DISQUS

cabrach · 1 year ago

The importance of absolutely first class industrial design throughout all Apple products cannot be underestimated. Apple is fortunate in having top design people involved and Steve Jobs keeps it on track. When he was not with Apple their design standards aped the competitors. Now the competitors try to copy Apple - but fortunately never come close.

Hayweed · 1 year ago

That is why Apple is far ahead of Sony, Dell and other consumer electronics companies. A mac is more than a computer since it becomes a home media server when coupled with the airport extreme and an apple tv. The iPhone is way more than a phone when linked to mobile me and itunes.

The other nice thing is that since Apple builds all the hardware and creates all the software everything works together nicely. If you buy a dell pc how do you hook it to your tv. If you have a sony ericsson phone it does not do anything with your sony tv. Since none of the other companies stuff works together there is no customer loyalty issue. With apple, you get one product and then another and another. With the other stuff you keep buying stuff from other companies and you end up with stuff that does not work together at all.

Our house 1 Macpro, 4 imacs, 2 macbooks, 4 apple tv, 1 airport extreme, 2 wireless airport boxes, 4 apple hifi speakers, 2 iphones original, and 8 ipods including the original 5gb white ipod bought on the first day sold. Still used as a firewire harddrive (battery was replaced in 2005).

My work is also all mac. The only way to go and I can be the IT guy without having to hire an IT guy for networking, virus protection, etc. etc..

taojones · 1 year ago

it's refreshing to hear an actual user experience. on one post on another site the guy was crabbing that the upgrade to the faster phone wasn't worth it because it didn't have enough new features. Here this user is thrilled that the old phones were not made obsolete by the new ones . both versions perform great! the other guy is waiting for the i-phone with the golf ball washer and electric ginzu knife and tire pump model (oh yea did i mention atomic powered!

Brosan55 · 1 year ago

I have 3 original iPhones & pay roughly $200 a month for the 1400 minute Family Plan. For me it's not worth the extra $30-50 per month for the new & faster features of the 3G. The original iPhone is still awesome, especially with the new version 2 software. I think Hawk offers a valuable perspective to help others make what will be an expensive choice. And for Zack, who I have the greatest respect for, I wouldn't characterize his article as a "rant," just a contrary point of view.