iPod Consumers don't know iPods are from Apple?

[dbhays]

"Apples SUCK!"

I am a sixth grade teacher. One day after school, I am helping this student with his math. He places his ipod on his desk. We continue with the math lesson, when he gets stuck on graphing a problem. I get up, walk over to my desk, pick up my ibook, and return to his desk. His first response at seeing my ibook: "Apple's SUCK! No one uses their crappy stuff!"

Instead of pointing out that his ipod was made by Apple, I tear into him for his rude and disrespectful behavior. Missed opportunities....

I should have confiscated his ipod the minute I saw it. They are not allowed at school. But I was sorta proud that he had one, so I let it slide.

 

[Aperture]

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90% Of the people at my school think every mp3 player is called an iPod. They think Macs are cheap, and have never heard of Apple. They also think that Windows is the only OS out there. I also hate the kids that think they know everything about iPods when they think the company is called iPod.

Kevin


PS: When someone looks at a 5th gen. iPod and refers to it as an iPod Video, I want to tell them that it is an iPod 5th generation, not an iPod Video.

 

[zap2]

I hear people saying "lets go to the iPod store" all the time(when really most of the store is based around Macs)

 

[dextertangocci]

Where I live, everyone thinks that the iPod is made by the company called "iPod". Idiots

 

[idkfa]

Example. I have seen flyers and other material all talking about the DDR club on campus. My first reaction was "DDR? As in East Germany? What?" Took me months to find out the meaning of Dance Dance Revolution.

I thought the same thing when my girlfriend went out and bought the XBOX version. I just sort of stared at her for awhile, half expecting the Stasi to burst into the room...

 

[danired18]

yes..every one says that amacs are cheap and lame..and most have never heard of them...why dont people like them...they are 10x..better than windows..and i dont see how people live with XP..it just stinks..

 

[crees!]

Anyway... isn't MAC the company that makes the computers?

Actually MAC is a magazine

I just wonder if you told "Windows" consumers who were all about getting an iPod (not knowing it's made by Apple) that it was made by Apple if they would still purchase after learning this?

Now that would be interesting.

 

[Gasu E.]

Other than I have no idea who makes Kleenex.

I think it is still Kleenex Corporation.

Right, my iPod is made by iPodCo.

 

[crees!]

Right, my iPod is made by iPodCo.

Dude, mine too! How funny is that?!

 

[jaxstate]

The average Joe don't give a hoot about who makes the iPod. MY gf for example, syncs her mini up to my Mac once a month. She had no clue that the same company that made my computer made the iPod. I asked her how could she not know that her reponse..."I really dont give a damn who makes it, as long as it works."

 

[Scarlet Fever]

the parents of a mate of mine were looking to buy a new computer. my mate was an Apple fan, but his dad still connected Apple and Macintosh with beige boxes and <OS 9. I showed him the website, he thought it was a hoax. "no computer could be that thin" (iMac). I showed him mine. "Nice skin, where did you get it from?"
They ended up getting a PC. And the father left the family . The next computer my friend gets is promised to be a Mac.

Another example, i went to Myer, because i read that they were selling Apple computers. they already sell iPods. I asked someone where the iMacs were. They said i might find them in the toy section.

Apple need to make people realise that the iPod is made by the same people who make Apple computers, but i think all the advertising in the world can't change consumer stupidity.

 

[whooleytoo]

Is it any wonder people call the stores "iPod stores" - if I'm not mistaken, Apple's name isn't written on the outside anywhere.

 

[Viking Quest]

Is it any wonder people call the stores "iPod stores" - if I'm not mistaken, Apple's name isn't written on the outside anywhere.

This is a really good thread by the way.

I just can't stand ignorance. When people call them "iPod" stores and when people own an iPod and say "Mac's SUCK!"...it just pisses me off. It makes these people look soooo stupid. Thankfully I don't have to deal with them very much. 95% of the people who say "mac's suck" have never even used one, that's the worst part.

 

[monke]

90% Of the people at my school think every mp3 player is called an iPod.

It's like that everywhere: Please turn off any cellphones, pager or iPods. Never the mention of MP3 players, always your iPod.
Even on airplanes: Please turn off alll your electronic devices, this includes cellphones, iPods, Gameboy's and DVD players.


It's the whole 'branding' thing. People ask for a Kleenex not a bathroom tissue. There a bunch of other ones, but I can't remeber them at the moment.

 

[monke]

This is a really good thread by the way.

I just can't stand ignorance. When people call them "iPod" stores and when people own an iPod and say "Mac's SUCK!"...it just pisses me off. It makes these people look soooo stupid. Thankfully I don't have to deal with them very much. 95% of the people who say "mac's suck" have never even used one, that's the worst part.

I say we brain wash 'em all. Sit them down in a theatre, with their iPods, and make them watch a video. Kinda like the 1984 ad

 

[rebhaf]

I think that iPods are essentially the Kleenex and Rollerblade of MP3 players.

That is, how many people ask for a "facial tissue" as opposed to a "kleenex"? Or ask for a pair of "inline roller skates" as opposed to "rollerblades"? (Perhaps these are US-only references, but I'm sure other countries have similar ones)

People say "iPod" to mean digital music player.

The irony! It's funny, for years everyone gave the word "Walkman" to all portable cassette players with headphones. Now today, every time my wife needs to juice up her Sony MP player (which is actually called a Walkman!!), she asks me if I can charge up her iPod!

 

[penter]

i've gotten tired of having discussioins with people (even my dad, a while ago) which insisted that apple was unrelated to macintosh; that they are two different companies of some sort.
The thruth, though, is that Apple Computer, Macintosh, iMac and other trademarks from apple (excluding ipods) are really unknown in foreign countries. I can only speak for Brazil, because I'm Brazilian, and i know that people have no idea of what I'm talking about when i itry to explain that my computer is different from theirs; that it runs different types of applications. They wonder, "what other computer can there be besides a Windows coomputer?" and i just say "nevermind, you wont get it."
Oh, well.... nothing i can do about it.

 

[DaveP]

Sometime during high school I stopped being ignorant about ignorance. In other words, I realized that a large number of people can be incredibly stupid/clueless.

I find it very telling that in our society (America at least), that for the most part being intelligent is not "cool", while being/acting dumb is. Messed up place...

 

[technicolor]

It's the whole 'branding' thing. People ask for a Kleenex not a bathroom tissue. There a bunch of other ones, but I can't remeber them at the moment.

Same for people calling all diapers...Pampers

Xeroxing is a verb and a noun for a copy


Oh and my absolute most annoying one....is when people , particularly wait staff in restaurants, ask me what kind of coke I want. a orange coke? lime coke coke?

 

[penter]

lol it could be diet coke.
go to brazil and they'll ask you what kind of water you want. seriously! they always thing you're getting sparkling water. you have to tell them if its sparkling or not.

 

[GoCubsGo]

Some people seem to think that "Mac" is a company, "iPod" is a company, and "Apple" was a company.

WAS? hahaha bite your tongue!

 

[Some_Big_Spoon]

I've heard dozens of people call it "The iPod Store".

ipod store =! apple store.

It makes me ill, but it's understandable considering how Apple advertises. There's a serious disconnect between their product lines in their advertising, especially their tv ads. But whatever.

Let's all go to the ipod store!!!11!1 W00T!

 

[BoyBach]

It's no surprise that people don't know that Apple make iPods. I mean take a look at this 'iPod'

 

[Willis]

I've heard dozens of people call it "The iPod Store".

ipod store =! apple store.

It makes me ill, but it's understandable considering how Apple advertises. There's a serious disconnect between their product lines in their advertising, especially their tv ads. But whatever.

Let's all go to the ipod store!!!11!1 W00T!

i believe the iLife Ad has the windows guy with an iPod, and the Mac guy is like "iPod, cool".

So... maybe Apple are twigging onto this? Or they actually believe people are more intellegent than the think.

 

[Willis]

They talk like they don't exist anymore and I'd like to know how they can be so blind when almost every computer that appears on tv shows is a Mac.

Examples:
- Carrie's in Sex and the City
- Chloe's in Smallville
- Scully's in X-Files
- Veronica's in Veronica Mars
- Summer's in The O.C.
- Ephram's in Everwood

And that's just to name a few...

Silent Witness on BBC 1 here in the UK. they have G4 iMacs. My Family, G3 iMac, another BBC show. fair few..