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Does Apple "bashing" bother you?

aaquib said:
Of course, whenever we have Apple vs. Microsoft debates, I rape him :cool:
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Wow... rofl.

But you know, if we bash Microsoft, those fanboys hate it, and if they bash us, we hate it.
But I always find it interesting to see how those Microsofters bash us, and even stereotype us to be fools and think we are so "cool" to have a Mac.
How cool is it to have a 5" thick notebook that crashes every 5 seconds? Not cool... (that was a bit sarcastic, sorry).
 
Well, none of the comments "offend" me. That's not to say they don't bother me. Ignorant people bother me, so they kind of go hand in hand....


That Palm Pre thread in the News forum bothers me. The Palm Pre looks rather ace, and may develop into a product that's better than the iPhone after 1 or 2 minor updates. Doesn't matter. Read the thread. "It's no iPhone..." Yeah, you're right. This baby's got features, and Palm isn't run by a control freak, so they'll listen to customers' wants, and what customers generally feel are short-comings.
 
it's like this in real life. People go with the general population. The majority of people can't afford a mac. Just like the majority can't afford a bmw. There for to make themselves feel better they join together and bash. Don't you remember grade school? It was full of crap like this.

It doesn't really bother me. What bothers me is when people talk crap when they have never used a mac for more than 15 minutes. I bet if I lent them my mac for a week they would change their mind. If not then great, but shut up!
 
I love how this guy is on Windows Live making up stories about Mac users being all cocky (as if we don't have a reason to be) while he's probably on another Windows Live forum talking about his new favorite movie, which was more than likely created on a Mac.

But on that link you posted, some guy was like, "IT WOULDNT BE ABLE TO PLAY ANY GAMES" and see this is what I'm talking about when I saw Windows users are so freaking ignorant. It's like they're driving a go-kart everywhere and talking about how a real car sucks.
 
The fact is that if you're a mac user you either are a switcher or at least tried windows, and can give facts why "pc sucks". PC users rarely even try a mac, and start posting "mac sucks" things, sometimes just videos feat. vista.
 
I dont care when there is a legitimate reason, but when bashing is based off falsehoods/sheer ignorance I try to point it out, sometimes not in the nicest ways.

BTW thats for everything, not just apple bashing.....

Probably why I dont have a girlfriend.....:(
 
I don't mind the Apple bashing, I actually find it kind of fun to read the rants because there is sometimes a small bit of truth to the criticism and I love parodies and satire. The rant by Maddox against Macs still makes me laugh when I read it. I won't post a link because of the profanity but if search the forums here for Maddox you'll find the links since it was discussed earlier.
 
yes, sometimes it does bother me. i don't bash windows, and i don't hate windows. but there seem to be plenty of windows users who hate apple and their products
 
I'm not bothered by opinions, but ignorant bashing does bother me. That said, I've seen many Windows users don't bother to research (or else they wouldn't be Windows users... ;)) and when simply informed that one uses a Mac will snap to a hasty and oft incorrect conclusion and proceed to harass the Mac user for their assumed foolishness at purchasing a "subpar" machine.
 
iToaster said:
I'm not bothered by opinions, but ignorant bashing does bother me. That said, I've seen many Windows users don't bother to research (or else they wouldn't be Windows users... ;)) and when simply informed that one uses a Mac will snap to a hasty and oft incorrect conclusion and proceed to harass the Mac user for their assumed foolishness at purchasing a "subpar" machine.
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eh what do u know, your a toaster:p

Funny thing is for most of these posts if you reverse microsoft and apples positions, they all still hold true.

Fancy that.
 
What's annoying me more and more as the months and years tick by, is this...

"**** MACS NLY DON'T GT VIRUSES CUZ NOONE UZES THEM OH AND MACS R GONNA START GETTING VIRUSES ANYDAY NOW!!!11"

I see all kinds of variations of this stupid, uninformed bit of illogic all over the place. All from people talking out of their ass.
 
I don't care about some of the bashing. What bothers me is when I get called ignorant because I like my phone and the way it syncs with iTunes and it's all on this forum. It's all because of the new Palm phone, I guess they think I should drop the iPhone because some other phone may be better. Don't need another phone, don't want another phone.
 
I don't mind any well founded bashing, if it's just brainlessness in action then I'll be lightly annoyed, question if it's satire then laugh. That's the usual cycle at least :p

Apple make many mistakes. All the companies I buy from make mistakes and do daft things.

Except Valve. They have never done wrong.
 
Only if the bashing is no longer relevant. Like, on a Diablo 3 forum, people were saying how you couldn't play it on a mac because the mighty mouse has one button.:rolleyes:

Hey, you read that PC world list, it actually isn't bad or bias. If those are the worst things they can find, well, I'm okay with them. Except the gaming part. I swear, not one person knows what bootcamp, crossover games, ect are. Those games you can run on windows? You can run them on your mac.
 
xodonniedarko said:
I love how this guy is on Windows Live making up stories about Mac users being all cocky (as if we don't have a reason to be) while he's probably on another Windows Live forum talking about his new favorite movie, which was more than likely created on a Mac.
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Ah, but you probably don't hear about how useful in real life some of these 'Mac for life' creative users are outside of editing a movie / drawing pretty pictures. That you might end up in a position where you have to effectively subsidise and organise said Mac user's living arrangements due to him being a hopeless human being outside of being able to edit cool video / make pretty pictures in order for him to do his job for you, and you put up with it because he's talented in that respect... but only for as long as he's required.

You'd know if you've been him. You've been feted by Apple, among many others. And you may never realise you - and your situation - are less unique than you think because of your titanic ego.

Interestingly the single multidisciplinary designer I've worked with who has prodigious talent and isn't a flake in some way that I've come across so far is platform-agnostic, with a lean towards Windows. This was something of surprise to me because for pretty much ever, I've been resigned to the equation Truly Talented Designer = Truly Total Flake. I can't work out whether that's purely coincidence, or something else.
 
Idiots bother me, both those who baselessly bash apple products and those who baselessly promote them above all else.

People are people.
 
YES. Especially when the majority of people have no idea what they're talking about them.
And a lot fo people say, "well Apple's expensive." There are tons of reason's why Apple is "expensive."
I get really defensive when people insult Apple. And yes, I often bash PC's and Windows but I have logic and vivid reasons for whatever I say.
 
My first post... :)

Apple bashing doesn't bother me, though I did get a LOT of stick when I ended six months of second guessing myself and finally got an Iphone last Thursday. The funny thing was, all the people who spent all Thursday afternoon telling me how terrible they were ended up being the ones who wanted to try it out when it made its first appearance on Friday!

The only thing that DOES bother me is when people try and make comments about how I'm choosing to spend my money but I collect vintage film memorabilia, so I'm well used to that!
 
iParis said:
YES. Especially when the majority of people have no idea what they're talking about them.
And a lot fo people say, "well Apple's expensive." There are tons of reason's why Apple is "expensive."
I get really defensive when people insult Apple. And yes, I often bash PC's and Windows but I have logic and vivid reasons for whatever I say.
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I really don't like this sort of attitude. You don't like Apple bashing but you engage in Windows bashing because you have logic. That's really hypocritical. You're just a mirror of an Apple-bashing PC user, who probably has logic for his/her choice in platform.

The fact is that anyone who has significant real world experience on both platforms knows that each platform has its strong and weak points. In other words, there are logical reasons to bash either, although for me that means I tend to bash neither.

Now I strongly prefer Apple products and I do consider them to be superior in many aspects which are key to the way I do things. That doesn't mean that PCs aren't the best choice for a LOT of people. So I don't much care for bashers on either side. I much prefer people who can distinguish between personal preference and absolute truth.
 
I am all for a bit of well reasoned, well informed debate. I'd like to hear real peoples problems with Mac OS and Windows alike and also hear about what they love. It's daft to stay completely loyal to one company, if Windows/Linux/Solaris/Whatever can do what I want better than my Mac can then I would switch over when I next upgraded. Why limit myself?

Unfortunately, it's difficult to tell if this is going to actually be the case because you have to trawl through so much rubbish. If people just put a bit of thought into what they said and tried to keep an open mind then everyone can make their own decisions and form their own opinions. Everybody will be better off!

If you are happily using Windows and I am happily using Mac OS, I don't see where anyone is losing out. Why do we need to have an argument about it? If I was discussing my computer with friends, I would tell them what I like and what I don't (and you can't say there isn't anything you dislike about OS X) and because they are intelligent human beings, they can make up their own minds and get what best suits them. Brilliant!
 
No, because one look around this board shows reveals alot of Apple f@nb0is who love to bash windows fanboys. Not to mention, too many apple lovers won't shut the hell up about how great Mac OS is and how crappy Vista is and blah blah blah. Worse than people who knock on your door on a Saturday at 8am to preach how you're going to hell. Really, it's just a damn computer and for 95% of the population either Mac or PC will get the job done (ie. surf the web, write an email, and store pictures) so who cares REALLY?
 
andreab35 said:
I think it is pretty rude.
People are entitled to their own opinions, but doesn't it bother you?
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They simply don't know how much more reliable and logical the Mac experience is. Right out of the box, it's far easier to learn than a PC.

I meet ignorant PC users all the time. They make comments based on what they think of Apple without ever having used/owned a Mac. They just spout out famous one liners like, "Macs are toys", or "Macs are not used for business".

There are other areas of my life where I hear people making strong comments, without any experience. Plenty of people are mystified of my endeavors in law school/MBA school and have the strangest misconceptions about what it's all about.

Also, being a minority, I hear some of the craziest comments and unless they are in my shoes, they are just guessing and usually guessing poorly.

So like MBA/law students or racial minorities, us Mac users are in a very small group of people that are easy to target with stereotypes.

I did once hear a comment about Apple being that iPod company. At the time, I saw Apple as that Mac company. But based on Steve Jobs' latest Macworld interview, the public sees us as the iPod/iTunes and iPhone company and its an area where our market share is #1. So if people don't see Apple as the Mac company, that's fine, since gazillions in iPod, iTunes, and iPhone "net" profits are having the company laugh all the way to the bank. :)
 
No it doesn't bother me. I'm not afraid to "bash" Apple either. What annoys me is when people come to Macrumors to complain about Apple.
 
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