sd wrote:
> In article <12nrhtgd7c3ka7b@corp.supernews.com>,
> Isaiah Beard <sacredpoet@sacredpoet.com> wrote:
>
>> Joshua Baker-LePain wrote:
>>> On 2006-12-10, ru2b12 <ru2b12@nomayo.com> wrote:
>>>> We Mac user's can only hope that Apples rumored phone offering is up to
>>>> snuff if and should it ever see the light of day there are 2 things we
>>>> can count on, OSX integration and style! :-)
>>> And a 3rd thing -- it being absurdly overpriced.
>> AND replaced with something new every three months, completely
>> obsoleting the previous models.
>
> Well, thank goodness the Wintel world never does anything like that.
> Remember VESA? Microchannel?

Neither of which were Wintel. Those were attempts at making proprietary
closed architectures, by companies who tried to do what Apple is doing.
Thankfully, they've mostly learned from their mistakes.


> More recently, Zune

Not a computer platform. If you're going to make an argument, at least
compare apples to apples (no pun intended).

>> Don't get me wrong, I USE Apple products (including OS X computers at
>> work) and even have my own 60GB video iPod. However, i DO issues with
>> the "Cult of Mac" and their snobbishness, and the culture at Apple
>> itself. I think despite their belief that Macs should be everywhere, it
>> is their elitist mentality that PREVENTS that from happening.
>
> I guess I don't see any more of that "Cult" or their alleged
> snobbishness than I see long-obsolete comments like Joshua's or
> comments from fanboys along the lines of "Well, if you bought a
> _real_ computer..." (usually uttered between breaks in updating
> anti-malware software or reinstalling Windows to fix another
> corrupted hard drive).

Pot, Kettle, Black, eh?


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