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3G iPhone - finally!

Chewed Pencil — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 11:20:49 GMT

At the beginning of the week Apple did as most people expected and announced the 3G version of it's

re: Apple - Please Go Away. I don't want Safari!

Jason — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 07:05:42 GMT

here you go...

cybernetnews.com/.../hide-the-safari-update-notification-in-windows

re: Computing on the Cloud #1 - Contacts

Mark Crowley — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:04:19 GMT

A little step closer to your idea PIM solution. As we have talk on the subject of the "perfect PIM" solution many times, I feel your pain.

I look forward to the rest of your posts in this series.

re: Four miserable diggs!

Mark Crowley — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:01:11 GMT

Just added 25% to your dig count. Anything I can do to help out an old friend!

re: Have I become an Apple Fanboy??

Clak — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 06:36:55 GMT

I'm an Apple fanboy, but I don't necessarily believe that I'm blinded by it. People that love Apple love OS X. The hardware is nice too and well designed, but to me, I didn't start using Macs for the hardware design. That's what PC users don't get about Apple fans. They think we've been seduced by something fancy. If Apple computers only ran Windows, I would never buy any of their products.

So, I guess my point is this: Apple fanboys turn to Macs because of OS X. OS X in turn, locks you in to Apple's hardware, which in turn means you have to accept some of the limitations that come with that. That's not blind fanboyism, it's just a trade-off, but there are trade-offs with Windows as well. While you have an abundance of hardware available, you have to accept the general instability of Windows, the usability problems, and the lack of security.

Macs users have to accept that certain MacBooks have integrated graphics and the fact that Mac Pros, while solid powerful machines, have a limited number of video card that they support. It all depend on what is important to you.

I'm willing to accept all those things because of OS X. All the other points aren't exactly irrelevant, but that's my primary motivator. I guess for you, Apple's hardware design focus has become paramount in this one particular instance. So you've found something that fulfills your needs and as far as I can see, there's nothing wrong with that.