[Ipg-smz] Why I like Apple

Sun Nov 11 16:13:10 UTC 2018

It doesn’t have to be an extreme or name calling , like lapdog. Even Matthew Garret says Apple security and privacy is one of the best out there. Sometimes I am just a customer who wants my device to work. I broke display of nexus, google wanted $339. I bought an iPhone. Got Appel care which and now don’t bother with anything breaking. My brand new Samsung Note 8 stopped detecting SIM after a week. I had to pay $20 as insurance deductible and had to wait for a week without a phone as it had to be shipped back. So whine as much as you want,  apple offers the best service out there. BTW, as a rule I prepare to give away my electronics as soon as they are out of care. In either case, my workload requires powerful hardware. 

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> On Nov 11, 2018, at 11:02 AM, Tom Henderson <thenderson at extremelabs.com> wrote:
> 
> I'm with Todd. More  here: https://www.networkworld.com/article/3163499/macs/the-475-s-key.html
> 
> I'm not a lapdog sycophant of the world's largest computing company, and so see the above.  I fixed the system cited above. I still use it from time to time. You make and lose customers one at a time. I listen to Cook's privacy BS and he's playing to the crowds, not unlike D Trump. Their not-invented-here engineering morass leaves much to be desired in a world where heterogeneity should be the norm. We've seen monoliths before. 
> 
> Apple can have the personality it desires; it is by nature (corporate law), required to be all about Apple. Doesn't mean Apple's capitalistic fortunes are moral ones.
> 
> Tom
> 
> 
> 
>> On 11/10/18 6:32 PM, Todd R. Weiss wrote:
>> Sorry to hear about this,  my friend.  
>> But... this is the same company that only responds to the 10 or so journalists on their nice list and leaves everyone else without a response most of the time  
>> And its possible that you got that great treatment because you are Swapnil and they know your work.
>> I am not convinced that if this had happened to Joe or Josephine Schmo that they'd be going to China with a new laptop today.
>> Thats just my opinion. 
>> Safe travels my friend. 
>> I was supposed to be going there, too, but no one mentioned early that I needed a visa.  :)  Oh well.
>> Next time. 
>> Have a great trip.  :)
>> Yours, 
>> Todd. 
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>>> On Sat, Nov 10, 2018, 2:09 PM arnieswap at gmail.com <arnieswap at gmail.com wrote:
>>> My MacBook - the latest 2018 broke, will reboot into the folder icon with question mark. It broke at 10 pm and I tried to fix it by reformatting and re-installing. Nothing worked. I chatted with Apple care till 2:30 and they also could not get it fixed. The problem was that I am heading to China for KubeCon tomorrow and need this machine. Talked to Apple and they asked me to just walk into the store. I explained my situation. The store opened at 10m they took the mac and called back at 12 that it's ready to be picked. I don't think there is any other vendor out there that offers this kind of service. That's why I buy from Apple.
>>> 
>>> Just wanted to share.
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