They are kinda stealing the Mac’s “I’m a Mac, I’m a PC” commercials. They are stupid….why? They have little children doing stupid shit on their PCs. I as a consumer am not going to buy a computer because a little kid was able to make a slideshow or print a panoramic picture of her room.
What made me blog this was the following commercial…a girl is looking for a sub $1000 17″ notebook. In the end she got an HP for $699.99+tax, roughly $750. I do have to agree with people that Apple products are on the pricier side. But they are well built machines that can last a long time and still be very dependable. Personally I have never had much trouble with my Windows machines, not even my Vista (but then again its 64-bit). All I’m saying is that you can give a mac to your grandmother out of the box and she can’t destroy it (not talking about physically). Here’s an article discussing the video and guess what? He’s siding with me, even as a PC user.
Anyway I digress, here’s the video…She’s just poor, if she had the money and had ever used a mac in her life, she’d be all over the 17″ Mac Pro….I miss my old 17″ Powerbook G4
I should’ve posted this a long time ago but haven’t had time…so here’s a calculation of how the newest 3G iPhone is actually more expensive than people think. The first iPhone (8GB) was $599 but became $499 after Apple reimbursed $100 to owners when they decided on the sudden price drop. 1st generation iPhone cost $49.00 per month ($29.99 plan with $20 iPhone Package) whereas the new iPhone 3G cost $251.49 more by the end of the 2 year contract because sure! you have a lower initial cost of the phone, but your monthly charge is $69.99 with a $5 for the same amount of text messages. By the 14th month you would’ve paid more than the 1st generation iPhone owner!
Also if you really think about it the 3G network is still not widely available, so unless you keep your 3G iPhone’s 3G service off, it will constantly be searching for the network, causing it to lose battery power and a faster rate. Sure, you can turn the GPS off and the 3G off, then what’s the point of getting the phone?
Apple should’ve thought this through before releasing it….or maybe they have and are just trying to get more money from all of us when the 3rd version of the iPhone comes out!
I drove by the apple store of Pasadena California today, the third day after the release of the iPhone 3G and this is what the line outside looks like!!! What is it about Apple’s product that drives people nuts, I mean this weekend is not as hot as the past three or four weekends but it was still somewhat hot! These people are standing out here like they were giving out gold bars!
What is interesting is that many of these people already have the first iPhone…like me (I am typing this out on it right now) I would not go wait in like just for 3G and GPS, I am perfectly happy with the 2.0 software update so far, it really is like having a brand new phone. Problem is that as of writing this, it is 1:42 pm, my phone has been off it’s charger since 9:00am, I have a little over half of the battery left after about 5 hours of use. I have made no calls and played with the iPhone games for about 1 hour, four text message with bluetooth and wifi off. I wonder how the battery for the 3G iPhone will perform since their newer functions are power hungry!
