Why I hate everything Apple!

Could there be a more protective, elitist club of fanboish idiots?
I'm sorry, but I cannot stand Apple. I've tried to like them, I've bought an iPhone, but that only worsened my relations with that sad... sad... company, from the fanbois to the management to the products.

And I'm also sick of people bashing Microsoft. Leave that poor company alone. I've only had 2 problems with my laptop running Vista over the past 2 years, and none of them was caused by Vista. One, would you believe it, was actually caused by me trying to install a hackintosh version of Mac OS X!

So, let me divulge and I'll get right into it...
Anyone ever purchased an iPhone? Could there possibly be a more ridiculous, communist, locked-in phone available?
You spend NZ$1000 and get locked into a single network with a 24 month plan at NZ$60 a month. You can only download Apple-approved applications, products like Google Latitude, nope, your not allowed them, because Apple doesn't want other companies competing with their so called brilliant products.
That is why I have jailbroken my iPhone, something I should have done long ago. And now, Apple wants to make it illegal?! And yet, one of Apple's many product taglines is being 'different'. How is remotely possible to be different, when 10 million other iPhone users have the exact same background, the exact same layout? What a load of BS.

I've bet you've seen those smug Apple ads portraying PC as a bloated piece of crap? I'm sick of them too. "Oh, Macs don't get viruses because we are 'cool'", and yet, wasn't it a few months ago that Apple advised customers to purchase Anti-Virus suites for their all white, uni-colored Macs? An editor of MacUser, Nick Rawlinson once stated "Anyone that tells you Macs don't get viruses or crash is a liar".

And what is up with all these 'Service packs' Apple keep releasing? But the Mac zealots continue to claim each cat is actually a new OS. Hardly. When Panther was released Apple valiantly claimed "Over 150 breakthrough new features" of which the best one was the new "Finder". Imagine how insignificant the other 149 were.

Got a new MacBook? Any owner will tell you that in 6 months, it'll be out of date, since Apple loves its product release cycles.

Also, how stupid does Apple think it's customers are? 1 mouse button?! A monkey with ADD could master 2 buttons if it so chooses.

And I've got more...

I'm sick of Apple, Steve Jobs, the products, the fanbois that go with it and the customer service.

- Luke.
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- Luke.

Stupid questions cause I'm one who thinks a phone should be a phone period.

Now that its jail broken I know you can use the phone on any network, but did the jail break also allow downloads of any app from anywhere?

Second question for other computer phones where do you go with them to download apps? Are you sure you aren't downloading a trojan app? Do you need a virus and spyware protection on them? Thinking of some Trojan writer who might make your phone accept a Skype VOIP type of call via the net and then send it out via the cell part of the phone on your minutes.


As to Mac mice, they now have zero buttons. You are a little behind.

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Stupid questions cause I'm one who thinks a phone should be a phone period.

Stupid questions cause I'm one who thinks a phone should be a phone period.

Now that its jail broken I know you can use the phone on any network, but did the jail break also allow downloads of any app from anywhere?

Second question for other computer phones where do you go with them to download apps? Are you sure you aren't downloading a trojan app? Do you need a virus and spyware protection on them? Thinking of some Trojan writer who might make your phone accept a Skype VOIP type of call via the net and then send it out via the cell part of the phone on your minutes.

As to Mac mice, they now have zero buttons. You are a little behind.

Oh no. Apple has announced a media event for January 27, prepare for the media, blogosphere, and fanbois to go wild.
It will likely be the unveiling of the Apple tablet (iS late) or iPhone OS 4.0.
Ugh. I wonder if it will feature Steve Jobs with all his smug arrogance?
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- Luke.

Have you ever seen G4's Attack of the Show sketches featuring their own Steve Jobs? Check this one out, it's hilarious!
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Have you ever seen G4's Attack of the Show sketches featuring their own Steve Jobs? Check this one out, it's hilarious!

The only reason that Mac computers do not have more viruses is that the market share for Mac is 1/10 that of Windows. At the most recent two Black Hat conferences, the first OS to fall was OSX on the Mac (Under 10 seconds in one of the two events).
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BOINC WIKI

I read the same thing. I also read that Ubuntu/Kubuntu was hacked with relative ease as well.

I read the same thing. I also read that Ubuntu/Kubuntu was hacked with relative ease as well.

Here we go again with the usual FUD.

Meanwhile, Microsoft machines pollute the internet with vast amounts of spam and further attacks from zombied systems.

So... How about some real world detail please?

Meanwhile... Computers should work an awful lot better for all users. Note: It's NOT the user's fault.

Meanwhile, Microsoft machines pollute the internet with vast amounts of spam and further attacks from zombied systems.

Right. It's Microsoft's machines. It's totally not the fact that some hacker took over the machine and turned it into a zombie. ...

Meanwhile... Computers should work an awful lot better for all users. Note: It's NOT the user's fault.

I completely agree, and that's why *nix still isn't the best OS out there and why Windows is still Number 1. Oh, right, Microsoft marketing... monopoly... etc.

My bad. Mandriva rocks! Linux is so easy to use!

Linux is in more devices and more places than you might care to notice. From my experience, I certainly do not rate Windows as the 'best'. Hence why there are no Windows machines here.

Meanwhile, Microsoft machines pollute the internet with vast amounts of spam and further attacks from zombied systems.

Right. It's Microsoft's machines. It's totally not the fact that some hacker took over the machine and turned it into a zombie. ...

So it's really not that there are so many known and actively exploited exploits for the Windows series of OSes that the insecurity has generated a whole new series of industries to exploit and leverage profits from those exploits?...

The users suffer the ensuing Windows shards and shrapnel as ever...

Meanwhile... Computers should work an awful lot better for all users. Note: It's NOT the user's fault.

I completely agree, and that's why *nix still isn't the best OS out there and why Windows is still Number 1. Oh, right, Microsoft marketing... monopoly... etc.

My bad. Mandriva rocks! Linux is so easy to use!

Linux is in more devices and more places than you might care to notice. From my experience, I certainly do not rate Windows as the 'best'. Hence why there are no Windows machines here.

Riiight. Blane the popular OS for security exploits again. Because, you know, *nix doesn't suffer from poorly written code, and you never have to update Linux to fix known defects.

The users suffering migraines and wasted time...

Riiight. Blane the popular OS for security exploits again. Because, you know, *nix doesn't suffer from poorly written code, and you never have to update Linux to fix known defects.

We both know the very poor record Microsoft has for supposed "security by obscurity" and the many exploits left unfixed for months and years.

Linux has a very much better record in comparison to that. All the source is open to view by everyone, including all the nasty scammers and hackers. The system is openly secure by design. There's none of the 'hope and good luck' silliness of trusting your security to trying to hide anything. Hence, there are no live viruses in the wild for Linux. As you know, such silliness is just not supported by the Linux OS.

Meanwhile, Windows suffers ever more compromises both in design and security due to needing to support the way it is Marketed and used.

The users suffering migraines and wasted time...

You can easily say that for the "Microsoft Three 'R's":

Reformat
Reinstall
Reboot...

Sorry, but on this occasion you seem to have flipped a few bits for any meaningful or useful discourse beyond the usual FUD.

Regards,
Martin

We both know the very poor record Microsoft has for supposed "security by obscurity" and the many exploits left unfixed for months and years.

Linux has a very much better record in comparison to that. All the source is open to view by everyone, including all the nasty scammers and hackers. The system is openly secure by design. There's none of the 'hope and good luck' silliness of trusting your security to trying to hide anything. Hence, there are no live viruses in the wild for Linux. As you know, such silliness is just not supported by the Linux OS.

Meanwhile, Windows suffers ever more compromises both in design and security due to needing to support the way it is Marketed and used.

We both know that the only reason why people find Microsoft's security holes is because they are the biggest player on the block, and their security through obscurity would work well if it weren't for so many dishonest people looking for screw others. A hacker will get in no matter the OS, all it takes is determination.

We both know that regardless if the source is open for all to see, it still requires people to download any implemented fixes, which is akin to Microsoft's Update service, ... [sarcasm]Yes, far superior, I agree.[/sarcasm]

... Sorry, but I've had similar issues with my forays into Linux. Let me guess, "I'm not doing it right", yet somehow it's not the user's fault. I'm still trying to figure that one out.

... Linux rocks!

We both know that the only reason why people find Microsoft's security holes is because they are the biggest player on the block, and their security through obscurity would work well if it weren't for so many dishonest people looking for screw others. A hacker will get in no matter the OS, all it takes is determination.

For myself, I have a greater trust in security-by-design over that of trying to trust to a patchwork of hope-and-pray pseudo-security where you must 'hope noone will find you' and where you try to buy 'insurance' with '3rd party patches of extortion/protection'...

We both know that regardless if the source is open for all to see, it still requires people to download any implemented fixes, which is akin to Microsoft's Update service, ... [sarcasm]Yes, far superior, I agree.[/sarcasm]

*nix avoids the sort of 'magical' "side effects" and system-wide interdependencies from which Windows becomes tied up in knots. Also, there isn't the "Windows Registry" to get hung up. Most Linux updates do not need a reboot. Also, all the main Linux distros offer automated updates that do not rely on a Windows "OS-embedded" web browser that itself has been compromised many times...

... Sorry, but I've had similar issues with my forays into Linux. Let me guess, "I'm not doing it right", yet somehow it's not the user's fault. I'm still trying to figure that one out.

... Linux rocks!

That's your choice that you are welcome to. With your total buy-in into the Windows world, I'm not surprised.

I've found that there are other ways that can be better.

Also note that I DON'T wish Linux to become ubiquitous. Monopolies are always unhealthy. Usefully, there are a number of alternative OSes to choose from.