't sell on the basis of its logo, not to mention the fact it's products logos are changeable, it sells on the basis of how good it hardware and software is, not if it looks pretty.

The problem is that computers like apple and alienware seem to be using their logo as the main selling point. Not because of what is inside is good. Though obviousness Apple rely on their logo more than a company such as aleinware or dell because those computers are actually powerhouses of hardware and software, and apple is not. Apple has just become a stick on tag.

But lets not face reality here, this is genious from apple. Slapping on apple an logo and increasing it's market price by 200%, that is a brilliant piece of marketing and great for business.

This company has been putting it's logo on shit for years and people buy it like its *ahem* going out of fashion.

<img src="http://i760.photobucket.com/albums/xx241/vifash_vn/Fashion%20Logos/Versace.jpg" />


I recall when I was younger I would only want Sony products for TVs. That was a name brand only thing because I was a stupid kid. Sure they made good products but not as good as others.So back then it was a logo issue with me. Samsung is the best in the world for TVs but there's also other brands that are almost as good. Apple is purely a logo issue. Creative Zen is shitloads better than ipods.The iPad is probably the only product currently that nobody makes better that Apple makes. All their products are overrated and overpriced like their laptops. I could get a decent laptop for around $500-700 but an Apple laptop would be most likely twice as much.
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Well, the only Apple product I have is my iPod nano, been using it for like... grade 9? 6 years or something. Which is rare for Apple, since like most other large corporations, they don't design products to last, they design products so people will always get the newest gadget no matter how efficient or useful they are.

I used to feel embarrassed as a high schooler and even first year of university that I'm still using such an "outdated" device, but at some point I just grown an attachment to the device.

But yeah, I bet there are still people like the old me. Maybe they don't even believe they've fallen for marketing strategies. Maybe they genuinely believes Apple is superior and getting the latest gadget have some utility. Whatever they believe in, the corporations are getting sales. Usually by subtly manipulating the masses. :/

Not that I want to sound like a cliche and outdated Marxist, but yeah. Wonder how he would respond to mass media and marketing strategies.
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The thing that I hate most about Apple products is that they phase out all of their old models. They don't care if you're still using iPhone 3G, they're going to upgrade everything to the point where the 3G no longer supports any apps and gets the crap end of the stick. If you want to buy Apple products, you have to have enough funds to keep up with the new hardware, which they release quite frequently. Otherwise, your stuff will get old, be phased out, and no longer be usable anymore. Another thing that bugs me is their operating systems. It's the same deal. If we take a look over at windows, people who still use XP can pretty much do everything that a windows 7 user can do. This is definitely not the case at all with Macs. Old OS's get phased out as well and eventually no new software will support your OS. You have to keep up and buy all of the new OS's. There's nothing special about Apple products. Products by other companies can perform the same as or greater than any Apple product... and for a cheaper price too, usually. Apple is just a huge toilet to toss your money down. Only people with insane amounts of money and ignorance would buy an Apple product.

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Another reason to hate apple is how it seems as if their products are designed to break.
I have had my iPod4g for a year and I dropped it like 2 feet from the ground, in a case and the screen shattered and my warranty doesn't even cover it. In order to fix it and keep my warranty I have to pay 149$ to get a new one. There is no way in hell I am paying for that. I hate apple so much.
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tbh, first thing i thought of when i read the title was assassin's creed.
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Another reason to hate apple is how it seems as if their products are designed to break.
I have had my iPod4g for a year and I dropped it like 2 feet from the ground, in a case and the screen shattered and my warranty doesn't even cover it. In order to fix it and keep my warranty I have to pay 149$ to get a new one. There is no way in hell I am paying for that. I hate apple so much.
As I said, I had my nano for like 6 years and it still works (I still use it on a daily basis). I know I'm probably in the minority.

I have dropped it several times as well. One particular time where it was on concrete and pretty much put 2 dents on my device.

I think some of their older stuff wasn't as fragile as some of their newer stuff.
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Basically, it's just 'designer' technology. If you have apple products, it makes you look rich. It amuses me how so many people in Singapore have an iPhone. Hell, I saw an old lady playing Angry Bird with much enthusiasm on her iPhone. Not only that, but apple products are so easy to use though. Apple knows what people want, stupid or not.

I own an iTouch 2g and an iPad 2, but I would never even bother upgrading unless they're broken or dead, and that is going to take a very long time, considering the fact that my itouch is still going well after almost 4 years. I first bought an iTouch to see what all the hype about iPods is about. Back then, owning an iTouch, everyone at school wanted to play with it. 4 years later, almost everyone has the latest iPhone. I like the fact that it's easy to use. Even a 5 year old can use apple products. (It's like brainwashing, no? Teaching little kids to use apple products in their childhood almost guarantees they'll use it well into adulthood.) But I find that people upgrading to the newest product when they already have the one released last year, so very stupid. Ok, upgrading any phone (iPhone or not) when your two year contract ends, fair enough. I wouldn't mind getting an iPhone, considering that being a major gamer, I have so many games from the app store and it would be a hassle to repurchase from the android store. I'd still prefer the SGS2 though.

Apple also claims to be educational, and nowadays, schools are using apple products and such. A school I saw on TV gets iPads for education purposes. Apple is like a cult.
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I've never owned an apple product, i've only used ipods, macs, etc from other people.

Apple fails. Macs fail. Learn a thing about computers and you'll realize.

It's funny hearing that saying, "Macs never get viruses" I just LOL. I just have to say this to those dum people

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Hmm... The only thing to really say here is that most people hate Apple for the pure fact that it's Apple, and nothing more. Kind of sad... I've tried every Apple product to date (except for their towers), and have owned a few ipods. They're not anywhere near as bad as people make them out to be, but then, I guess you really have to look at your priorities.

Apple's mac pro towers are definitely overpriced; ridiculously overpriced, I might say. They're not bad per say, just a really poor deal. The same goes for macbooks; you can buy laptops with those specs for much cheaper. On that note, Apple's iMac's surprisingly aren't a bad deal; but then, it really depends on what you're looking for. Try finding a 27' inch LED monitor with that kind of pixel density for cheap. Monitors like that go for around $1000 market value, which means the computer itself is valued at around $700 to $1000, and for the specs involved, it's not a bad deal. That said, I would never buy one. I hate OSX. And yes, I've tried one. My school had them for graphic design -shutters- I fucking hate OSX.

I've also tried Ipad's. Really, the only thing I have to say about these are that they're lightning fast app-machines. I wouldn't get one if you don't plan on utilizing their app-store. I kind of wanted one in the past because it would have been a great way to store and read manga, but I'm not spending $500 on that. Regardless, I don't think they're a bad deal. The app-store on a machine like the ipad can be more than worth its price. As for me, I give zero fucks about the app-store. But people have different interests.

And here we come to the ipods. These, imho, have always been an absolutely great deal. Though... most people who criticize the ipod are too stupid to even know what they're criticizing. I got into a huge crapfest with this shit in this thread. That thread is the most pathetic attempt at criticizing ipods I've been involved in. There's simply nothing to criticize. They're not mp3 players. They're multimedia players. Don't buy an ipod if your sole concern is music. Like, for fucks sakes, people get all pissy about itunes (falsely accusing it of shit) and that apple has an average sound card. What are you, running and traveling with Sennheiser's bobbling on your head? You go through the streets with those? Most people, including myself, use earphones on the run, so an above average sound card is virtually useless. Sennheiser's belong at home, where you can utilize your computer's sound card properly.
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It's funny hearing that saying, "Macs never get viruses" I just LOL. I just have to say this to those dum people.


What do you think the ratio of Mac viruses to PC viruses is?

I think we could make a fairly generous estimate of at least 1 : 10,000.

Although the real figure is probably a lot closer to 1: 100,000, if not more.

Of course this is not a reflection of superior security on Macs part, simply a case of hackers targeting the largest share of the market. But the point still stands that Macs are a lot less vulnerable to PCs when it comes to computer viruses.

And I don't even own a Mac.
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I don't like Apple products. They have enough money already, why should I help them?

I don't like macintosh, I have to work with them at college and they are not so good as they say. I could crash an Mac 3 times just by editing video, thing that never happened with my windows.

I bought a laptop for 399 euros with the same specs has an 799 euros Mac laptop. What's the point?

Never had problems with windows, people just have to learn how to take care of them.

Mac is good for someone who doesn't know what is doing to be honest. I'm not being rude but with a windows you just have to do things carefully, with a mac you can do what you want without being careful

But that article really proves that Apple does what they want with people and that people are materialistic and stupid enough to do what they want.


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What do you think the ratio of Mac viruses to PC viruses is?

I think we could make a fairly generous estimate of at least 1 : 10,000.

Although the real figure is probably a lot closer to 1: 100,000, if not more.

Of course this is not a reflection of superior security on Macs part, simply a case of hackers targeting the largest share of the market. But the point still stands that Macs are a lot less vulnerable to PCs when it comes to computer viruses.

And I don't even own a Mac.
Still, it's not like that's going to last, and the more people that buy macs, the more viruses there will be for it.
And I don't know, making sure you don't get a virus isn't that bloody hard either way, so saying that's a reason to buy a overpriced product like a lot of the fanboys do doesn't make sense. Might as well buy a similarly solid PC for half the price and then put a little bit into antivirus software if the free ones aren't good enough.
EinLawliet said:
Mac is good for someone who doesn't know what is doing to be honest. I'm not being rude but with a windows you just have to do things carefully, with a mac you can do what you want without being careful
I never really got that though, I started using a PC as a complete noob and fucked around with everything but I never broke stuff. Besides doing something obviously retarded like randomly deleting files in the system folder, how much damage are you likely to do, really.
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i have never owned an apple product
And proud of it.
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AnnoKano said:
What do you think the ratio of Mac viruses to PC viruses is?

I think we could make a fairly generous estimate of at least 1 : 10,000.

Although the real figure is probably a lot closer to 1: 100,000, if not more.

Of course this is not a reflection of superior security on Macs part, simply a case of hackers targeting the largest share of the market. But the point still stands that Macs are a lot less vulnerable to PCs when it comes to computer viruses.

And I don't even own a Mac.
Still, it's not like that's going to last, and the more people that buy macs, the more viruses there will be for it.
And I don't know, making sure you don't get a virus isn't that bloody hard either way, so saying that's a reason to buy a overpriced product like a lot of the fanboys do doesn't make sense. Might as well buy a similarly solid PC for half the price and then put a little bit into antivirus software if the free ones aren't good enough.
EinLawliet said:
Mac is good for someone who doesn't know what is doing to be honest. I'm not being rude but with a windows you just have to do things carefully, with a mac you can do what you want without being careful
I never really got that though, I started using a PC as a complete noob and fucked around with everything but I never broke stuff. Besides doing something obviously retarded like randomly deleting files in the system folder, how much damage are you likely to do, really.


It depends on the brand has well. My old laptop was a crap who broke after a year, my bf pc it has almost 3 years and it works perfectly fine. The brand of my old laptop was a crap who had lots of complaints.

Never had problems with windows besides that.

With Macs, well the college macs ruined my usb pen and to a few more people.

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Metty said:
i have never owned an apple product
And proud of it.


never owned anything from Apple has well xD...I just have Quicktime on my pc because it's needed to install Toon Boom -.-


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I looked heavily into tablet alternatives a year or two back, but kept running into similarly priced or more expensive products and crappy Taiwanese ripoffs (there's a lot on the market).

I didn't want a laptop/notebook pc due to my specific needs. Needless to say, I'm surprised the iPad is selling well because I can't imagine most people having my needs. I don't know what they would do with the product.

I still have the 1st gen (@ $100 price drop) and it still serves my purposes to this day. Won't upgrade so long as it serves my specific purposes, which it does.

I built my PC and don't own an iPhone (not even a smartphone since I have no use for it), but I needed something for specific use, so I got it, and it serves my purposes. Have gotten a lot of use out of it and will continue to do so until it breaks down (heck I baked my pc graphics card in the oven to fix it - A+ worked like a boss, will bake again). "It just werks."
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MadScientist said:

It's funny hearing that saying, "Macs never get viruses" I just LOL. I just have to say this to those dum people
... you do know no one actually says that right?
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Annoiato said:
... you do know no one actually says that right?
I've heard people say that, so yes, they do. Might not say it anymore, but at least it was a common misconception at some point.
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