Sony Walkman v Apple iPod

[The Dude]

I say 'WALKMAN' for sound quality :)

[jwenting]

iPod. I've no tape cassettes left to put in my walkman (which is also quite a lot larger than my iPod).

[joshSCH]

I hate apple, and thus I would rather use anything over an ipod :)

[Rashakil Fol]

I vote discman.

[scru]

How about neither?

[joshSCH]

How about Zune!!

[jwenting]

I vote discman.

have one of those as well (well, not a My First Sony but a Philips). Nice, but rather shaky so not too suitable for biking.
And bulky of course.

[hbk619]

>I hate apple, and thus I would rather use anything over an ipod

*blinks* someone hates Apple?

[scru]

*blinks* And you don't?

Apple pie is the most disgusting thing I've ever tasted.

And that includes human brains

[hbk619]

>Apple pie is the most disgusting thing I've ever tasted.

Is it bad my brain made the connection to the movie american pie and then laughed?

[jwenting]

I love Apple pie... Just hearing the word makes me want to bake one :)

[Infarction]

>I hate apple, and thus I would rather use anything over an ipod

*blinks* someone hates Apple?

Just get him going on a rant, it's kinda funny. No real solid basis for his position; it's like most people's dislike for [newer] Microsoft products. They're actually decent, but people just like to spread the hate.

I dislike Apple Inc.'s products as well, with similarly little basis (except for iTunes, which has some annoying issues...) :P

[jwenting]

hey, I dislike Steve Jobs. That's enough reason to dislike Apple (using the same logic kids use to "hate" Microsoft).
But I'm pragmatic. They make SOME nice stuff, shame it's so overpriced though ;)

[joshSCH]

Just get him going on a rant, it's kinda funny. No real solid basis for his position; it's like most people's dislike for [newer] Microsoft products. They're actually decent, but people just like to spread the hate.

I dislike Apple Inc.'s products as well, with similarly little basis (except for iTunes, which has some annoying issues...) :P

haha.. well you kinda have to hate apple since you work for MS :P

Apple products just generally suck ass.. the only reason they are still in business is b/c microsoft doesn't give a damn.. they aren't a threat b/c microsoft's biggest customers are the businesses.. and no one in their right mind would use macs for their business.. also, if microsoft put apple out of business, then the damn liberals would charge them with monopolizing the industry (again). So yeah, apple sucks.. everyone knows it.. but microsoft needs them ;-)

[Infarction]

haha.. well you kinda have to hate apple since you work for MS :P

With the abundance of iPods and iPhones around the office, I assure you that such is not the case. Really, there's very little hate against any company in general, whether it be Apple, Adobe, or anybody else.Apple products just generally suck ass.. the only reason they are still in business is b/c microsoft doesn't give a damn.. they aren't a threat b/c microsoft's biggest customers are the businesses.. and no one in their right mind would use macs for their business.. also, if microsoft put apple out of business, then the damn liberals would charge them with monopolizing the industry (again). So yeah, apple sucks.. everyone knows it.. but microsoft needs them ;-)
Apple's hardware products (e.g. Macbook, iPod, iPhone) are typically decent with the exception of their price tag. They're selling their name attached to the product, and I just want the frickin' hardware to work nicely regardless of the name attached. And they do have a pretty nice design.

Their software on the other hand is getting increasingly battered for security faults, which is rather entertaining. Ah, I miss the good ol' days of "I have a Mac, so I don't need antivirus..." Not that I ever had a Mac...

That said, Apple seems to have become a little distant from the PC market and seems to be focusing heavily on embedded systems these days. The iPod, iPhone, and AppleTV are the new "hot stuff" coming from their shops, (ok, Leopard is still a big one, but that's for an existing market). This could also just be the next trend for the industry, since Microsoft is making a similar push (though also retaining their huge focus on PC related products), with the Zune, XboX (which doubles as a media center), and Windows Mobile devices.

[Lardmeister]

iPod all the way! It is as American as apple pie! I agree, American Pie is one super movie (we have the whole set of DVDs in our media room)!

[lasher511]

iPod. I like apple. I like my new iPod touch. Enough said.

[jbennet]

This could also just be the next trend for the industry, since Microsoft is making a similar push (though also retaining their huge focus on PC related products), with the Zune, XboX (which doubles as a media center), and Windows Mobile devices.

Mobile Devices? MS have basically killed off PocketPC.

My 2003 PPC wont work with vista or WMP11 as its "too old" as MS decided to cut all support of CE based systems to only 1 year.

my anti-mac blog: http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry1474.html

[lasher511]

The main thing that made me swap to apple was the price of an OS that does not work properly and was not really a significant upgrade.

[Lardmeister]

The main thing that made me swap to apple was the price of an OS that does not work properly and was not really a significant upgrade.

My experience with Vista has been rather dismal, I have the grey screen of death, it upgrades at will kicking everything I do, security consists of childish questions and so on.

I am eyeing an i-Mac, and hope to talk my dad into getting one for Thanksgiving.