while wearing flip flops.... Jaime Solorza Wireless Systems Architect 915-861-1390
On Sat, May 16, 2015 at 12:28 PM, Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote: > I remember telling a customer he should either learn how to configure his > AirPort himself, get AppleCare, or get a regular router like a Linksys or > Netgear with a web GUI if he expected his ISP to provide step-by-step phone > support. > > He said he would go out and buy a non-Apple router. > > He came back with a TimeMachine. > > That's another thing I hate about Apple, they have to use special names > for ordinary things, so people don't compare prices. So you don't have a > router, you have an AirPort. You don't have an external hard drive, you > have a TimeMachine. > > But just like some people only shop at WalMart, some people only shop for > electronics at the Apple Store. Probably the same people who buy all their > groceries at Whole Foods. > > > -----Original Message----- From: Bill Prince > Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2015 1:06 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Customer equipment > > No doubt. > > The least they could do is to give it a web GUI. Beyond me why it has to > be some proprietary interface. > > bp > <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> > > On 5/16/2015 10:37 AM, Seth Mattinen wrote: > >> On 5/16/15 10:17, Bill Prince wrote: >> >>> >>> Plus, for reasons that are not clear to me, Apple has to change the way >>> the stupid AirPort admin tool works every month or two. So even if you >>> knew how to set it up in August; come September it's a whole new ball >>> game. >>> >> >> >> Software developers need to do something. >> >> ~Seth >> > > >
