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People are too picky with apple products

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apolloa said:
Reading that comment if you are 14 then I understand why you think that, because you haven't brought enough things in life to actually realise just how daft you sound. It means you need to experience 'life' a bit more to purchase goods that are mass produced, some more then any Apple product, and each and every one has NO as in ZERO defects of any type great or small. You will then understand why some people are peeved when their brand new $2500 laptop has slanting key's, not to mention the people on here with homes to pay for, family's to feed, bills to pay, they work hard and save the money bit by bit for a new laptop, or whack it on a credit card, only for the laptop to have visual defects. Once you do that then you will think differently perhaps? Or understand where people are coming from?
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In that case, instead of worrying about a slanted key on their laptop, they should get up and feed their children. Seriously, with all that stuff to worry about, the least of your problems should be a slanted key on your laptop.

Notice that MrMonor also said here that he knows it's impossible for a manufacturing process to make 100% perfect machines but he also said that he expects Apple to produce said 100% perfect machines:
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What I said is that I know that in a manufacturing process not every machine will be perfect... I think EVERYONE deserves a perfect machine.
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PowerFullMac said:
In that case, instead of worrying about a slanted key on their laptop, they should get up and feed their children. Seriously, with all that stuff to worry about, the least of your problems should be a slanted key on your laptop.
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You need to stop with this, now.
 
PowerFullMac said:
I wanted to stop pages ago but they kept on going.
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I hate to pull out the "you're just a kid card" as much as you probably hate to hear it, but to be told how the world works and what "we" as earning, spending, contributing "grown ups" should expect in return for our hard earned money quite frankly just takes the piss.

Right now you're happy to take anything that works, good for you. One day when you've had to work, been taxed to the eye balls, paid all your bills, and saved up the money from the little you have left each month to buy your "premium" computer you will also expect that it's damn near perfect.
 
edesignuk said:
I hate to pull out the "you're just a kid card" as much as you probably hate to hear it, but to be told how the world works and what "we" as earning, spending, contributing "grown ups" should expect in return for our hard earned money quite frankly just takes the piss.

Right now you're happy to take anything that works, good for you. One day when you've had to work, been taxed to the eye balls, paid all your bills, and saved up the money from the little you have left each month to buy your "premium" computer you will also expect that it's damn near perfect.
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Do you think it's easy to save for a Apple computer when you get £25 a month? I am typing this on my £700 MacBook, and it wasent easy to get... However, on this MacBook, the plastic on the right side of the trackpad creaks sometimes, but this dosent mean I'm now gonna go and take my laptop back.

I understand it's your money and all that, and I never wanted to get into this huge pointless argument anyway, but replacing a laptop because of something as small as a slanted key just seems rediculous to me.
 
PowerFullMac said:
Do you think it's easy to save for a Apple computer when you get £25 a month? I am typing this on my £700 MacBook, and it wasent easy to get... However, on this MacBook, the plastic on the right side of the trackpad creaks sometimes, but this dosent mean I'm now gonna go and take my laptop back.

I understand it's your money and all that, and I never wanted to get into this huge pointless argument anyway, but replacing a laptop because of something as small as a slanted key just seems rediculous to me.
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Fair enough, maybe as you get older, more disillusioned, and more cranky you'll want more. 😉 😀

For now you're obviously quite happy with your purchase, and that's all that matters.
 
PowerFullMac said:
Notice that MrMonor also said here that he knows it's impossible for a manufacturing process to make 100% perfect machines but he also said that he expects Apple to produce said 100% perfect machines:
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You really do not know how to read do you?

I never said that I know that every machine that comes off the line will have imperfections. What I said was that a manufacturing process will never turn out perfection every time.

Let me break it down for you in simpler terms since you obviously need that.

Out of every 100 perfect machines they turn out, one will be imperfect. (These are made up numbers to illustrate the point that you are so keenly missing).

Yes I do expect Apple to produce perfect machines. They DO produce perfect machines. I have have one. I know many others who have them. For every X amount of perfect machines they produce there will be a dud or two in there. It is not unreasonable to expect to have Apple stand behind their product if you are one of the unlucky ones to get a dud.

PowerFullMac said:
I wanted to stop pages ago but they kept on going.
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You didn't really just say this did you 🙄
 
PowerFullMac said:
In that case, instead of worrying about a slanted key on their laptop, they should get up and feed their children. Seriously, with all that stuff to worry about, the least of your problems should be a slanted key on your laptop.

Notice that MrMonor also said here that he knows it's impossible for a manufacturing process to make 100% perfect machines but he also said that he expects Apple to produce said 100% perfect machines:
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LOL... you dug yourself in a hole... 🙄 ... the manufacturing process itself can't be 100% perfect (as in not EVERY machine will be perfect, some will have defects) but everybody DOES deserve a perfect machine (as in no slanted keys, no dead pixels, etc.).

EDIT: Refreshing before you post is HIGHLY recommended .. 😀 obviously I didn't!!
 
People are entitled to be picky when they're spending a lot of their hard earned money, especially in this climate of economic downturn.
 
Sir Cecil said:
People here talk as if their Macbook Pro is an expensive item. Surprise... it's CHEAP.
Here in San Francisco, just ONE MONTH'S RENT for a mere one-room STUDIO apartment is virtually the cost of a Macbook Pro. ONE MONTH'S RENT! And not even a one-bedroom. For that princely sum, one gets a mass-produced, short lifespan, soon-to-be-disposed of piece of consumer-level merchandise that is meant to be a TOOL, not a piece of hand-made desk sculpture.
On second thoughts, the rent analogy is probably a bad one – judging by a lot of the comments about miniscule imperfections, many contributors to this thread still live at home with their parents. And if they don't, maybe they should.
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What does one have to do with the other? Just because rent in SF is expensive does not mean that a MBP is not. Geez by your logic I could say that a first class airline ticket to Figi is $6,000 and that is just for a 10 hour flight so your rent is cheap. What does the cost of rent have to do with a computer? Not a thing.
 
Sir Cecil said:
People here talk as if their Macbook Pro is an expensive item. Surprise... it's CHEAP.
Here in San Francisco, just ONE MONTH'S RENT for a mere one-room STUDIO apartment is virtually the cost of a Macbook Pro. ONE MONTH'S RENT! And not even a one-bedroom. For that princely sum, one gets a mass-produced, short lifespan, soon-to-be-disposed of piece of consumer-level merchandise that is meant to be a TOOL, not a piece of hand-made desk sculpture.
On second thoughts, the rent analogy is probably a bad one – judging by a lot of the comments about miniscule imperfections, many contributors to this thread still live at home with their parents. And if they don't, maybe they should.
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So If you go to the Metropolitan and order a $170 steak and it arrives to your table covered in dog hair you shouldn't complain because I spent $25,000 on a car, $170 is cheap! Surprise, it's cheap! Surprise, you're a **** tard! Try comparing LIKE objects; for example a computer with something like say.... a computer! $500 is cheap for a month's rent, it's not cheap for a meal for 2. "mass-produced, short lifespan, soon-to-be-disposed of piece of consumer-level merchandise" Really? I agree that MBPs are mass produced, but short lifespan, soon to be disposed of? I keep my computers for at least 2 years and most people keep their computers for even longer. Are you some trust-fund rich snob with loads of money and private jet or something, you keep a computer for a few months and throw it away when you get a new one? Judging by the idiotic post I'd bet you do have a trust fund or are at least grossly over-paid - or are full of ****. In any case, if you don't understand the relative value of goods and services you probably shouldn't evaluate such things, at least publicly.
 
why wouldn't you treat a Mac like any other computer? point is, if I am paying top dollar for a computer like a Mac, I expect certain things and those standards carry over as well to other laptops like a Dell or something of comparable quality. I have owned Macs just as long as PCs and I carefully take care of my equipment regardless of their make to ensure good working condition and reliable performance - this should be a given for every responsible consumer and a no-brainer. if something does look out of the ordinary, i have it repaired, simple. what is the big deal? if you are paying for something, shouldn't you be guaranteed that it works properly? reliable QC should be expected if Apple is going to present themselves as a quality product over other competitors and this is a sensible business model if the company is to retain customers and attract new ones.

i admit that some complaints i read on here are silly but hey, one fanboy's trivial detail might be another's gargantuan issue.
 
MrMinor said:
What does one have to do with the other? Just because rent in SF is expensive does not mean that a MBP is not. Geez by your logic I could say that a first class airline ticket to Figi is $6,000 and that is just for a 10 hour flight so your rent is cheap. What does the cost of rent have to do with a computer? Not a thing.
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...it is Fiji.

i guess he doesn't feel the MBP is worth the money. i have my qualms with the cost as well but if the merchandise is priced that way, i don't really have a choice. i am willing to pay for quality but the QC better be top notch if I am shelling out 2400 for a laptop, it is reasonable to expect that, i think.
 
Please only consider value. Cheap is too subjective.

The MBP is good value, and to me, it is in no way cheap.
 
There is no way I am reading through all of this to pick out the low level bickering and insults through this thread.

Lets just agree to disagree, now shake hands.
 
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