Apple vs. Samsung - The Verdict(s) are rolling in

Wibbs wrote: »

This seems to be the case all too often alright. As people have noticed before, apple brings out a new bit of tech/collection of old tech in a novel package and a certain section(usually more the nerdy end) are very quick to rag on it, until of course someone else copies/rips it off[delete as applicable to viewpoint] and then it's only bleedin deadly. I remember the nerdasphere calling the iphone a toy, not a real phone, apple make a phone? give me a break etc, until the android based yokes came out and then it was a brilliant concept altogether. Shít I recall way back in the day people calling Apple's GUI a toy etc and wittering on about how great command line was. It never changes. Neither does the apple fanboi stuff of course and equally dopey IMHO.

Me I find it's horses for courses and whatever you're having yourself. I find all these corporations dodgy. Google in particular. Apple are defo getting worse too IMHO. To be fair to them however they've been far and away the most innovative tech company over the years. If you're using a laptop from any company to view this then a shítload of what you take for granted either originated within apple or they brought it to the market first. Even down to something as mundane as the keyboard at the top of the case with palmrests beneath they came out with first with the powerbook 100 in 1991. Check out portables from others of that time. They were the first to have trackpads, built in ethernet, USB firewire and a few other innovations. They had plug and play long before the IBM compatible world and networking was a doddle. Then again the nerdtechs decried that too. They liked the idea that only they had the knowledge to fiddle with settings and even dipswitches FFS. They invented the multimedia computer. Since the very first mac in the 80's they had built soundcards and all that guff. I knew guys in the mid 90's whose PC's could only manage a beep, unless they added in soundcards. Though again some love that stuff. I compare it to cars. The vast majority of people in the real world want to hop in and drive, a few want to build kitcars or customise their cars and fair enough. Personally I can strip and rebuild a car engine, but I don't look down on people who just drive a car, so I don't see why techies have this hoiler than thou shíte about computers in the same vein. There again apple are slowing down on that innovation score too.


TL;DR? use what you find actually adds to your life and is easy to use for you and good luck to you. Don't be swayed by the nerds/techies/fanbois of any ilk, you're the one using the damn thing.






PS I've had a computer since 1981 so Im not that much of a newb. I've tried various iterations of Android. It has it's plus points, but I'd still prefer iOS in general. I find myself having to fiddle with the thing less to do what I want it to do. That's also why I'd prefer MacOS or Windows to various Linux distros. Fo me a computer/IT device is a tool and the less work I have to do and the fewer obstacles in my way to actually use it, the better.