Apple IPad

[chrisname]

Ooooooh shiny! I want it!

http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/business/shiny-thing-make-it-all-better-201001282420/

owning an Apple product automatically makes you part of its wonderful community.

Reminds me of http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=macs_cant

Stupid user base aside, I will never own a Mac. It's not so much that I'm a PC loyalist. I'm not. It's that I'm not stylish enough to own one. Most iPod commercials feature guys with long hair, chicks roller skating, and guys wearing fedoras. I have dandruff, and I buy most of my jeans from a grocery store. I feel like in order to have a Mac, I need to be:

# An artist.
# In a band.
# Unemployed (see above).

After the recent Apple conference, Mac fans were elated. One person was quoted as saying "I've had a Macintosh now for a total of 35 days, and I'm really excited to be part of the Mac community." Part of the Mac community? It's a computer, not a social movement, asshole! I feel like Apple is not just selling computers, they're selling a way of life, and I'm not ready to be that heavily invested in a product.

[kevinkjt2000]

Nice find. I laughed for at least a good ten minutes.

[mcleano]

It's a computer, not a social movement, asshole! I feel like Apple is not just selling computers, they're selling a way of life, and I'm not ready to be that heavily invested in a product.

The only issue I have with that is did Apple really set out to try and make their own community? Or was it a result of an ongoing conflict between the OS's?

_{*On a different note, why isn't Safari called iSurf?}

[gcampton]

*On a different note, why isn't Safari called iSurf?

maybe Mozilla didn't want to buy into the BS?

[helios]

Unlikely. Mostly because it was developed by Apple.

[mcleano]

Epic fail.

[chrisname]

You know, the thing I really don't get about the fines imposed on microsoft for including IE with windows is that MacOS includes Safari, and only Safari. Can't they fine Apple, or better yet, both of them, into the ground?