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#126
kilofox said:
I find it a little laughable about OSX not being innovative. After years of XP and the disaster called Vista, Microsoft FINALLY releases an OS (W7) that is worthy of being on a desktop. Before that.... utter crap and you know it.

Win 7 is a Johnnie-Come-Lately OS that is finally worthy of being compared to OSX .... and you are right, it does have some advantages that OSX doesn't have, I think features like Windows Activation, Windows Genuine Advantage, Antivirus, Ad-aware are features I wish OSX had. :D

If it comes down to $$$ then you have made your point. Congrats to you, you saved some money. Got news for you... not everyone is price driven, but since you are.. thats ok. Enjoy.
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Whoa, whoa. Slow down there, big fella. OSX isn't the be-all-end-all. It never has been. It has lacked in many places. The reason you never needed virus protection wasn't because it was built in and the best ever, it was because people who write virii doesn't write them for 3% of the market. Windows XP was a very impressive piece of software, as was Windows 2000. It helped transition the ordinary desktop into something spectacular and helped get tons of people acclimated. Windows XP is part of the reason that the culture is thriving in the digital age, it helped fuel interest.

I've still got an old G3 that I used to love, and man I loved OS 9, too. But the truth is that Apple just isn't worth it. Again, I could build that same system for a fraction of the price. I've got legit copies of OSX and according to Apple, all I need is the appropriate parts to run it.

It's not all about price, some of it is on principle.

kilofox said:
Dont knock the person that buys the Porsche when they have a different value than yours.
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But you aren't in a Porsche. You're in the same damn thing I'm in, but you are limited to 2 different models, while I get 12. You get a couple more colors and a fruit decal... that's it.

Macs no longer have a niche and the super simple OS that has to be error checked and optimized after every update just isn't doing it anymore. Linux is actually turning heads these days and Windows has an offering that is amazing. We live in fortunate enough times to be able to debate these things, surely we can agree on that.
 
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#127
I had an iPhone, an original iPhone. The HTC Incredible is my first new phone since having the iPhone. All I can say is that at my job, a day or two after I got mine I showed a co-worker of mine since we are both tech geeks. And the first words out of his mouth were, "This is so badass; it's so fast!" And he just recently got himself an iPhone 3GS. In fact, the day I showed him about an hour or so later he came over with another guy at our company and said, "Would it be okay if I see your phone again?" And they spent 15 minutes or so playing with it. Since then every so often he'll say to me, "Hey, how's your phone doing? Want to trade?"

Now, I'm not knocking the iPhone, I'm not saying the HTC or Android phones or better. It's all personal preference when it comes right down to it, I loved my iPhone while I had it, I love my HTC Incredible. I can say my Inc is better than my iPhone, because the iPhone I had was 4 years old, but if I were to say that now it would be just blind ignorance. If those people telling you things actually spent time with your phone I'm sure they would find things they like about it, just like there are/were things I like about my iPhone. It's just sad that people, supposedly adults, act so childish over something so silly.
 
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#128
Xoji said:
I had an iPhone, an original iPhone. The HTC Incredible is my first new phone since having the iPhone. All I can say is that at my job, a day or two after I got mine I showed a co-worker of mine since we are both tech geeks. And the first words out of his mouth were, "This is so badass; it's so fast!" And he just recently got himself an iPhone 3GS. In fact, the day I showed him about an hour or so later he came over with another guy at our company and said, "Would it be okay if I see your phone again?" And they spent 15 minutes or so playing with it. Since then every so often he'll say to me, "Hey, how's your phone doing? Want to trade?"

Now, I'm not knocking the iPhone, I'm not saying the HTC or Android phones or better. It's all personal preference when it comes right down to it, I loved my iPhone while I had it, I love my HTC Incredible. I can say my Inc is better than my iPhone, because the iPhone I had was 4 years old, but if I were to say that now it would be just blind ignorance. If those people telling you things actually spent time with your phone I'm sure they would find things they like about it, just like there are/were things I like about my iPhone. It's just sad that people, supposedly adults, act so childish over something so silly.
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#131
That is totally the truth.
You can't argue with Apple fanboys. It can be fun to rile them up, but you have to know that you can never win that argument, it is about image to (most of) them.

Apple's monopoly of good software running on proprietary hardware will be their downfall.
1 manufacturer simply cannot win, long term, against the many. Especially when both technologies are fresh and innovative (not including WinMo).

But then again, I am preaching to the converted :)

Mark

beenz said:
The worst thing about Apple products are the users
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#132
Shotgunx1x said:
I dont know, maybe people with iphones who say these things are afraid the iphone is starting to have actual competition in the cell phone industry, and is starting to fall from its number one ranking that it had for so long.
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I agree. I'm no stranger to Apple items, but I know android has a rebellious nature to the way they plan to deliver the goods to people that are anti The Apple Machine.

I will own my first Android on June 4th...the EVO!
 
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#135
I just changed from an iphone to a incredible. I have been on modmyi for some time now and have the possiblity of some other phone beating out the iphone and you wouldn't believe the ridiculous things that I have heard. The true iphone users are totally brain washed. They feel nothing will ever beat there precious iphone. One thing they constantly say is iphone was the first and always will be the best. So i was watching the droid phones for awhile now. When I say the incredible write ups I just had to have one so this past week I got mine and I love it beats the hell out of the iphone. I then went to the forum and told them about it you talk about idiots got all kinds of studip comments. These iphone attics are way over the edge Steve Jobs definately has a cult of his own I call them iphone nerds because they certainly aren't technical enough to understand that the incredible is better.
 
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#136
I have an Inc AND a Harley. A nice loud Hog that will set off alarms when I drive through parking structures.

This thread cracks me up though. You guys that rag on people that are happy or proud of what they own are just looking in the mirror and bitching about it. You are just as proud of you Inc as they are of their Iphone or whatever. It doesn't make you any better than they are or any smarter for that matter. If it works for them then it works for them.

I like my bike loud so dumbasses on their Iphones AND Inc's wake the hell up, put down their fkn phones and DRIVE. I get along with Harley folks, sportbike riders (I ride them too, just can't afford to own both), Iphone users, and Inc owners.

I am sure every one of you does something that irritates the hell out of those around you. Just be happy with what you have and realize that in the grand scheme of life, material things are just shit we have.
 
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#138
I like the iPhone, love my Incredible. I wish people would ease up on the "my phone is better!" pissing contest. Appreciate that Android giving Apple a run for its money is a good thing. Competition is a good thing! It spurs innovation and fosters evolution. Look at the announced changes for Apple's iPhone OS 4.0; many of those features are in direct response to what Android has been offering its users for a while now. The fact that Apple felt it was necessary to offer those features is a testament to how competition raises the consumer's expectations and raises the bar for all the manufacturers and carriers. More competition = more innovation = better phones for everybody.

Sent from my ADR6300 using Tapatalk
 
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#140
i have an iphone 3g, and it is a nice phone. My AT&T service on the other hand is AWFUL. At home my phone says 'No Service' for majority of my day. I ordered my Incredible last Saturday, and I am ANXIOUSLY awaiting it's arrival. I already ordered my Zagg. Now I just need to order a case, battery, and dock. I'm very excited to play with all of the features I have seen on the Incredible. I really like the ability to personalize it so much. My iphone would have to be jailbroken to even do half of the stuff that the Incredible can do in it's stock format. I figured I would just keep my iphone as an ipod since I have all of those purchased apps and fun games. My fiance already hates my iphone because I use it so much. Just wait...she has no idea what is going to be arriving at my doorstep haha. It's nice reading about iphone owners switching to the Incredible and not regretting it since that will be what I am doing. You guys have made it easy to see the pros and cons in helping with my decision. Especially since my current AT&T plan is $105/month compared to my Incredible being $40/month on my fiance's parents' family plan with an additional 20% discount/month since I work at Biolife. Im not knocking the iphone, but I am very excited to get better reception here and then ability to do so much personalization.
 
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#141
I have to say that I love my Incredible. I came from winmo and now I have a smartphone that is not an idiot. The Iphone is cool, but i like the Incredible better. Now, the Iphone owners are IMO, for the most part, attention whores that like to flaunt a status symbol. It's amusing to watch anybody who likes to show off stuff and see how really silly they look. It's almost like I'm in junior high again.

I am a Macbook owner and i wouldn't go back to Windows for anything. I love Android and no longer care if Verizon gets the Iphone.

Personal preference and individual liberty are pretty cool.
 
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#143
JuniorNA said:
All I hear is "it will never be an iphone"
... these iphone users are literally still connected to Steve Job's ass as they speak and defend their precious little toy.

I'm trying to give them concrete facts, and all i get is vomiting of the mouth.

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It's like trying to argue creationism vs. intelligent design vs. Darwinian Evolution with a devoutly religous person - the type that think 'The Flintstones' should be on the National Geographic channel as a documentary.... :)
(And I am not trying to be offensive, but I am sure some will take it that way...)
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#144
jamor said:
QFT

I live in Milwaukee and can contest to how obnoxious and big headed Harley riders are (like apple fanboys).

I think I've almost lost hearing multiple times walking down Water St.
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I won't try and argue that Apple fanbois and Harley riders aren't the same.. however, Harley's are loud, in addition to sportbikes and other motorcycles that make lots of noise, for safety reasons, quiet bikes are a bit on the dangerous side in the daytime or at dusk, if you don't hear it, why would you necessarily see it? Ya know. That being said, they can be obnoxiously loud and theres no sense in making all that noise on purpose in an urban environment, you can tell when its just the bike or its blatantly done to get a rise out of people ;)
 
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#145
FlyPenFly said:
If you google my name, you might find my cars on the Bimmer M3 forums, the Audi forums, vintage BMW forums, high end watch forums, camera forums, a lot of firearms forums, and technical forums. Mixed in there should be some photos.

Although I do appreciate Rolex and used to putz around with a Submariner, I'm not a big fan of them. I much prefer IWC, Bremont, and I'm working towards a Blancpain.

The larger point is, in every online community, I always see a lot of loud voices proclaiming how incredibly fantastic one product is over another when the truth of the matter is, it's almost all buyer bias. It's extremely rare in a competitive marketplace that one product is far superior than the other. It does happen, but it's a rarity and it only lasts a few months.

This thread actually isn't as bad as some camera forums. You haven't met a fan boy until you've met a die hard Olympus fan. Sheeesh.
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Then when you throw Nikon and/or Canon fanbois into the mix.. Sheesh! And those Pentax guys with their in-body IS lol
 
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#147
keegan1014 said:
I never had an Iphone because at my house I would have zero coverage
on verizon WOW 3G all day long.....
big selling piont for me
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That is my other big issue with the iphone>anything argument.

NO matter what device you have, if the network sucks, the device sucks.. if the iPhone came to Verizon, I would look into it after launch and after all the fanboi media died down just to see if the use experience is what the iPhone should've been to begin with, on a solid network with reliable coverage. I'm not a big Apple guy, I bought my first Mac a few years ago right as the EOL on the pre-unibody 17" Macbook Pros was coming to date, and I loved it for a few months, then I started having issues with it, wifi, network sharing, battery, head dispersion issues, software incompatibilities, the list goes on.. That left a bad taste in my mouth with Apple as a company.

I've played with iPhones in the past 2G-3GS and they're ok, but I just feel like I'm always entrapped in the OS.. Its not entirely about customization, if I don't like a setting or a notification.. I should be allowed to change it or have it dealt with in another manner. I hate being told no when it comes to my technology that I paid for. I know the iPhone works for some people, especially those who've bought into the whole iLifestyle where you have the computers, and the network devices, and the hardware, and the adaptors etc etc etc.. but its not something I would choose over something that will just work, and give me the end user experience that I paid for, not waiting year after year to hopefully get what I want from a keynote in the summertime.
 
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#148
Napoleon_PhoneApart said:
Some of us iPhone users have recently bought an Incredible to evaluate, so don't assume so much.
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There is truth in that.

Android sales > iphone sales lately in the usa smartphone market. Android is not only getting too popular, we are going to see the iphone types here. You'll see a few of them:

1. My iphone plays music, this phone sucks.
2. Steve Jobs says I can get porn on DI, is that good?
3. My iphone used to get at least 4 hours of battery life with layar on 100% of the time

:D:D:D:D:D:D
 
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#149
Napoleon_PhoneApart said:
k.electron said:
dude u have an incredible. dont waste your time convincing apple cult members. they are beyond redemption and are forever doomed to blowing steve jobs. trust me there are much better things to do with ur life. take a video with ur incredible, checkout friend stream, install some free apps and enjoy flash.
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Well, I'm glad you're not a closed-minded cell phone bigot...:D
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I dont see how you are qualified to make these kinds of statements without even knowing who i am. you think i am an anti-apple fanboy, and i assure you, i am no such thing. i go with what is good and has the best performance. i will not deny apple the engineering credit for their products, however it is their lies and hypocrisy that gives them a very bad name in my book. they claim to be promoters of open standards and yet they heavily block their app development. legitimate apps such as grooveshark cannot make it to the iphone because it will hurt the itunes revenue stream. all the points that jobs has in his letter against flash are a big bunch of nonsense. the simple truth is that allowing flash, will make developers use it and abandon their cash cow the app store. i dont see why mac osx costs approximately 900$ after you factor out the other parts in their computers when it can run hardly anything and its not even their own os, its a ripoff from unix. not to mention none of their other products are really original. all they do is package it pretty, and tell everyone how they do stuff for your good and then people sell out. what is more they even cheat their own customers by deliberately leaving out features so that they can quickly sell their next generation, yes ipad im looking at you without the camera, but the slot, and full software capability to hold a camera. speaking of which their commercials are full of lies too, like just today i saw an ipad commercial which said, all the worlds website in your hands... uh.. hulu?

yea so long story short, their ethics and their outlook towards their own customers and the general public is motivated by their greed and i refuse to do business with such a company. now tell that to an apple fanatic and he'll start chanting things like security and spotlight and the dancey dock...

if apple comes to market with a reasonably priced device that performs as said, and is really "open" then i would gladly go out and buy it. sadly it seems thats like asking the devil to do community service.
 
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