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• Better Company, Better Product, hands down.
  It comes down to a better product, and better customer service,
  today. This article should have been written at thier 20th
  Anniversary, when Apple was really in the toilet. There have
  been ups and downs in the company, John Sculley pretty much
  ruined the place until 1996. Bottome line, Apple was the first to
  release the Graphic User Interface, they are still using open
  source technology, so they will continue to have a better OS. Its
  like if you were driving a Yugo for years, and someone let you
  drive thier BMW. Well the BMW is just luxurious, and everything
  works, easier and smoother. But you were just so used to the
  Yugo, I mean you had been using it for 15 years. My point is,
  that because I have used PC's and now I use a Mac, I understand
  they are simply better, smoother, faster, and more luxurious.
  The public is uninformed about Apple because of articles like
  this. Apple turning 30 is a big deal? It is the company that
  started the whole personal computing thing. Look into the
  history and examine the timeline. Then write another article.
  Apple offers a program in thier stores called ProCare. For $100 a
  year you can have personal training on any software for one
  hour - one on one session a week, for 52 weeks. If you want to
  produce a movie, you can be taught by the company that makes
  the software. Anything at all. I think there should be an article
  just on that. What other company can give you that? Computers
  are technology, the average consumer has no idea how to use it,
  well Apple is showing what they know. And I have not ever had a
  virus on my computer either. Also on the new intel Macs, I have
  personally opened all of the applications on the machine in 40
  seconds, find a PC that will do that. Check this out, http://
  homepage.mac.com/mergeculture/Picture.png

  May 2, 2008

  0 replies

• This is the reason.... It would have happened to any carrier...
  It went down like this:
  The ATT/Cingular servers for so many years now have had a
  steady amount of data traveling through them, changing
  numbers, and activating plans. So there is information traveling
  so many locations to those servers. Now add the number of
  locations that ATT has had to the masses of people that can
  suddenly send data to these servers from home... And you go
  from a steady/acceptable rate of data flying through the fiber
  switches on their servers to a tidal wave of information and the
  switches I'm sure just smoked.... Its like trying to push an
  Elephant through a straw. So then Att called up Cisco and
  basically said.. "Oh Sh*t, we need a bigger pipe, now!" So I'm
  sure this will never be a problem again, but its the home
  activations through iTunes that caused the problem, but what
  other way was there to do it? I'm just surprised no one saw that
  one coming..... In reply to: "Big iPhone headache: Waiting for AT&T activation"

  July 1, 2007

  0 replies

• Its like trying to push an Elephant through a straw.
  It went down like this:
  The ATT/Cingular servers for so many years now have had a
  steady amount of data traveling through them, changing
  numbers, and activating plans. So there is information traveling
  so many locations to those servers. Now add the number of
  locations that ATT has had to the masses of people that can
  suddenly send data to these servers from home... And you go
  from a steady/acceptable rate of data flying through the fiber
  switches on their servers to a tidal wave of information and the
  switches I'm sure just smoked.... Its like trying to push an
  Elephant through a straw. So then Att called up Cisco and
  basically said.. "Oh Sh*t, we need a bigger pipe, now!" So I'm
  sure this will never be a problem again, but its the home
  activations through iTunes that caused the problem, but what
  other way was there to do it? I'm just surprised no one saw that
  one coming..... In reply to: "Big iPhone headache: Waiting for AT&T activation"

  July 1, 2007

  0 replies

• Just to educate
  Macs "hibernate" after inactivity. Its refered to as "sleeping" but
  its the same thing. You don't have to leave the computer on to
  take advatage of things it can do. You can schedule an
  automatic "shut down" or "wake up" in "system preferences"
  which is equivalent to "control panel".
  
  In response to the post below...
  Downloading music is pretty dumb this is something I would not
  do now, there was no way for me to know any different four
  years ago. But for the average consumer, it was impressive to
  me that computer A being my PC had problems doing this same
  task that Computer B being a Mac did not. But, no matter the
  reason, when things stop working the way they should, its
  inconvienient.
  
  If you go to start your car, and it doesn't run, isn't that
  inconvienient?
  
  Still you have not "used" OS X.
  
  As for energy saving, you can set a Mac on a schedule, it goes to
  sleep after 5 minutes of inactivity, and wakes up when you touch
  the keyboard, or when you do, when its scheduled at 6:00am,
  noon, 8:00pm, You can even schedule it to shut down, and turn
  on at a specific time, then play your dynamic playlist of all of
  your favorite songs when the integrated calender tells it to.
  
  If you would like to know about Apple's dedication to energy
  savings check it out here http://www.apple.com/environment/
  energyefficiency/

  August 11, 2006

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• Windows users, Use Mac OS X.. Its like driving a BMW
  Any article about Apple or OS X is going to be a Windows user
  VS Mac User battle, so I'm going to provide this bit of
  understanding for those that post that have never used OS X.
  
  
  Here is a story.... My roomate in college bought a Mac, and gave
  me his PC. So my first computer was free, and it was a PC. I used
  Kazaa and killed in 6 months with some virus I downloaded,
  because I knew nothing about OS's and hardware and whatnot, I
  was just a college kid that wanted free music. My roomate on his
  Mac, which was one of the first 15" aluminum powerbooks that
  he paid over $2500 dollars for with an 800mhz processor, used
  Limewire, and got all his free music with no virus, and he still
  uses this computer today. That was four years ago. When I
  actually had the cash to buy my own computer, I did my
  research and found the value in a Mac, the reason was also
  because I used my roomates... The classic argument is
  this....Windows users who are ignorant to the amount of super
  cool things you can do with OS X, just don't know... . So... all I
  have to say is use it, go into an Apple retail store and play
  around with a machine that is designed to have the OS work with
  the Hardware it is made for and see for yourself how you can
  open 30 applications and see every window on your screen and
  drag a file from any point, to any point on the hard drive, by
  logically going "through" it visually by holding a file over where
  you want to go for a second. Customize your own personal GUI,
  like add a button here and there for you to do something easier,
  so you can do things easier. It took me to use my roomates
  computer to know, but hmm,.... Hit one button to order a pizza
  (F12 for Dashboard) from the convienient yellow pages that fly in
  front of your face. If you have used OS X personally for life
  things, like music, pictures, and movies, then there is no
  comparison. For instance Automator, it is super cool... I have an
  automator script that plays tracks from my iTunes library in a
  playlist called "Get Up" that goes off at 6:30 in the morning when
  my iCal alarm goes off. The integration of all the tools is what is
  cool to me. If you use your computer, and you obviously do if
  your interested in a post about an OS. I don't know anyone that
  has said, "Oh I've used OS X and I'm going back to Windows, it
  does this and that better" Get yourself out and play with OS X..
  You will see there is something better out there than Windows,
  and there has been for 5 years. Apple locks thier software to the
  hardware for optimization... Every part of the system is
  optimized..... This is the only way you have less problems and
  more performance.. Its like, would you buy a BMW that licensed
  its engine bay to Chevy? C'mon... This is what you don't
  understand. You wouldn't! You would want that BMW driving
  experience... Not a Chevy Cavalier driving experience..... Yes a
  Chevy and a BMW get you to the same place... Now what if that
  BMW was the same price as the Chevy? Which is how Macs are
  becoming... I think the choice is simple...

  August 10, 2006

  2 replies

• Windows users, Use Mac OS X, then repost.
  Here is a story.... My roomate in college bought a Mac, and gave
  me his PC. So my first computer was free, and it was a PC. I used
  Kazaa and killed in 6 months with some virus I downloaded,
  because I knew nothing about OS's and hardware and whatnot, I
  was just a college kid that wanted free music. My roomate on his
  Mac, which was one of the first 15" aluminum powerbooks that
  he paid over $2500 dollars for with an 800mhz processor, used
  Limewire, and got all his free music with no virus, and he still
  uses this computer today. That was four years ago. When I
  actually had the cash to buy my own computer, I did my
  research and found the value in a Mac, the reason was also
  because I used my roomates... The classic argument is
  this....Windows users who are ignorant to the amount of super
  cool things you can do with OS X, just don't know... . So... all I
  have to say is use it, go into an Apple retail store and play
  around with a machine that is designed to have the OS work with
  the Hardware it is made for and see for yourself how you can
  open 30 applications and see every window on your screen and
  drag a file from any point, to any point on the hard drive, by
  logically going "through" it visually by holding a file over where
  you want to go for a second. Customize your own personal GUI,
  like add a button here and there for you to do something easier,
  so you can do things easier. It took me to use my roomates
  computer to know, but hmm,.... Hit one button to order a pizza
  (F12 for Dashboard) from the convienient yellow pages that fly in
  front of your face. If you have used OS X personally for life
  things, like music, pictures, and movies, then there is no
  comparison. For instance Automator, it is super cool... I have an
  automator script that plays tracks from my iTunes library in a
  playlist called "Get Up" that goes off at 6:30 in the morning when
  my iCal alarm goes off. The integration of all the tools is what is
  cool to me. If you use your computer, and you obviously do if
  your interested in a post about an OS. I don't know anyone that
  has said, "Oh I've used OS X and I'm going back to Windows, it
  does this and that better" Get yourself out and play with OS X..
  You will see there is something better out there than Windows,
  and there has been for 5 years. Apple locks thier software to the
  hardware for optimization... Every part of the system is
  optimized..... This is the only way you have less problems and
  more performance.. Its like, would you buy a BMW that licensed
  its engine bay to Chevy? C'mon... This is what you don't
  understand. You wouldn't! You would want that BMW driving
  experience... Not a Chevy Cavalier driving experience..... Yes a
  Chevy and a BMW get you to the same place... Now what if that
  BMW was the same price as the Chevy? Which is how Macs are
  becoming... I think the choice is simple...

  August 10, 2006

  0 replies

• iCal's Color Scheme?
  I don't understand the request for iCal's color scheme.... I seem
  to be confused about the fact that you can make use of every
  single color that exists in the visual spectrum in iCal by simply
  clicking on the little square that says "other" and the color wheel
  shows up. Maybe your talking about the faint grey of the current
  day that lets you know in just the right hue, what day of the
  week it is...... What are you talking about? Color scheme.. And
  Time Machine?? What about Core Animation? Core animation is
  rediculously cool and is what makes that little layers thing
  happen over time that makes Time Machine possible, are you
  aware of what this means for user experience, for developers
  that care what thier apps look like? Isn't that why you have a
  Mac, becuase of the look and feel of everything you do on it is
  really cool? Well, Core Animation just opened a whole new door
  to a vast universe of coolness.... There should be no
  dissapointment buddy....

  August 9, 2006

  0 replies

• Better Company, Better Product, hands down.
  It comes down to a better product, and better customer service,
  today. This article should have been written at thier 20th
  Anniversary, when Apple was really in the toilet. There have
  been ups and downs in the company, John Sculley pretty much
  ruined the place until 1996. Bottome line, Apple was the first to
  release the Graphic User Interface, they are still using open
  source technology, so they will continue to have a better OS. Its
  like if you were driving a Yugo for years, and someone let you
  drive thier BMW. Well the BMW is just luxurious, and everything
  works, easier and smoother. But you were just so used to the
  Yugo, I mean you had been using it for 15 years. My point is,
  that because I have used PC's and now I use a Mac, I understand
  they are simply better, smoother, faster, and more luxurious.
  The public is uninformed about Apple because of articles like
  this. Apple turning 30 is a big deal? It is the company that
  started the whole personal computing thing. Look into the
  history and examine the timeline. Then write another article.
  Apple offers a program in thier stores called ProCare. For $100 a
  year you can have personal training on any software for one
  hour - one on one session a week, for 52 weeks. If you want to
  produce a movie, you can be taught by the company that makes
  the software. Anything at all. I think there should be an article
  just on that. What other company can give you that? Computers
  are technology, the average consumer has no idea how to use it,
  well Apple is showing what they know. And I have not ever had a
  virus on my computer either. Also on the new intel Macs, I have
  personally opened all of the applications on the machine in 40
  seconds, find a PC that will do that. Check this out, http://
  homepage.mac.com/mergeculture/Picture.png

  March 31, 2006

  0 replies