iphone 3G - S (ucks) - Cont.
Just for the record - I don't blindly hate Apple. In fact, quite the opposite. I am in awe of them. Apple continually screws its core customer base and yet they beg for more. They have so successfully marketed a superiority complex (overpay for our products or you'll be like that geeky PC guy in our commercials) that what I consider to be otherwise
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My powerbook pro was upgraded automatically by our IT group - and they put Office 2008, replacing Office 2004. This is the first time I've seen that backwards computability has not been supported. But it wasn't far earlier versions of the product - it was the most recent. All the work that I'd done in 2004 was not available to me in 2008. Mac's suggestion? Get the 2004 version of office, save everything down to an earlier level, and then it would be compatible with 2008.
Unacceptable. It's one thing not to have backwards compatibility with much earlier versions of the software, but the most recent?
They also got rid of macro support, which was something that I found very useful, as VBA is a breeze and it's cleaner/easier to embed some scientific transforms (that don't have too many sig fig issues) in VBA than to use many columns of manipulations.
I guess I don't know if it was microsoft or mac that as more responsible, but either way, wtf?
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Does Office 2008 for Mac not have a compatability mode? In Word 2007 for PC, there is a compatability mode that allows it to open .doc files without a problem.
If it's any consolation, the macro support in Word 2007 for PC is somewhat of a mess as well. It's the one spot where I've seen that stuff written for older versions doesn't work quite right. I understood some of those changes to be for the sake of security though.
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But it's just, I can't imagine microsoft pulling that stunt on a PC.
To get back to the original post, why is the mac user tolerant of this?
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That's absolutely true. What would Apple have touted this year if they had released the phone with all of these features to begin with? I don't think that this can last forever for them though on the iPhone.
Although, in their defense, that's almost the nature of the electronics business as a whole. All cell phone and computer companies are constantly refreshing their product lines to keep up with the latest components, etc. However, Apple has pushed it to the point where I think people feel compelled to upgrade even though their existing device might still be meeting their needs and functioning. Apple has brilliantly merged fashion and technology in their product cycle.
The cynic in me says that this is why there isn't an Apple tablet yet. They are waiting for the iPhone cycle to play out like that of the original iPod. Then they will do it all over again with that product.
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There are two things one usually looks for in a computing platform (iPhone/iTouch included): compatibility and reliability. Some of us who are thrifty still see Apple as a better value to the alternatives.
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http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/electronics-computers/phones-mobile-devices/cell-phones-services/smart-phone-ratings/ratings-overview.htm
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While I love CR for quality and reliability reports of common household appliances, vehicles, paint, etc, I have never chosen them to evaluate sophisticated electronics and certainly not a computer since there are more knowledgable sources for that. No doubt CR is capable of testing how a phone sounds though and I'll just have to trust you on the findings.
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What kills me personally is people who keep buying PCs even though their OS has sucked (and seems to be getting worse with every "upgrade").
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