Squire said:
Maxx Power, I feel sorry for you. You've obviously been on the short end of the stick when it comes to dealing with businesses. Perhaps you should voice your opinion in the political forums (if they still exist...don't bother checking them out, myself).
Let's take your cakes analogy and go with it:
My kids are having a little bake sale out in the front yard every day for two weeks. I stocked up on caramel cakes for them that I bought at, say, Costco in bulk. I notice that some of them have best before dates that are a few weeks before others and I hand those boxes to the kids first. Now am I going to burn for that? No.
Similar things happen all over the world in every culture: you try to get rid of the old stuff first. Ever notice that the newest cartons of milk are in the back? Yup. Same thing. Man, sometimes I feel sorry for Apple. They're damned if they do, and damned if they don't. If I had a dime for every post I read about the slow speed of the mac mini hard drives or the anemic VRAM, I'd be a wealthy man. And I'd try to help the environment and 3rd world countries and stuff.
Squire
I'd spend my time voicing some opinions of mine on this forum whenever I see someone who makes a statement that is too misleading or too offending to pass by.
You don't need to feel sorry for me. I personally haven't been "short sticked" by the corporations, be it apple, or whatever. I've seen the world from a few different perspectives and been to a few places and have witnessed what it costs to sustain corporate profit, and like any decent man would, I am disgusted by it. I wasn't born with a distaste for certain concepts such as corporations, or corporately funded institutions, I don't think anyone is. It is uncomfortable to see people being very ignorant, like the US military people taking pictures next to charred corpses in Iraq. Back to the old quote, and I think it is very true, is that Evil triumphs when good men do nothing. So along those lines, I'd like to get people to read my posts, and besides, if you are here, aren't you urged to "Think Different", not that I believe any of Apple's ads.
Back to the food analogy, there exists a different when you are trying to feed a family, to when your concerns are about how to reap another million dollars off of dead technologies and driving around in your luxury car of choice. The idea was that first of all, this is not fair, even by economic market standards to the consumers. Secondly, I really don't think Mr. Jobs needs a second 90 million dollar jet. The concept of capitalism is supposed to bring us competitive goods, and the choices are made by the consumers, but if you release a product with out a competition, and without telling the consumers the differences, you are misguiding the consumers and manipulating the market which defeats the whole purpose of capitalism, at least for those who are not profiteering.
Personally, I think the best way to help third world countries is to not buy anything made there, and do a bit of research yourself about how a product is made and sold to understand the enormous strain some people are put under just so that a handful of people can keep their status quo.
