Posted: January 16th, 2008 | Author: Arnold | Filed under: Techie | Tags: apple, macbook | View Comments
A friend of mine called an iPhone a “glorified expensive brick”. I’m calling the new Macbook Air a “glorified mistake”. CrunchGear and Yuga agree.
I just think that Apple went too far with their excessive passion for beauty. Beauty without brain is a flower vase. And I just think that Apple sacrificed a lot of basic computing features to make a Macbook sexier as it is through Air. That’s coming from a Mac cult member, namely, myself.
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Posted: January 3rd, 2008 | Author: Arnold | Filed under: Techie | Tags: apple, iphone | View Comments
Ok, I just said I realized I’m part of the Apple cult, but this time I’ve gotta criticize. Kinda part of the healing process.
The iPhone I’ve been dreaming about continues to receive a thumbs down from different consumer sectors. FORTUNE has released their own Top 10 reasons IT won’t support the iPhone.
Here are their reasons:
1. Doesn’t natively support push business email or over-the-air calendar sync.
2. Doesn’t accommodate third-party applications, including those internally developed.
3. Doesn’t support securing data on the device through encryption.
4. Can’t be remotely locked or wiped in the event of a lost or stolen device.
5. Lacks a hard keypad that provides feedback, which isn’t ideal for rapid and accurate input.
6. Has limited service provider support and its carrier lock-in inhibits flexibility.
7. Comes with a premium price tag.
8. Is only the first generation.
9. Lacks a removable battery, so when the battery kicks it, so does the device.
10. Lacks case studies of firms that have deployed it enterprisewide
Posted: January 2nd, 2008 | Author: Arnold | Filed under: Techie, Too Personal | Tags: apple, mac os x | View Comments
Back from the holiday blog haitus.
Recently, a friend of mine got a new Macbook. I commended him and said “Welcome to the cult!” I don’t know where that came from, but as soon as I said that, I suddenly realized that since I got my first Apple product — a first generation Mac Mini — 2 years ago, I started to have a religion-like-cult experience:
* I started to join bloggers in their Windows-bashing crusade
* Buying products from our own — “iPod is definitely a priority over other MP3 players”
* I always crave for that newly released Apple product.
* I read Apple themed blogs, I discuss with the Apple based communities.
* Lastly, and certainly not the least, I started to think that my Mac is always right.
If I’m heading towards destruction, I need to be saved!