So Apple does have a bad quality product...

[yg17]

...that's right. The Apple sticker on my car's back window isn't sticking too well and peeling off. Good thing I have like 4 more :D

[wrldwzrd89]

...that's right. The Apple sticker on my car's back window isn't sticking too well and peeling off. Good thing I have like 4 more :D
I haven't yet found a good use for those stickers. I was considering sticking them on my Windows PC just because... :D

[Blue Velvet]

I wasn't too fussed with those little bits of twisted wire that went around the power-leads in the newly-opened box of my G4.

They weren't much good for anything after that.

[Lacero]

Apple's hockey puck mouse. Required constant cleaning. Made loud clicks. Squeaky after about 3 months of use. Impossible to keep straight. Scared just to think about it.

[Blue Velvet]

Apple's hockey puck mouse. Required constant cleaning. Made loud clicks. Squeaky after about 3 months of use. Impossible to keep straight. Scared just to think about it.

Excellent point.

Had forgotten about those until recently, when I was asked to help fix a friend's G3 iMac. It also had a rubber ball in it... :eek:

Bit weird how that one actually got produced... nobody liked it – couldn't they see that? Or maybe it was one of Steve's things and nobody wanted to say 'Umm... Boss, that's a really crap idea...'

[miloblithe]

My wife stuck one on her clock radio. That's the best use I've seen for one.

[rdowns]

I haven't yet found a good use for those stickers.

I put one on the cubicles of 2 of our IT guys. :D

Idiots couldn't believe how fast I got our test eMac (testing our web sites, decided to have it moved to my office so I canuse Pages for some quick and pretty PDFs) up on the network and attached to a network printer. One of them said it's a good thing we don't have a lot of those of I'd be out of a job.

[Blue Velvet]

I put one on the cubicles of 2 of our IT guys. :D

That is an excellent idea... thanks for the tip!

[tubedogg]

It's more fun if you put them ON the IT guys themselves. ;)

[rhpenguin]

Worst product ever i would have to say is the iBook series with the defective logic boards. Those things are pieces of low quality crap.

[mymemory]

The Apple stickers are the only thing that are making my car look classy.

By the way, the wors Apple product for me would be this WHITE wireless keyboard. It get so dirty that look like from the post war.

[sjpetry]

It's more fun if you put them ON the IT guys themselves. ;)

I bet they're afraid they'd like it. :p

[maya]

Bit weird how that one actually got produced... nobody liked it – couldn't they see that? Or maybe it was one of Steve's things and nobody wanted to say 'Umm... Boss, that's a really crap idea...'

The reason for the round mouse was for one purpose only to set it apart from the rest and acquire attention to a company and its products heading downwards to add someone DIFFERENT to the future outlook of both the product and company.


It had no other reason, it was a marketing ploy. :)

[maya]

...that's right. The Apple sticker on my car's back window isn't sticking too well and peeling off. Good thing I have like 4 more :D

I have yet to find a reason even a bad one for that matter to use the Apple stickers.

You do not see me putting VW or BMW stickers on my computer, then why would I put a Apple stickers on my car. :confused: :)

[Jsmit]

I have yet to find a reason even a bad one for that matter to use the Apple stickers.

You do not see me putting VW or BMW stickers on my computer, then why would I put a Apple stickers on my car. :confused: :)

Back in college I was so tempeted to put a VW sticker on my Idigo iMac, culd never bring myself to do it. It would have ruined the iMac. However, a VW sticker made its way on to my word processor (I used that beast for a year and a half before I switched, even though I had a working PC. I hated that PC). Never had a use for the Apple stickers though.

Wasn't the PB 5300 pretty bad? I never had one, but I have not heard good things.

[Mechcozmo]

Or maybe it was one of Steve's things and nobody wanted to say 'Umm... Boss, that's a really crap idea...'

Steve would have you fired on the spot. Or shot. Or laser beams would be shot from his eyes and fried you. :rolleyes:


It's more fun if you put them ON the IT guys themselves. ;)

:D That's what iCall a good dress code...

[rtdgoldfish]

I guess I own every bad product Apple makes. I've got one of the G3 iBooks with a logic board that has been replaced three times now. As far as the stickers go, one came off at the carwash a few weeks ago and my last one is on there now. When it falls off, guess it's time for a new computer...

[maya]

Steve would have you fired on the spot. Or shot. Or laser beams would be shot from his eyes and fried you. :rolleyes:


How about thrown in a tank with piranhas and sharks with freaken laser beams mounted on they head. ;) :)

Apple needs to move its torture methods to the 21 century. ;) :)

[iArtificialLife]

steve would probably fire you if he had a bad day and you entered the 50 foot "blast zone" of his black turtle neck with a good idea........ ;) although I thinks he is the right man to lead Apple

[EJBasile]

iPod 3G

For me at least. I went through 3 ipods in 8 monthes due to hardware related issues (not accidental). Thats just me though, I Have friends who have them and they are still on there first.


I guess I just have bad luck.

[V.A.Toss]

Well i dont think its made by apple, but Nanosaur is pretty awful. It was shipped with macs.

Then again, i still play Exile and Blades of exile. So what wud i know.

[V.A.Toss]

http://www.macgeek.org/museum/pippin/photoalbum.html

Apples most rubbish idea ever. The Apple pippin.
Some newbies may not know of this. So i am showing my age.

Ahhhhhh the mid nineties, Brit pop, Oasis, beer, euro96...........

[5300cs]

Worst product ever i would have to say is the iBook series with the defective logic boards. Those things are pieces of low quality crap.

I still have mine :( trying to get rid of it ...

I second the vote for the line of 800mhz G3 iBooks

[virividox]

i think the powerbooks whos power bricks caught fire :)

[5300cs]

i think the powerbooks whos power bricks caught fire :)

that would be the 5300 series

[liketom]

I still have mine :( trying to get rid of it ...

I second the vote for the line of 800mhz G3 iBooks

LOL that was my 1st Mac the iBook G3 , i got rid of it for a nice price on ebay when my screen started to play up lol think i bought it for £799 and sold it fot like £700 hehe

SOLD AS SEEN lol

" i third that by the way - worst one of the lot "

[bartelby]

i think the powerbooks whos power bricks caught fire :)
that would be the 5300 series

Yay!! I've just bought a 5300 for £13 off ebay, to run one audio program!
Didn't they have a problem with the batteries too?

[caveman_uk]

I still have mine :( trying to get rid of it ...

I second the vote for the line of 800mhz G3 iBooks
I've still got mine too. Applecare runs out in November and that's exactly when I'm ditching it and buying a new laptop. I consider myself lucky - I've only had one new logic board (touch wood).

I trust that the new G4 ibooks aren't as dodgy as the G3's????

[decksnap]

The stickers will stay on the glass just fine if you a) clean and dry the area first, and b) put a piece of paper over it afterward and rub it down really hard. Although an ice scraper will take it off pretty quick.

[jadam]

The G3 ibooks and their ****** power adapters have horrible quality... and I still love it to death!

[5300cs]

I've still got mine too. Applecare runs out in November and that's exactly when I'm ditching it and buying a new laptop. I consider myself lucky - I've only had one new logic board (touch wood).

I trust that the new G4 ibooks aren't as dodgy as the G3's????

I've had the logic board replaced only once, as well. It happened in the morning though, and left me without a machine the whole day. Now it just sits on the floor unused, and the battery is kind of shot, too. I can't sell it because I left the box in the US and I have to find all the manuals and CDs.

As for the G4 iBook: someone posted a thread a few months ago about the letters coming off the keys on theirs! :eek: What was that all about?

[runninmac]

im curently in the stage oh begging my sister to give me one of the stickers she got 2 with her iPod Shuffle but shes not giving in. :eek:

[rickvanr]

I have a white sticker that came with my powerbook on the back of my jeepster. It's been holding strong for over a year, thru multiple washes and 2 Canadian winters.

The puck mouse I liked, aside from having to clean it alot, I liked it, more then the ADB mice, although I still liked them too.

[wrldwzrd89]

I have a white sticker that came with my powerbook on the back of my jeepster. It's been holding strong for over a year, thru multiple washes and 2 Canadian winters.

The puck mouse I liked, aside from having to clean it alot, I liked it, more then the ADB mice, although I still liked them too.
My Apple Optical Mouse has never needed cleaning. It's been regularly used for almost 1 year without cleaning (1 year of use will come on February 6, 2005).

[rickvanr]

My Apple Optical Mouse has never needed cleaning. It's been regularly used for almost 1 year without cleaning (1 year of use will come on February 6, 2005).

The puck mouse used a ball, I haven't cleaned my apple optical mouse since I got it either, over 2 years ago.

[mgargan1]

i put one on my xbox to make it an iBox... makes it a little easier playing :)

[mischief]

The 5300's infamous recalled incindiary power supply.

The occasional exploding powerbook battery (usually a bad batch, also recalled)

The Yikes! G4.

The whole Nubus thing

Quadra, Centris and Performa

The "Yo-Yo" Power supplies on the original Powerbook G4 and iBook.

The original silver Airports

Mac OS X.0 "Beta" pre-install program.

The original proprietary Apple video connector (not the oddball VGA, the one that looks kinda like a DVI connector)

and, of course the goddamn hockeypuck mouse/ mini-keyboard combo with the 8" keyboard cable.

[zelmo]

Performa 575...what was I thinking?

[virividox]

i dont think the graphite base stations were bad at all

[neut]

The original proprietary Apple video connector (not the oddball VGA, the one that looks kinda like a DVI connector)

and, of course the goddamn hockeypuck mouse/ mini-keyboard combo with the 8" keyboard cable.

I think ADC was the wasy to go ... to bad it didn't catch on with the PowerBooks; and the rest of the industry. :(

... and my daughter loves her PM B&W G3 with hockey puck and shotened keyboard. :)

My least favorite products are the ones released during the Pepsi era.


peace.

[Lacero]

20th Anniversary Macintosh was a big flop. Never heard of it until recently. Thing looks pretty ugly, IMHO. And it sold for $10,000 back in it's day. That's like $15,000 is today's money. Totally ridiculous.

[5300cs]

Totally ridiculous. You've obviously never used one then (or seen one in person; pictures don't really do it justice.)

I have one, and it's the pride of my collection. Worth every penny I spent on it.

For the record, the $10,000 price tag was to have someone (from Apple, I assume) come to your house dressed in a tuxedo in a limo, and set it up in your house for you. Sales were poor because of the price, so it went all the way down to $2,000 before being discontinued. It is rumored that Steve Jobs hates them, too.