New Apple Lust Objects for 2010 and onward

http://www.marco.org/2012/10/26/an-alternate-universe

cold

Even when I like something Microsoft does, they have to present it in the most awkward, worst way imaginable. Sales dudes practically yelling over the customer makes me think they're channeling Steve Ballmer :/

im using nexus 7 right now it's pretty cool but has a lot of problems. If money is not tight I would recommend getting the iPad.

but I'm using one right now so

really I just want an android device to play with (and pocket occasionally)

same here but its pretty frustrating sometimes. one cool thing is you can get a very cheap adapter to attach usb keyboards etc...

yeah, I'm expecting frustration (it *is* android), but 4.1 seems pretty mature and I just need to work with something that's not apple after ~4 years

^^ this is pretty much the only reason I'm leaning towards a nexus too, and I think I've decided that's not reason enough.

i've already had a windows 8 BSOD. iirc since 2004, across all the macs i've used, the equivalent has happened like 3 times? one of which was my fault heh heh

win8 is 16 mins old to be fair

but yes, os x has been rock solid for a very long time

ehhhh it's not really 16 mins old is it

true, including beta releases it dates back to the churchill years

"Before Vista we never had a defeat. After Vista, we never had a victory."

My main PC is Win7 and has only had one BSOD in two years of daily use, due to a stupid USB PCI card.

Even when I like something Microsoft does, they have to present it in the most awkward, worst way imaginable.

Microsoft can seemingly only do one of two things. Semi-reasonable product, shit marketing (XP/7). Shit product, semi-reasonable marketing (Me/Vista).

http://www.cultofmac.com/198721/ios-guru-scott-forstall-and-new-retail-chief-john-browett-both-leaving-apple/

hmm

maybe good. news. Ive taking over "human interface" maybe means death to skeumorphism?

the stitched leather wars have finally ended

yeah, forstall is considered the skeuomorph freak (as well as bollocksing up siri and maps) xp

also interesting that the genius behind j c penney has left with immediate effect, and apple's press release forgets to praise either him or forstall for their achievements

what's going ooooon i wanna knoooow

I thought his predecessor left for JC Penney? The incumbent used to work for dixons (and was therefore an obviously insane choice in the eyes of everyone in the UK)

the stitched leather wars have finally ended, AA

was forstall the man behind check boxes

maybe the new itunes was the last straw. "it's curtains for you, forstall!"

This is great news; both these guys were fucking up big time. It was maps finally did for Forstall, I hear.

and are they just not letting mansfield leave? i thought he was trying to retire or something.

No, the engineering crews revolted; said they wouldn't work for his inexperienced deputy. Cook threw cash at Mansfield to stay.

Dixons guy at Apple was causing me too much cognitive dissonance. He had to go.

what's a dixons and why is it causing dixonance?

It's a naff, declining UK high-street electrical group. Almost the opposite of Apple.

Mansfield being offered $2m a month to stay has made me consider playing hardball at work.

I thought his predecessor left for JC Penney? The incumbent used to work for dixons (and was therefore an obviously insane choice in the eyes of everyone in the UK)

oh god yes of course sorry

was forstall the man behind check boxes

I hear they gave him a form that said 'tick this box if you want to keep your job' and he ticked it and they sacked him

(sorry was I being thick there?)

This is great news; both these guys were fucking up big time. It was maps finally did for Forstall, I hear.

it's horribly embarrassing for apple that its two biggest software train wrecks in recent memory (siri and maps) were driven by the same person. was he mobileme as well?

(sorry was I being thick there?)

no, not at all, I had the whole thing arse about

rumours circulating he did flush headphone jack

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2SWx-dkTrA

wow... i dunno if i'd describe it as anti-apple but... wow...

Was Siri a train wreck? The first one wasn't great for me, but I assumed that was my guttural Glaswegian mumble. The new version gets me every time. I use it quite a lot.

yeah siri is totally useless to me, but train wreck?

forstall invented ios and osx no, can see why he apple might've cut him some slack

It's no Ping.

ping has actually gotten really good

(jk)

siri = first time I can remember apple releasing and promoting a flagship product that was still heavily in beta

ping has actually gotten really good

because it was killed off rite

Some people said that if they'd called the new Maps a beta product, like Siri, people wouldn't have minded. Um, no, not if you're using it to replace an alpha product.

Um, I don't mean alpha.

I think u meant zero day hack

woo Jony Ive is the best