With his diagnostic tool the Genius could see that the hard drive was operating at an extremely slow speed. Fortunately I wasn't to far from an Apple Store so I took it in for analysis. While on holiday in the UK the hard drive in my nearly 4 year old MacBook failed. Even with HP dropping support for my printer from 10.6 I was able to use a driver for a different printer that simply works.Īs far as repairs are concerned I can tell you about a positive experience I had with Apple this summer. I have yet to come across hardware that doesn't work. Most people want laptops and in the PC world they can't be upgraded either.Īs I have said before, I can install any software that's available for OS X on my Mac. Most people want a computer that works out of the box and don't worry about options to upgrade. The problem with the analysis of Apple stuff is that people that build their own high end PCs are in an extremely small minority. Sure, it looks like sculpted aluminum, but it sounds an awful lot like a totalitarian regime." I don't know about you, but that sounds pretty grim to me. Hey, and don't complain abut any of this in that company's forums, or your words will be deleted. Pretty soon, you're living in a place where every single piece of hardware looks and feels the same. But what would your alternative be? A closed box that doesn't let you upgrade a damn thing for better gaming? Or a tyrannical company imposing its will on you? Such a company would dictate when you get your driver updates, and what color and shape your computer can be. "Can all this freedom come with a few kinks? You bet your sweet ass it can-and often does. Truely coincidentily, I received a computer magazine in the mail today (an old school magazine on highend pc computing-they also cover Apple stuff) in their opening editorial they went on a bit of a riff concerning what I'm thinking was Apple-although they didn't mention names, and their closed approach, compared to the open chaos that is pc land. That's changed now because of the ipod and iphone and their dominance, and that's why I almost bought a Touch, until I was told I had to give my cc # to whomever, if I wanted to get it going. Apple missed out on most of that creativity because of their closed system. There are so many wonderful folks producing incredible software products for nothing or virtually nothing. What I like about pc's is the community that's formed around them. (I'm speaking of until about 06, as I haven't done much computer repair since then). I've also had more problems with Apple stuff compared to pc in terms of reliability. However buying and repairing Apple stuff is more and sometimes much more expensive than need be. I have nothing against the Apple hardware when it works, and it sure is nice looking stuff. It is a benign dictatorship, but still it's based in fear, and therefore interferes with creativity (of non Apple employees) and growth as a whole. At best it produces products that simply work." "It may seem like a dictatorship but at worst it is a benign dictatorship.
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