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hm_murdock:
The iPods do have issues with scratches. This isn't just a whine issue. It's a real issue. My nano has lived in my pocket most of its life and it isn't all pristine and perfect. It's made of plastic, not diamonds, so it's going to scratch. It's one of those facts of reality. If they'd used better quality plastic, it wouldn't be as noticable/bad. The earlier iPods (gen 1 - 3) used a polycarbonate plastic, and the recent ones use a cheaper variety of acrylic which scratches worse. The early nanos had issues with the LCD breaking.

No, it's not all perfect in Apple land. Real Mac users know that Apple's quality has slipped substantially of late. However, the MacBook contract went to a new maker (Asus), and aside from the discoloration of the plastic case, and heat issues (what 'book doesn't run hot?) I can't think of anything that's happened with them.

toadlife:

--- Quote from: piratePenguin ---Are you fucking serious?

A guy switches from OS X, wait, from one OS to another OS, with NUMEROUS GOOD REASONS, so he must be an "unappreciative whiner"?
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No. Not him.  The guy that switched to linux switch because his customers (Apple users) where the unappreciative whiners. He spells it out quite nicely in the blog.


--- Quote from: piratePenguin --- Have you seen an ipod lately? They tend to have alot of scratches on the screens. Mine did. My brother's does. His girlfriend's does. All my friends do.

Yes - they could buy protective covers or whatever, but the ipod screen is still just as cheap as it always has been.
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I really don't know about ipods. I've seen maybe three or four of them in my whole life. If I ever bought a music player, it would certainly not be an ipod, because I recognize a product that's success if driven by marketing and looks instead of technical merit. If anything I would buy a Neuros audio player which supports ogg vorbis, flac, has open source firmware, and gives you more features than the ipod for less money. ;)

toadlife:

--- Quote from: hm_murdock ---However, the MacBook contract went to a new maker (Asus), and aside from the discoloration of the plastic case, and heat issues (what 'book doesn't run hot?) I can't think of anything that's happened with them.
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Speaking of Asus, we switched laptop vendors at work, and the new vendor started shipping laptops made by Asus. They were absolute JUNK. We switched back to Compaq/HP whose laptops cost a little more money, but are of much higer quality.

piratePenguin:

--- Quote from: hm_murdock ---
No, it's not all perfect in Apple land. Real Mac users know that Apple's quality has slipped substantially of late. However, the MacBook contract went to a new maker (Asus), and aside from the discoloration of the plastic case, and heat issues (what 'book doesn't run hot?) I can't think of anything that's happened with them.
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There's also this: http://www.smh.com.au/news/laptops--desktops/meltdown-over-macbook-battery-glitch/2006/06/23/1150845361154.html
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tommorris/186827370/

People go around saying "get a mac - they're better quality than what you get from Dell or manufacturer X" are talking bullshit if you ask me. Apple are as bad as if not worse than Dell, and I don't rate Dell very highly.

If you shop around you will get a good quality product for your money, and it might and might not (believe it or not!) come from Apple.

--- Quote ---No. Not him. The guy that switched to linux switch because his customers (Apple users) where the unappreciative whiners. He spells it out quite nicely in the blog.
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Ah I see.

H_TeXMeX_H:

--- Quote from: toadlife ---Speaking of Asus, we switched laptop vendors at work, and the new vendor started shipping laptops made by Asus. They were absolute JUNK. We switched back to Compaq/HP whose laptops cost a little more money, but are of much higer quality.
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Compaq > ASUS ???!!!??? :confused: :eek: :scared: :nothappy:

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