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I am normally really loyal to Apple, mainly because they are not Microsoft. But of late, they seem to have managed to fuck one thing up after the other.
Lets look at the mess the App Store is creating. Why would someone want to spend time, money (normally someone else's) to develop a useful application if Apple is just going to block it from sale at the very last moment? Why not break down your application rules so that people will know before they spend a buck whether they should continue? Why not tell people exactly you removed their app from sale? I'm talking about NetShare and Podcaster here, if you have no prior knowledge. Google them. Or use a less evil search engine.
And personally, Apple needs to fix my MacBook Pro. It seems I only ever post here to whinge about that computer, and it is part of the reason I don't vox all that often - I feel like a one trick pony with my sweary moans about that laptop. Check out my posting history. Not safe for children, the elderly or people who flinch when the word "cunt" comes into play.
Anyway, I had the screen and guts of it (the MacBook Pro, not my cunt) replaced last year. Which was annoying as it had the guts replaced only a few weeks after I got it. Which was annoying as it was a replacement for a machine that turned up DOA. Which was annoying as it was a replacement for a machine that had been stolen from my house (not that the theft could in anyway be Apple's fault [as far as I know]).
Now it is in the shop having the screen replaced (again) and the guts replaced (again). Thing is, when they replaced the guts, the new guts exploded which damaged the case. And now Apple are dragging their feet on the replacement case because, and I was told this by the third-party tech guy who is fixing it, that the cases are not covered by warranty, even if its damaged when replacement parts explode.
Apple are "working to repair" the computer as they will not replace it because none of the defects and issues that have repeated themselves have occurred during some magic time frame they would only hint at but not define.
In summary, Apple is now worse than Microsoft because they can be so good and are being shit, whereas Microsoft is just shit with a lot of money thrown at it.
Also, I like Puma. They rock.
-3z
Update: Oh Jesus. Turns out that Apple had agreed to replace "more than we normally would" last week and no one told the third-party tech that he didn't have to try and fix it.
Now I am pissed off that I yelled at people who didn't know I didn't know they were going to replace the machine.
I feel like a dick and not in the "Man, I could do with a dick right now" sort of way.
Updated Update: Apple have now paid more to repair my MacBook Pro that a brand new one costs at retails. What the fuck? They have generously offered to replace the machine if it craps out again between now and New Years, but that sucks. I should have been given a new machine if only as a cost savings measure.
