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mercy_angel_09) wrote2011-10-07 02:26 pm
mercy_angel_09) wrote2011-10-07 02:26 pm
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Writer's Block: Remembering Steve Jobs
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You mean beyond the love of the Pixar films? Hmmm...
My very first experience with a computer was on my dad's Apple and in middle school we had the Mac Lab for class use.
Otherwise I've been running on a PC. Old IBMs and eMachines and most recently Compaqs and HPs. I'm pretty sure you can't classify the custom built Home Theater PC.
If anything, Jobs kept pushing for change in the computer industry, but I certainly don't buy into the whole, "Macs are better than PCs" spiel that he seemed to be pushing over the last several years. For the pushing for innovation, I can respect that. Everything else? Not so much.
I certainly don't believe that he was some sort of mega revolutionary that totally made the world stop and think. If anything, he created a bunch of drones in the Apple fans, who felt that conforming to the whims of Apple was the entirety of their lives. Also, paying for ridiculously overpriced goods that were no better than another name brand product. I could buy a PC with all of the same components as my friend's MacBook Air (same processor, memory, storage space, etc.) for half of the cost.For those of you going, "But Macs don't get as many viruses," that's because viruses are created to do the most damage. Most people have PCs, therefore most viruses are created to take down PCs. If everyone had Macs, then Macs would get just as many viruses as PCs get now.
Congratulations, Jobs, you perfected the art of willing highway robbery.
I'm not saying that he's evil and shouldn't be commended for how he did push for change and developments in computers, but on the same note, the man was hardly a saint. He was very good at what he did - making computers and then charging way too much for them.
How very American of him...
You mean beyond the love of the Pixar films? Hmmm...
My very first experience with a computer was on my dad's Apple and in middle school we had the Mac Lab for class use.
Otherwise I've been running on a PC. Old IBMs and eMachines and most recently Compaqs and HPs. I'm pretty sure you can't classify the custom built Home Theater PC.
If anything, Jobs kept pushing for change in the computer industry, but I certainly don't buy into the whole, "Macs are better than PCs" spiel that he seemed to be pushing over the last several years. For the pushing for innovation, I can respect that. Everything else? Not so much.
I certainly don't believe that he was some sort of mega revolutionary that totally made the world stop and think. If anything, he created a bunch of drones in the Apple fans, who felt that conforming to the whims of Apple was the entirety of their lives. Also, paying for ridiculously overpriced goods that were no better than another name brand product. I could buy a PC with all of the same components as my friend's MacBook Air (same processor, memory, storage space, etc.) for half of the cost.
Congratulations, Jobs, you perfected the art of willing highway robbery.
I'm not saying that he's evil and shouldn't be commended for how he did push for change and developments in computers, but on the same note, the man was hardly a saint. He was very good at what he did - making computers and then charging way too much for them.
How very American of him...