IMO, you get what you pay for. I was a devout windows and android user. I used to mock apple folks. Then I was offered a work in kind deal, and for some reason, I chose to be paid in the form of a 17" MacBook Pro. It took a while, but in the end, I was a convert. Now I have an iPhone, iPad and of course the Mac. I love them all. I love the interoperability of all three devices. I am looking forward to Yosemite to come out for the Mac to see what new level of interoperability I get. I still have two Windows machines in my house. they run Windows 7 and 8. I don't know why I hang onto them, but on rare occasions I will fire one up. I may turn one of them into a linux machine running Apache, PHP and ColdFusion as well as MySQL for a development web server since the sites I host are all on Linux servers. I don't think that Apple does anything "revolutionary". IMO, it appears to me that they see what's out there, what people like and don't like, and make/upgrade a product that has the things that folks want, and not much of what they don't want. Again, my opinion. I don't mind that Apple waits a while to develop something that Android has been doing for a while. I am patient. I was not jonesing for a SWYPE keyboard, but as soon as I upgraded my iPhone to iOS 8, I paid the whopping .99 cents to get it. I am looking forward to seeing how the iWatch is going to work. From what I read, Apple took what Samsung has been doing with their watch, and making tweaks so that it's what people want, and leaving out what they don't want. In the end, its all about what you like. I won't bash a windows or android user (I will bash Windows 8 though) just because they like their systems. As was said in this thread, to each their own.
Sent from my iPad > On Sep 27, 2014, at 8:07 PM, Zaphod Beeblebrox <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > The click wheel interface was pretty innovative at the time. I remember > that my brother had one from Dell at the same time I got my first iPod > classic. Hands down, it was easier to navigate the iPod. The other > difference was the quality of the components. Audiophiles would use the > iPod along with the FLAC codec to store their digital collections because > of the quality if the DAC. > > As for apple products being overpriced, I'm sure there are a lot of people > that feel that way. I don't happen to be one of them. I also think that > other companies have quality products e.g. Lenovo, but you end up spending > a similar amount because you have to get the higher end product. > > On Saturday, September 27, 2014, Eric Roberts < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> >> How did they do an MP3 player better than anyone else? Even the cheap >> crappy ones you can buy for 5 bucks play music just as good. My old >> Creative Labs MP3 player that came out long before there was ever an iPod >> played music just as good as an iPod years before there was an iPod. It >> synced with my computer's music folder...the only thing special about it >> was >> the introduction of iTunes to download music...though if I remember >> correctly, my player hooked up with Rhapsody. I never saw what was so >> innovative about it. Apple products are overpriced status symbols. Ever >> since the PC's became just as powerful in the graphics department, Apple >> hasn't been anything special. Hel...the only way they were able to improve >> their OS was to make it a Linux shell... >> >> Eric >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Vivec [mailto:[email protected] <javascript:;>] >> Sent: Saturday, September 27, 2014 10:28 AM >> To: cf-community >> Subject: Re: What the iPhone 6 does better than the rest >> >> >> The apple iPod was a game changer ^_^ >> They did the dedicated digital music player better than anyone else ever >> did, or has done since ;-D >> >> On 27 September 2014 11:12, Scott Stroz <[email protected] <javascript:;>> >> wrote: >> >>> >>> people would claim it was a 'game changer' and that Apple > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:372718 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
