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Originally Posted by Bobblehead
There seems to have been a number of CPers who have purchased Macs lately.
I wonder if some of these posts may not have given them some food for thought?
It sounds like the OS is still highly regarded, but the hardware being used in their closed system may be weak point (although Fotze and BlackEleven seem to have had recent OS issues).
And there was just an investgative report by KIRO news which makes it appear like Apple is trying to stonewall any negative publicity. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...FB007CAA25.DTL
Actually, with the number of ipods sold, I don't think the failure rate is a bad thing - no commercial product will be 100% - but the actions taken by Apple's legal teams seem somewhat strong. |
This is all just heresy though.
Like I stated earlier, this thread is hardly an accurate cross-section of Mac users. If these hardware failures were really that common, the products wouldn't get the continuously high ratings they do from all the respected sources. Not only that, but Apple computers are used by every major movie studio in Hollywood. Would they really try to produce multi-million dollar movies on hardware that was as flaky as you're suggesting?
As for the OS issues, having an app freeze is not an OS issue, there are other software companies that mac apps for OSX. This would be like faulting Windows every time you got an error message in some chat program or whatever. Also, a kernel panic is the Apple version of the BSoD. I think it's pretty safe to say it happens a lot more on a Windows box than an Apple.
As for the story about the iPods causing a fire. I have no problems with what they did. They kept a reporter from making a few bucks on a story that would have been overblown and sensationalized... and in the meantime, they investigated the causes, admitted their fault in a court of law and then changed the batteries in future products.
I'm pretty biased, in that I have absolutely 0 love for media sensationalists, so maybe I'm way off base. Freedom of the press isn't always what it's made out to be. If it's just a story on the facts and only the facts, that's fine... but it never is. It's always a "
Coming up next, we take a look at why Apple is burning your house down and lighting your children on fire!! ... But first, here is 5 minutes of commercials for you to watch!"
Anyway, aside from everything else, it's common knowledge that the majority of people who don't have issues with a product, never post about how they don't have issues that product. A few people posting in a thread about pretty unlucky circumstances, does not a need to "rethink their decisions" make.