W00tmaste my point is that i have come to expect these kind of delays from apple and i recognize that you have been ____ed by apple and on and on, but let me tell you what i am getting at, back when the g4 was announced, i was a happy puppy and was jumping for joy and what did i do, i went out and ordered a g4 500 top of the line model, it was supposed to ship september, but apple didnt tell me that "oops we are going to ship your machine in january now" and i had to call customer service about that one, when i did they were more than helpful and gave me 15% my order, i dont know why, they definetely shouldve and i am glad they did, i was in the same position as you is what i am getting at, but a bit more extreme, talk about 1 month to six months, the point is Apple has improved, the average customer is seeing less delays and better service and that your case in a unusual case, Apple does its financing through an American corporation(MBNA) i have an apple loan and etc, as you said you live out of the usa, and that would make it harder for apple to implement the loan problem, but i believe you eventually worked it out. As for why it is not their loss profit wise, Steve and Apple have shown that the individual customer is not as important as the mainstream customer that buys many machines(education, video, server) and offer these groups tremendous discounts to buy apple machines, whats more, apple has turned its focus away from the computer market more into the consumer entertainment market(ipod, airport express, new cinema displays for mac/pc) and are now catering to a larger market, they have lost focus on individuals like me or you and if i was to call apple back now because of a 6 month delay or a 1 month delay, they would say deal with it and would not have offered me that 15% off and instead say live with it and deal, they should be nicer and in this sense i am lucky, i have had a flawless customer service record(not in store but over the phone) of course i am a bit aggressive when it comes to six month delays but that is another story, it is just to say that they do not care if they lose me or you today because they are focused on the bigger picture(what that picture is i dont want to go into details, but i think that it is clear that apple is a very profitable company that is going in a whole new direction and is focusing on the easy to serve customers instead of us( who by the way are its bread and butter despite what is happening) so i agree with you there. Apple has screwed you over, but you need to make a decision that is right for you, one month is not a big deal in the apple world and because of that you should not switch, you should only switch if you think pinnacle studio or adobe premier are going to be better solutions for you, which i know that i prefer fcp 4 and dvd pro 3 over any pc based solution and love osx, but if you think this one blemish on apple's rep is big enough to switch then switch because it is the right decision for you, but know that these same problems happen in the pc world as much or more so than in the apple world
w00tmaster said:
Um, last time I checked Apple was in the business of making money. I fail to see how it is not their loss. As for your other points, Gentoo has none of those problems, so I'm not sure where you are going with that.
