Comments on: Apple to hold a “Lion” of an event Oct 20th

By: Squidlert

Squidlert — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 16:35:36 +0000

I have a Blackberry and an iPhone 3g. The iPhone drops calls constantly. The Blackberry may not have as pretty of an interface. But I can type email way faster and make more reliable calls. I can also change the battery myself.

I use Ubuntu at home, Mac at Work, XP in Parallels for work, Vista as my HTPC O/S. All have pluses and minuses.

By: pete

pete — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 16:07:44 +0000

If you were a Mac user you would know MAC is not the way its spelled.

By: Camerique

Camerique — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 21:17:26 +0000

Maybe “Lion” will fix the idiotic search function. Find a file on the drive you’re currently in, and by file name, not defaulting back to “this Mac” and “content”. . . sheesh.

By: CountryFriedSteak

CountryFriedSteak — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 14:06:11 +0000

I’ve been using Windows since the early 90′s and I always switch to the classic interface with every upgrade. That being said I have no need for shiny icons and all the fancy things on a Mac when I’m at work. The “find” function never finds what I’m looking for even if the document is sitting right on the desktop.

Why am I forced to use Iphoto when I want to grab my pictures off my camera? On Windows I can select
img/mov directly from the card reader/camera.

Sometimes when I start a simple project and haven’t created a folder for it yet, I’ll hit save, but the Mac
won’t let me create/delete/move a folder inside the save dialog. I have to stop, go outside the program
and create it and then go back into it to save what I was working on.

I love using every bit of power my computer has to offer and Windows allows me to slim down the
amount of processes running in the background that can slow rendering. Why is it when I compare the
amount of processes running on a Mac the list goes on forever?

I ran a clean install of Win 7 & AE vs a clean install of OSX Leopard & AE, both machines
similarly spec’d and the PC was so much faster in the real world tasks I performed on it.

While I love Itunes and all my music sits on an Ipod… dammit I bought the freakin’ music so
let me play it without having to authorize it on another Mac.

Give me back a physical eject button on the CD/DVD drive on a MAC. I can’t count the times that the
eject button on the keyboard or dragging the disk to the trash failed.

Why do I have to go to the Genius Bar to change the battery on my Iphone. My gf just got an EVO
from Sprint and I gotta say that Android is awesome!

I have an Ipad but I’m thinking of selling it or giving it to my little sister because a Chromium OS
netbook makes more sense for me. Maybe I just wasn’t able to give up the keyboard just yet. To be
fair I picked up the Ipad on a whim, but I haven’t made much use of it since that day.

By: Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 08:01:50 +0000

I cant wait for my Windows Phone 7! I am going to dump this P.O.S. iPhone4 A.S.A.P. when Microsoft releases the phone.

Thank god they are also releasing the Zune software for mac, so I can stop using an emulator to run Windows based programs on this stupid mac.

-sent from my iPhone (soon to be Windows Phone 7)

By: Aaron M

Aaron M — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 21:45:55 +0000

I’m hoping there’s something unexpected in this. Everyone’s expecting the MBP and MBA refreshes. The lion references probably are about the next osx. But ‘Back to the Mac’? That implies a return to something that existed before . . . osx hasn’t gone away; and though supplies are thinning, MBA’s can still be obtained.

The mac was originally released as a consumer home desktop . . . are my dreams of a consumer class desktop with a little bit of expansion room coming to fruition? Something bigger than a mini (one pci-e slot is all I ask!) and not as beastly as the mac pros? I have much hope. I have much appreciation for my minis, but the return of a true mac desktop that’s closer to the $1000 mark would really make my holiday season.

By: Eric L

Eric L — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 17:45:47 +0000

Me too, my C64 is still hooked up to the 12″ color TV! Just Ice, you may be my long-lost soul-brother and I hereby challenge you to a game of Ballblazer or Archon II, your choice.

By: Q

Wed, 13 Oct 2010 17:36:33 +0000

Commodore! What are you doing with your time, playing pong.

By: Ben Bajarin

Ben Bajarin — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 17:34:57 +0000

hobby economist maybe. No I am an technology industry analyst so I try to remain as objective as possible and look at the pros and cons of all the technologies I study.

I also don’t see the point in scrutinizing people simply because they have different interests and make different product choices.

By: Kayne

Kayne — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 17:32:01 +0000

that was the most reasonable, level headed non incindiary reply I have ever seen on an apple related post… you must be a roving econmist and not an actual apple user I take it? :)

By: Ben Bajarin

Ben Bajarin — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 17:30:55 +0000

That is excellent good for you. Others have made different choices and that is good for them. Consumer choice is good.

By: Ben Bajarin

Ben Bajarin — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 17:29:15 +0000

You make no sense. Did you have a relevant point you want to discuss?

Or would you rather mock people because they have different tastes and interests?

By: James

James — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 17:25:26 +0000

Either you work for Apple or El Jobso is paying your salary. Perhaps you’re just an obsessed iSheep who thinks in 1-dimension.

Show me your iPhone w/the jacket..go on don’t be shy.

By: Just Ice

Just Ice — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 17:22:14 +0000

who cares. I dont care about apple or windows. both I hope will go away. im still using my commodore 64 and happy as a bug in a rug – go screw yourselves you applewin fags

By: Ben Bajarin

Ben Bajarin — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 17:16:51 +0000

You are on the right track with where I think the market is heading with software… as a service…

By: RLDonnell

RLDonnell — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 17:12:53 +0000

That is true Ben, Adobe is moving to a subscription model… and if all my applications were rentable or delivered via the Web – then a move to the MAC makes sens as the hardware is superior to HP and Dell products… good point.

By: Ben Bajarin

Ben Bajarin — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 17:05:36 +0000

The answer is you don’t. However there are a lot of people out there who don’t use all that software, and who use very little software in fact who are and have been switching to the mac. It’s just free market dynamics.

By: RLDonnell

RLDonnell — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 17:00:32 +0000

Get over it! As a MAC and a Windows 7 user, I keep trying to justify using the MAC. But, all my programs (Adobe Creative and MS Office) are owned in Windows… and the MAC is a pain (just like Windows) to use. Why spend thousands to change software – with the exact same utility from one annoying platform to another?

By: Sameer

Sameer — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 16:58:57 +0000

Apple bores android rules and windows sucks

By: Ben Bajarin

Ben Bajarin — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 16:53:21 +0000

I don’t get your logic? If your a Windows user why do you care what Apple does? Apple products aren’t for everyone there is no problem with that.

By: Ben Bajarin

Ben Bajarin — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 16:50:20 +0000

That’s great Thomas thanks for sharing. What you are explaining is the beauty of the free market and consumer choice. If Apple’s devices don’t appeal to you, you have a lot of others to choose from.

Evo is a great phone also. Consumer choice is what makes this market great.

Thanks again for sharing.

By: dufus

dufus — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 16:46:37 +0000

Cool. Another new Mac OS that I can’t use any of my favorite programs on!

Could it be… (-gulp-) that Mr. Jobs will allow us the pleasure of native Blu-Ray support?

I know I’ve been a bad little boy by watching all my Blu-Rays on my Windows HTPC… sorry Mr. Jobs. I’ll throw that away and rush to get Apple TV ASAP! I bow to you Lord Jobs and the Apple God.

By: Thomas M

Thomas M — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 16:45:54 +0000

Had to post.
I recently gave up my iPhone for the HTC Evo. I was sick & tired of all the restrictions & the fact they were in bed with AT&T. Restrictions like not being able to un-install a upgrade that makes my phone slower. Hackers & jailbreakers had to devise a way to do that. Best move I ever made was to dump my apple phone. It’s a real shame cuz apple used to be the only OS I supported but looks to me like all this market share is going to their heads.

By: Ben Bajarin

Ben Bajarin — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 16:32:31 +0000

Yes, sorry my slang for the product is Mac air so I let it slip.

By: Don

Don — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 16:25:37 +0000

Is that you Ballmer? Nice try…

By: mac air?

mac air? — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 16:20:16 +0000

ah i see, you meant macbook air, now your spelled it correctly ;)

By: mac air?

mac air? — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 16:12:28 +0000

mac air? whats that supposed to be? wtf?

By: Kevin

Kevin — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 16:10:21 +0000

James, dude relax. Lets get something straight. Apple doesn’t strive to have the most OS’s sold just for the sake of it…they strive to have the best OS experience and if the numbers say they are #1 then thats that.
As for the Windows phone, Microsoft doesn’t make a phone, they make the OS. You can hold it upside down for all anyone cares…especially as you throw it away in a year.

By: Vincent Nguyen

Vincent Nguyen — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 16:08:31 +0000

It’s Apple – what can you do?

By: Dean

Dean — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 16:04:59 +0000

This little press release will get more coverage than all the Windows Phones taken together.

Rightfully so. Can’t wait for the news.

By: James

James — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 15:59:14 +0000

just *cant*

By: James

James — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 15:58:49 +0000

Yeah because Windows 7 isn’t currently selling like hotcakes and because someone in Cupertino just stand all the Windows Phone 7 news popping up left and right.

As a Mac user, I’ll be buying Windows Phone 7 now that the Mac support has been announced for Zune. I will be holding the phone whatever ways I like — from left grip to right grip and there’ll be no need for a single jacket to make it work.