Comments on: Holy Crapple!

By: Kyle Bunch

Kyle Bunch — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Just a curious question–

If Apple’s got a rarely-defective product, as I am sure they would claim, how much would it really cost them to just replace everyone’s crashed & burned Pods (especially if they’re less than a year old)?

And if THAT many are failing, why are more people not bitching about it publicly?

By: Mike K

Mike K — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Hrm.

If “Apple for years now has been that it pays more attention to design, aesthetics, UI, and advertising than it does to nitty-gritty technical matters” is true, please explain to me why OS X rocks the world of this former Linux sysadmin?

By: Om

Om — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

hey mike – that’s a quote from jeff. i am just re-publishing. perhaps there is a reason it rocks your worrld! its great. but when things go wrong in the pc world, we jump over them. i guess soemtimes it is okay to be self critical and make sure that we don’t just take everything apple does as god’s gospel. just a little pause in all the love!

By: Buzz Bruggeman

Buzz Bruggeman — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

It seems to me that Apple’s plan has always been to obsolete their installed base and to force you to buy a newer model of the one that you own and can’t get to work right.

Had they paid attention to taking care of details like the ones you wrote about their market share wouldn’t have shrunk on an hourly basis.

By: Anna

Anna — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

To Buzz B:

If Apple’s plan “has always been to obsolete their installed base,” then my 5, 6 and even 7 year old computers shouldn’t be working with Panther as well as they have been, should they?

As for the whole market share fluff, I guess I contribute to that shrinking “market share” because my 5, 6, and 7 year old computers (and some 10 and 15 year old ones still running OS 8.6) ARE still working great and I haven’t found a really good reason to buy the new ones just yet! Maybe if Apple follows Dell’s (and yes, Sony’s and HP’s too) example and only builds machines that only last 2 or 3 years, maybe their market share wouldn’t be so bad.

Seems like Apple can’t win this one.

By: John

John — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

You need to read the instructions before updating. The new updater says it does not work with older iPod’s and list those that do not work. If you are updating to this latest version no wonder your iPods are dying.

By: Om

Om — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

i guess everyone has an opinion. hey the instructions don’t come with the automatic software update that happens when apple releases something. i did not download the software and did a fresh install. so in that sense the software should be smart enough to know that this is not for old IPODs. so don’t get self righteous on us. anyway who says that if a device is only four months old, it is obselete.

By: Gen

Gen — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Om, I’m in Tokyo with a 4th gen. 40GB and have had the SAME PROBLEM!

Thanks for bringing this up. I’m printing this thread and bringing it to the Genius Bar at the Ginza Apple Store.

First the white spots on my 15″ Powerbook, now this. I love the OS, but I am really learning to mistrust the hardware.