Comments on: Apple Hype: Good or Beyond Bad?

By: No matter what, I’ll still love you tomorrow | MostlyLisa.com

No matter what, I’ll still love you tomorrow | MostlyLisa.com — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 11:55:25 +0000

[...] What now?? You want me to stop looking at leaked photos on engadget or all reading all the hype on apple insider. I’m not.. I.. I.. just followed a link from twitter. You know what? You [...]

By: Do we really need another NEW iPod? | MostlyLisa.com

Do we really need another NEW iPod? | MostlyLisa.com — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 21:03:14 +0000

[...] Apple hype and over consumption is like a thorn in my side these days. I recently watched “Manufactured Landscapes”, a startling documentary following Canadian photographer, Edward Burtynsky, as he documents both the destruction and creation of humanity. The sheer magnitude of e-waste ie., computers, tvs, cables, phones, dvd players, iPods is literally astonishing. [...]

By: Karamea

Karamea — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:44:37 +0000

I’m currently reading this on my old PowerBook and hating life. Why you ask?
Because last Thursday my almost year old Macbook’s video card decided to die.

Please tell me how this happens? After a year!! My dad runs a Dell, and my mom, HP. And in the years that they’ve both had their laptops, they have never ever had the problems I’ve had with mine!!

I trusted Steve to give me a working laptop to use for online classes and freelance work, and instead he gives me a laptop that needs 3, yes THREE new batteries in less than 6 months, and a video card that dies because the battery overheats almost on a daily basis!!!!

And I won’t even go into my iPhone rant!!
But yes, I more than agree with you on this one!! Too much hype. Not enough tests. I love Apple with all my heart. But I fear Steve might fall off his pedestal soon if he doesn’t slow it down!!

By: Suki

Suki — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 07:20:15 +0000

Came here off Mark Cohen’s page, and I reckon you have all your points correct. The one catch? Apple is still better than a lot of the others out there.
The main complaint I would have against Apple is that they’re releasing products prematurely, without testing them properly. But like you, I’m a complete slave to the sheer beauty and efficiency of their products! I will nitpick and say that the Creative Zen Plus has better sound quality and the iBuds are downright bad, but.. the sheer user-friendliness and beauty of the iPod is what gives it that touch of class :).

By: kristarella

kristarella — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 10:12:27 +0000

Yep, I think that Apple and their fan-boys/girls need to think hard before raving. I’ve been thinking that problems are a nature of large scale ventures. The more people who have Macs, the more chances there are of somebody having a problem with their Mac. Apple needs to make sure they stay on top of the problems while they are spreading like wild-fire (I wonder how ‘wild’ fire is different from regular fire…).

By: jason

jason — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 00:47:43 +0000

ok, waaaaaaaaaay off topic to most, but I think it relates to your post.

You know Prince, right - you know, the guy who wears the “ass-out” pants?

Well, in the 90’s he was recording, like, 7 albums worth of material every year. And he wanted to release it to the public. But his label, Warner Brothers was like “Dude, you’re bad and all, but no one wants to hear that much sexafunkafalsetto with a back beat”.

Seems like they were right, somewhat, as his hits fell off the map. (although is street cred is still pretty high - yeah, he’s funky)

Anyway, is Apple in the same boat? They release so many cool toys that we can’t keep up with them and end up saying “screw it, where’s that Toshiba that Best Buy was selling on Sunday for beans”.

Ok, i’m done.

By: rich

rich — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:02:21 +0000

Apple must take care…

When you put something on a pedestal, the danger is that it might fall off one day…

By: Mostly Lisa

Mostly Lisa — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 20:28:29 +0000

@Spike — gah! sorry about that. my iBook had a major crash landing as well. still worked after, just the CD drive went a bit wonky.

@Saf — hahaha! awesome.

By: Saf

Saf — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 08:33:40 +0000

Look what I heard today :

Apple looking to hire iPhone hacker!!
http://tinyurl.com/5e3sss

Steve is really awesome.

By: Spike

Spike — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 02:21:03 +0000

My comment got munched too, but about all I had to say was that my experience with several Macs, iPods, iPhones, etc., over the last six years has been virtually flawless. One recall for a noisy power supply fan on my first MDD PowerMac, one dead 12″ PowerBook that crash-landed on a concrete floor when someone yanked it off its perch by tripping over the power cord, and one nasty recurring freeze on my current MacBook Pro that seems to be fixed in 10.5.4.