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May 15, 2005
apple computers
I find it funny the way the world as a whole views Apple Computers as a company. In the eyes of the American public, it can do no wrong. Anything that Apple decides to do is lauded as an amazingly brilliant decision, ignoring the many products that both were released far before it and were far better. Whenever Apple does anything, it is plastered all over the news as the greatest thing since the invention of the computer. However, anything great done by Microsoft recieves no such attention. And, in the event that a Microsoft product has a bug? It's all over, everyone criticizing Microsoft for not catching it sooner. How about when hundreds of thousands of Apple iBook laptops develop white splotches on the screen? First, a big battle between the customers and apple to get them serviced, and finally a HUGE recall of apple machines. Had anything of that magnitude occurred with another manufacturer, it would have been the end of them. However, with Apple, it's barely even noticed, while all of its overpriced, buggy equipment is priced far more then it's x86-compatible counterparts.
How about the iPod Shuffle? Many similar products, such as the Sony Network Walkman E-505, offer similar functionality, lower price, just as nice styling, far better battery life, and a screen to boot, all in a package that's the same size as the Shuffle? Or how about the Turtle Beach Audiotron or the Slim Devices Squeezebox? Both are vastly superior to the Apple AirPort Express, and had been around for years when the AirPort Express with iTunes "revolutionized" music listening. And none of the competing products try to force you to use the company's other products, as the AirPort Express does with iTunes. And for just slightly more, other companies can give you products that support streaming video in many other formats, such as the Buffalo LinkTheater (I've used Buffalo Technology products about a year now, they're really awesome).
Also, there's the well-known phenomenon of Apple computers always being used by the good guys in movies/cartoons/tv/anything, and the bad guys are always using Windows.
Why is it that a truely evil company like Apple Computers is able to get away with almost anything and still be seen as a great company? While the American people tend to side with the underdog, Apple Computers is exploiting this trust.
Posted by Raculot at May 15, 2005 04:11 PM
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