I recently bought a laptop from a company whose headquarters are located in a town that rhymes with ‘Poopertino.’
I could have bought a nice laptop for $500. I spent the extra few hundred or so on this brand because it makes it easy to sync my other devices and download apps. I also have a lot of software designed specifically for this OS. I knew going in that this was the price difference, and I thought the expense justified.
Now, I am not so sure.
I hate the new calendar. It is clunkier and I don’t like the faux leather-look- like-a-blotter screen.
I hate Launchpad. It’s stupid to have on a laptop.
I hate how you can’t ‘save as’ anymore
Migration Assistant: my ass. Except for my videos in iTunes.
I hate how my favorite free office software won’t work, so I have to use the clunky system that came with, or shell out for another office program.
But what really steams my clams is discovering that the $75 power cord doesn’t fit my new model (Yes, it came with one, but I like one for work and one for home) Not only that, but none of the ‘dongles’ (bet a boy made that word up) from my old laptop fit—and I have several–for connecting the laptop to a TV or projector. Those cost about $30 USD a pop. Add that to what I spent on a purple skin and keyboard (I hate the feel of the brushed aluminum, too) and it is more of a surcharge than I was prepared to pay. Just sayin’. —Laptop Sally
This article appears in Oct 6-12, 2011.
Yah man, don’t rag on the god of the geek this week.
It’s funny though, Apple was always such a stable platform and I’ve been on one in one way or another since a Mac Classic but man, since upgrading to Snow Lion or whatever fucking cat it’s named after I’m like ‘did bill gates stop over for lunch one day and get his hands on this?”
Why in the name of fuck would the OP feel bad because Steve Jobs died. She didn’t kill him, her criticism didn’t kill him and she’s not calling for his corpse to be hung from a sour apple tree.
She doesn’t like the product.
Feck me, I didn’t reverse my stance on Socialism just because Layton died.
Yeep. I like apple products too but they have cornered their market and thus can charge you for everything. I’d still want a PC if I had a mac
iDead
Cancer. There isn’t an app for that.
thank you SO much, Bitch In Charge for not killing this bitch as I requested.
come in modbird, we have a problem. please respond
It’s a little TV with a keyboard.
If you’re going to spend that much $ on one without researching what extra costs will be required to integrate it into your iLife(“black turtleneck and smug look in the box!), then some might say you should save your iBitching.
I have their phone and “pad”, but I’m fond of my PC laptop and desktop. To each, his or her own.
Jk about “iDead” though. My Jobs had a beautiful and creative mind, and had a hand in designing some elegant stuff. Cancer is a fucking bitch.
RIP, Steve.
-p
Cancer. There isn’t an app for that.
iDead.
Too funny, thanks for that.
don’t blame the birdie…
and thanks for flaming crapple xenotastic!
There’s no doubt they changed the industry…
it’s just how they did it that makes me wanna vom.
stupid company… where is your god now?
*facepalm*
Can you say “first world problems”?. Oh noes! You HAD to buy a purple skin for your laptop! That’s terrible. You don’t like the feel of brushed aluminium? My God, what to do, then? I’m pretty sure that if you convened a panel of rocket scientists to help you with those life-and-death decisions, they’d tell you to perhaps not buy a laptop with a brushed aluminium case in the first place (and to do proper research before pulling the trigger on any multi-hundred dollar purchase).
gotta love proprietary peripherals… literally.
If you don’t… like many a sane person…
then skip the IrapeMeAgainPlease crazy and buy smart rather than following a stupid status symbol / image war.
OB, that’s what you get for not buying online from the USA.
uh.. so you bought a $700 dollar machine without doing any research about the product, it’s limitations and it’s capabilities?
FAIL.
Most of your problems mentioned could have been averted with a little research into your purchase. You cannot blame anyone but yourself for being upsold by some pseudo tech-nerd, who gets paid commission on your purchase (more you spend=the more they make). Bet you feel stupid now huh?
Cranky,
glad you don’t mind laughing at someone that died of cancer YESTERDAY, but you call me a piece of shit for making a sarcastic joke not directed at any actual person. You’re probably the shittiest person on here.
My dad just finished another round of treatments… make you feel any better?
… eep
And you didn’t check beforehand what would be compatible and what wouldn’t? I don’t call this the greedy computer company, I call it stupid consumer who didn’t do their homework.
it’s because CrApple has brainwashed people into thinking ….
“It’ll just work properly with everything automatically. It’s what we do…. it’s superior and it looks pretty”
and then charge 150% of what it should be priced at…
A polished turd is still just a piece of shit.
Y’all presuppose way too much, and IK must be having an off day…
the nub and the gist of the bitch is the cost of buying a cord with which to plug the laptop into the wall for recharging–over $75 the last time I bought one and over $30 a pop for for the dongles. Having already made this investment for my previous laptop before I resent having to make it again, especially since the only change seems to be in the shape of the plugs. Got it?
I didn’t have to get a purple skin. It could have been any other color. I didn’t buy it as a status symbol. I’ve had it for a month and it hasn’t left the house. I did my research before purchasing it. I bought it because of the reasons stated: “I have a lot of software designed for this OS.” Specifically, I have Adobe CS4 for the mac, a software collection that retailed for $1,200 US when I bought it (though I didn’t pay that much.)
Meh. I’m going to the gym. Yeah, another first world problem-trying to keep my entitled white ass in shape.
how can i watch the walking dead on line, or american horror story? anyone seen trailers for that? uber creepy
I’m so tired of all the Apple hating tools. I run both platforms and I like them both for different things. My crApple … *side eye* computer has been running for 3 yrs now, not 1 issue and the windows I run has been just as great. Be quiet!
Do you use a Mac PG?
yes donkaloo, i have a mini-mac at the shoppe and a mac at home. the one at home is older, it has the half moon pedestal base. we also have a pc at the shoppe that runs our accounting
Cancer. There isn’t an app for that.
Its more poignant than funny. neville, I don’t know what you are talking about re: me telling you you’re a tool or something.
http://www.tvduck.com/frame.php?epi=352384…
that’s the link for the 1st episode of american horror story.
tvduck.com for subsequent episodes
yowzah, thanks chickie, hope it works at home too^^
And heaven forbid you have to put the cord into a bag to take with you. I wonder how many car owners get pissed when the automakers change the design of the same named vehicle say from a 2010 model to a 2011 where many parts are not interchangeable. BTW my IBM laptop cord is pretty expensive too.
http://www.demotivers.com/uploads/2011_06/…
Ooh pink what a pretty colour.
…
🙂
I will admit that I will miss Mr Jobs’ hilarious emails and attitude.
Mmmm
Fuck all you apple haters!
*sent from iPhone*
ATTENTION EVERYONE! MAY I PLEASE HAVE YOUR ATTENTION!
Cranky is the only Bitcher here, and maybe the only person in existance who has been, or is, dealing with a loved one with cancer.
So suck it up, when he calls you a POS for making a cancer joke. Obviously he is in a unique POSistion.
Ass hole.
Not even close to my frame of mind, there wheelie. I see your point but I think you are making assumptions based on info gleaned from an internet bitch forum so I forgive you.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZvarRe-XVQ
Bruce Frisko, kind and forgiving. Just as I imagined he’d be.
Lolz.
Sports is next…
“and then charge 150% of what it should be priced at”
In some cases they charge more and we still buy. How many companies can build an Ipod that sells for hundreds of dollars more than a comparable ‘mp3’ player. yet, we all rush out to camp on the door steps of retailers.
If I could afford to hire any group of people in the world for 1 year, I’d hire the Apple marketing team.
Whatevs. It took a few extra reps at the gym and a nice drinky lunch with buds, but I am full of good will toward all and even love my laptop, K?
This is the place I go to get my meanies out, too…or should I say…
http://wimp.com/gonnahate/
you get what you pay for, but in this case, you got a piece of shit. let me guess, a mac,right? too bad sucker, they got your cash, and now you have a nice expensive paperweight.
i’m not sure what that was xeno, but it was kule
Wuddent it?
Thanks, Painey. One of my favorite sites…
if you don’t like macs then don’t get them. I don’t have a problem with mine. you don’t need to use launch pad. You can get Microsoft Office and Word for it. Also the extra money for the skin and keyboard are worth it so you don’t get any scratches ( same as with any cell phone you have)
Also, usually people before purchasing something the expensive usually try and find out more information about the items before making such a expensive purchase.
Me on the other hand am very happy with my MacBook. Also if you don’t like the feel of Brushed Aluminum then DONT buy a MAC BOOK!!!
Whatevs. Haters gonna hate.
I bet the people hating have never owned one … or owned one that went down the crapper. Computers are like lovers … some will leave you f**ked up. Truth.
remember brethren, they are just devi_es. stand down
If OB is talking about a macbook, they paid a lot more than a few hundred more than $500. Unless they bought it used.
Also, FYI: you OBVIOUSLY have no sweet clue how to use a mac and no familiarity with MAC OS (they’re pretty much all the same — I have Leopard and I’m FINE with Lion). So your criticisms come off as someone who just doesn’t know what they’re doing.
I will give you, though, the fact that it can be rough getting used to a Mac platform. My first month or so with mine I was pretty unhappy (namely because change + PK = omgwtfbbq), but I got used to it and now I wouldn’t go back — namely because three years later my computer runs just as fast as the day I took it out of the box, and the battery STILL lasts three hours. After a year, my PC laptop batteries lasted MAYBE 15-30 minutes. And I’m getting a new case for mine from apple because of a manufacturing defect on my model under their quality assurance program. And my cousin got an entirely new macbook when hers fried because that generation had defect as well that caused the motherboard to fuck up. It was 3 years old and not under warranty.
Perhaps you should’ve gone with the white macbook? You CAN add memory if the 2gigs of memory aren’t enough. It’s actually quite easy — you just have to take the battery out and insert some new ram.
As well, if you’re talking about open office — there’s a mac version. I have it. And if you’re talking about iwork being crappy, well, it’s not the BEST and I have it installed, but I only use it for certain things. I also have office for mac 2011 and it’s pretty awesome.
Also, you CAN do a dual boot and install windows.
Before you bitch about something, perhaps you should look at yourself — YOU were the one who did no research before making an expensive purchase, so don’t get all pissy at Apple for not coddling your ass. I know exactly why I bought mine: I wanted something that would last and I knew many many people who had success stories in that aspect, and I’ve been more than thrilled with my purchase.
Take some responsibility for your own actions FFS!
And fuck off about launch pad. I like launch pad.
Yo, PK-
I *had* a white macbook leopard. It had 4G of RAM. I loved leopard and snow leopard was even better. Lion, have read was designed for vista users (?) I needed to get my LCD replaced–the week it was in the shop drove me nuts–I bought a new Macbook Pro online and when the old one came back I sent it to my college-age niece.
The open office that I used with the leopard does not work with the lion–can’t save anything–I will break down and buy MS office eventually. (too right about it costing more than $700, btw–why I am waiting to buy office)
” FYI: you OBVIOUSLY have no sweet clue how to use a mac and no familiarity with MAC OS (they’re pretty much all the same “
Just a side note, whenever I write something, I really hate this approach for rebuttals.ie I hate when someone fires back something like “you are an idiot, you don’t know what you are doing, you are a redneck, if you went past grade 5 then you would understand”
this particularly pisses me off when I’m debating a political view that is highly subjective in the first.
My point: Whether or not someone likes a Mac is highly subjective as well. No need to insult the OP
PS: I didn’t write the OB if anyone is wondering.
we have already established who penned it
If I wanted to use Mac OS, I’d just put FreeBSD on my laptop. 😛
LOL you should’ve said you’re not new to mac, xeno! You really did sound like a n00b who did no research.
🙁
I haven’t used lion to any great degree, but now I’m sad that it’s designed for vista douches.
That’s one of the reasons why I bought my mac — so I didn’t have to do vista.
And were the “dongles” that fit your last laptop used on the white macbook?
🙁
i’m really confused, i have chrome
FreeBSD is a version of Linux that Mac OS borrowed heavily from. (Not that there’s anything wrong with that, what with it being open source and all.)
my stupidity is showing *runs away*
God bless open source software.
PG: Wot? Chrome dongles?
PK: RLY? I didn’t realize that…Yeah, had the old mac for 4 years and cut my teeth on a Performa back in the day…Yes, the dongles were for my old mac–that should be a side bitch–you KNOW a boy made up that term! (link to example if you don’t speak geek http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/photos/u…)
your dongles look a little floppy there, Xeno.
Xeno I’ve tried the latest OS and HATED it. Sooo you’re not alone.
Oooh were they designed for firewire?
Apple discontinued the firewire a generation after mine (2009 gen) and added two more USB ports instead.
Firewire wasn’t a big seller. Just like the zip drive never quite caught on like 3.5 floppy or usb drives.
Vastie: hence the moniker lol
PK, no, they were to connect the laptop to a projector and a TV set (TV used an S cord) and a ‘smart board’. When I did used it to project a video or movie, I usually had to attach external speakers as well.
Donk: Thank you. I learned a long time ago if you’re going to dish it out, you better be able to eat it, too.
Xeno, if it’s a brand new macbook it likely uses a Mini-DisplayPort connector on the laptop instead of whatever was there before (mini-DVI or something proprietary methinks?)
Look here: http://s.dealextreme.com/search/mini+displ… (I love that site :D)
What rhymes with Poopertino?
I looked up lion and apparently the design is *actually* based on iOS for the iPad and the iPhone, not vista users.
I haven’t used it that much, but I have iOS on my iPhone and I really like it.
Also: the white macbook has been completely discontinued 🙁
Granted, the last one produced had the same specs of my 2008 macbook (I bought the higher end one)….
thanks, maes, that looks like a great site–about a third of the cost that I’ve been paying retail.
PK, I liked my white mac, too…I got some very cool decals from etsy to personalize it. Just have the purple skin on my new one so far–but the glowing purple apple looks very cool…http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001N7NIQW
I’m actually really sad the white macbook no longer exists. 🙁
I actually found an amazing set of decals from the dollarama. No joke. All swirly and pink and yellow with a clear background and little jewels! Two bucks!
I had an old decal on it from last year that covered the whole top and it just got warn and gross-looking and when I took it off I had to use like half a box of alcohol wipes to scrub all the sticky crap off.
Though, I *did* discover that alcohol wipes are great for cleaning the case/keyboard. Just have to make sure you don’t touch the screen or webcam with it.
I’m going to be so sad when iFatz (donarious’ name for my macbook) dies. 🙁
Also: everyone told me not to get a white iPhone because it’d get dirty really quickly, but so far it still looks brand new. I just bought a bunch of silicone covers in bright colours. They look even prettier on the white phone.
I’m also purchasing the white Tassimo today. Heh. I <3 white.
Xeno, wait till you see the rest of the stuff they have. It’s just insane how much random crap there is and how little they charge for it.
PK: S’Why I got my decal from etsy. It peeled clean (but could not be reused). True fact with the rubbing alcohol! I kept a big bottle of the 91% and cotton balls to clean keyboards, phones, copy machines at work (I’m becoming a germaphobe) those white erasers artists use work well also. You must have looked hard to find a white appliance of any kind–everything seems to be brushed aluminum theses days. One thing about the white mac-I always wanted to put refrigerator magnets on it, which of course is a no-no.
Maes-that’s why I love buying online. Ipod covers that are $20 at the mall are less than $1 online.
Happy Thanksgiving, everybody!
you gals are funny, talking ’bout computers like there your purses
No go on the white tassimo. I found a black one of that model and it was $149. But it’s only the entry model and has no water filter.
Checked online and the next model up is only $99 at Futureshop! On sale until Oct 27th! I’m going to get that one in red and then use the rest of the $$$ I have left to get a bulk order of t-cups! Yay for saving $$$+++. I won’t have to spend $5 on lattes anymore! Works out to about a buck a cup! You can also make chai tea lattes too, and the carb count is ridiculously low compared to coffee houses!
do not rely on the gadgets miss kitty. how was your festive feast? i had some snuggles with my brother’s cat
Kinda dumb to label every product of a company as shite.
I hated my apple computer, when I got one, after being used to PC.
So I went back to a PC.
I didn’t like the berry phone, but I did like the pod phone.
So I went with what I liked.
IF its pissing you off so much, get rid of it & go buy the competitors brand.
Problem solved !
Hey Xeno, sorry you changed your mind about posting the bitch, but by the time I saw the request not to post it, it was already up. I don’t read all the bitches at once and then post them, I start from the oldest since I last checked and post them one at a time from oldest to newest. So, “please don’t post that one bitch I changed my mind!” pleas generally are too late by the time I read them, and once they’re up, they’re up. Feel free to email me directly next time, lindsayr@thecoast.ca, I do what I can, but I have a lot more to my job than posting bitches and don’t always have the time to check to see if someone has had second thoughts about bitching.
Personally, I agree with Ivan, Complaining about the company doesn’t mean you are speaking ill of Steve Jobs, who had stepped down weeks before anyway. So, I don’t really see the problem.
i see you guys have the *help wanted sign out* perhaps one of our brethren is looking for a job