I never said he convinced everyone. There are people I know who I believe would line up outside an Apple store overnight to buy horse manure if Steve Jobs packaged it up pretty and called it iShit. You obviously are not one of those people, but that does not mean they do not exist.
I use both Windows 7 and OS X every day. I honestly cannot say there is anything in OS X I cannot live without, or anything that OS X does so much better that I can't live without it. My next laptop will not be an Apple product - because of the previously stated reason, as well as the fact that I do not like where Apple is headed in terms of third party software. Apple tried to change it developer agreement to say that iPod/iPad apps can only be written with tools made by Apple (XCode) and that any apps made with other 'packagers' would be rejected. Now, that piece did not make it into the agreement, but the fact that it was considered concerns me enough to add to my feelings about giving Apple anymore of my hard earned money. AS for the 'holding it wrong', a quick trip to google would have gotten you this: http://engt.co/p9EMK9 On Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 12:32 AM, Maureen <mamamaur...@gmail.com> wrote: > > He didn't convince me of anything. He made a nice, reliable product and I > bought them. The idea that buying a product constitutes brainwashing is > laughable. I've owned a lot of Fords and several Hondas for the same reason > - they provide something I need - in this case, transportation, and they are > reliable. Does that mean I've been brainwashed by Ford and Honda. Not > likely. I used HP products for years - in fact, for the last decade I > bought nothing else in the PC product line. Every single one I bought has I > failed. I won't be buying any more. Does that mean I was brainwashed by HP > and now I've become un-brainwashed? > > I've never seen Jobs quoted as saying "you're holding it wrong" regarding > the iPhone, but if he did, he was likely joking. > > On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 8:37 PM, Scott Stroz <boyz...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> As for his arrogance, I can sum up how I got that in one sentence: >> "You're holding it wrong" - which was Jobs' reply to people who >> complained about dropped calls and antenna problems with the iPhone 4. >> >> My MacBook Pro has been very reliable. However, it has not been more >> reliable than any other computer I have owned. As a matter of fact, it >> has been less so. Two years ago the video card on my MBP needed to be >> replaced - it was only about a year old at that point. I owned >> several Dells before that and never had any problems with them - >> matter of fact one of them still functions as my 'media server' >> running Linux. >> >> Maybe snake oil salesman is not the best analogy. Cult leader might be >> more fitting. Brain washer, maybe. He convinced millions of people >> they _needed_ his over priced gadgets - myself included. >> >> On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 9:27 PM, Maureen <mamamaur...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> > I would disagree. Snake oil salesmen sell products that don't work. One >> of >> > the main reasons I buy Apple products is that they are reliable. They do >> > what they are designed to and do it well. If other computer >> manufacturers >> > want to emulate Jobs, that quality is what they should strive for. >> > >> > I'm saying this after a month of dealing with the failure of every >> computer >> > in my office EXCEPT the Macs. >> > >> > I also liked Jobs as a person. I found him generous, soft-spoken, >> extremely >> > intelligent and always willing to listen. Not arrogant at all, so I >> don't >> > know where you get your opinion of him. >> > >> > On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 5:56 PM, Scott Stroz <boyz...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> >> >> >> >> >> Jobs did not bring technology to the average person. He convinced the >> >> average person they should buy his over priced gadgets. He was more of >> >> a snake oil salesman than anything else. >> >> >> > >> > >> > >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:343356 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
