Monday, October 23, 2006

The Cost of Apple Discipleship

The Cost of Apple Discipleship: "

2007 is going to be a good year for Apple. A very good year. Apple in 2007 will ask you to dip into your pocket a bit more than usual. Do you get your money’s worth from Apple products?

Apple Protection Plan
Most people would rather pay 2007 is going to be a good year for Apple. A very good year. Apple in 2007 will ask you to dip into your pocket a bit more than usual. Do you get your money’s worth from Apple products?
Apple Protection Plan
Most people would rather pay a premium and get a higher quality product. Generally they assume higher quality equals longer life. One of the big disappointments in life is paying for quality but getting crap. It does create a feeling of getting stooged.
Apple has something called the AppleCare Protection Plan - a fancy name for a three year warranty. I’m always cynical when I see extended warranties. If the product is good enough, why only give it a twelve month warranty? Why not give it a three year warranty outright? Looks a bit like profiteering from where I sit. Otherwise it’s an admission that the product won’t last three years without failure of some sort. Why spend good money on a computer that the vendor is betting will be having problems by three years of age? If you’re going to have trouble anyway, why not just buy a cheap computer? No wonder people choose cheap PCs over Macs.

This Day: October 23, 1999: Mac OS 9 Released

This Day: October 23, 1999: Mac OS 9 Released: "OS 9 was the last iteration of Apple’s Classic Mac OS and it had users excited, What was so great about OS 9? Things that Mac users take for granted today made their first appearance in OS 9. The list includes: automatic software updates, multiple accounts, and password key…What was so great about OS 9? Things that Mac users take for granted today made their first appearance in OS 9. The list includes: automatic software updates, multiple accounts, and password key chaining.
Steve Jobs pitched OS 9 as the best “internet OS ever” but users of Mac clones were left out, OS 9 was a “Made by Apple” affair. OS 9 was released on October 23, 1999.

News: The PlayStation 3: 24 things you need to know

News: The PlayStation 3: 24 things you need to know: "GamePro has rounded up two dozen facts about Sony's PlayStation 3 that might interest you -- including information about the games' high-def display capability and the new wireless 'Sixaxis' controller.

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