hohoho!

[the_4thb]

Customer First Name: Caleb

Comments

[moonrecepie]

You're mean. Hah.

[thecheet321]

Two quick things.

1) Linux is about as fun as geting your penis pierced. 80 times. With rusty arrowheads.

2) Mac OS is basically a silly little foot-note to their sales now. Ill wager that at least 70% of their profits come from iPod and related i(Insert product name here), all of which (as far as i know) can be used on a windows PC.

Oh, and if your switching based on cost, (tho im getting a kinda moral outrage vibe) just download that shit. Not only is it illegal, but it costs you no money to boot!

[zakka]

I don't think you can download updates to the Mac OS, because when you install you usually have to start up from the CD.

[zakka]

I don't know, I never considered Apple to be as spectacular and ideal as you describe. I considered them a company just like any other, only less greedy, "corporate", and monopolistic than Microsoft. Mac OS is obviously a product with more time and care put into it than Windows and is better suited to my needs, and computing is important enough to me that I'm willing to pay extra for something good. Nevertheless, they're still a company, and right now the music store and iPods represent a huge portion of their market share, so obviously with those things they're going to act more "corporate" in the interest of making money. I hate the music store, but to me it's very seperate from the stuff Apple puts out to satisfy its OS users. Still, switching to Linux doesn't sound like a bad idea. I probably wouldn't because it'd be a hassle and I'd be sacrificing ease of use and maybe some of my necessary apps, but I see why you would want to. Open source software is always a good thing to support.

[think_tomorrow]

Aw, crap. Maybe send it to someone corporate-ish. Microsoft has always been the Antichrist, but maybe we can still save Apple...

[jeph12]

Basic economics suggest that in a capitalistic resembling today's, the end-user asks for the most convenience while enduring the least effort. I believe that was Apple's approach to iTunes 5. If you haven't noticed, the folders allow for the organization of playlists, however, there's always been a browser for your library. The folder list is always visible, however, and requires less concious effort to manipulate (reasons including that it is always visible, and capable of being manipulated.) The iTunes Music Store mirrors this as well. Those arrows next to all songs, artists, and albums are incredibly useful if they're what you're looking to click. I think you've arrived at the simple problem of capitalism. You're no longer the target demographic, per se. In an effort to expand to less tech-friendly people (a move the entire industry is making) the few who are more adept are left far behind to 'deal' with the problems of the added features. In truth, if you consider the additional code for Apple to give you the ability to remove the

[jeph12]

Of course, we can't edit comments, so the word 'capitalistic' is followed by an invisible 'economy.'

[the_4thb]

Sure it is.