Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/01/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The marketing at Apple is impressive, I agree, but in general I find their products excellent, their easy to use interface a delight and find them good value for money. The iPod was a great boon to me as a music loving traveller, saved me kilos! It is true they tend not to enter the super cheap end of the market, but hey that is probably a profitable choice. When I last looked a PC to the same spec as a Mac was a similar price, unless you did a DIY. Few competitors have equal manufacturing quality. Sure, there are lots of "me too" products like Windows and MP3 players which ride on the back of Apple innovation at (slightly) lower prices, but they did not have to invest in the innovation. I am a convert! And BTW I have been using computers and writing software since 1969. My experience from the early years of computing lead me to the (commonly held amongst computer specialists) opinion that the only thing Microsoft brought to computing is the lowering of expectations. Frank On 28 Jan, 2010, at 04:07, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: > Typical Apple product, beautifully marketed and totally overpriced. A > fashion accessory. > Cheers > Jayanand > > On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 1:53 AM, Chris Williams <zoeica at mac.com> wrote: >> There's already a ton of buzz on this in the photography world. >> >> 1. It could replace your laptop for slideshows to on the spot clients >> 2. It's not going to replace the Kindle like some think >> 3. It's pretty pricey for a large iphone with 3GS - a system still having >> connection problems(try walking around NYC) >> 4. It's an Apple product so somewhere deep down we want one >> 5. Wait til Roswell has one, then we all will get one. >> >> Chris >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nathan Wajsman"Subject: [Leica] OT: >> Yawn >> >> >>> I love my Mac, but I would not even pay $200 for this: >>> >>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8483654.stm >>> >>> Nathan >>> >>> Nathan Wajsman >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information