• by Dustin , July 9, 2007

I think that my intentions may have been misinterpreted in my past blogs regarding Apple. My first blog about Macs was more of a pointed conversation about the zealotry behind Mac users and to dispel the myth that Macs are better pieces of hardware/software. I am biased towards PCs, but if you read my very next blog had a free for all bashing of the new Windows Vista.

Essentially, I want people to be critical of the equipment they are buying and investing in.

Macs, to me, speak well aesthetically (few will argue this point), but offer little terms of compatible software. Since this is the part that people use, it seems that we (everyone who is buying computers) should be critical of the investment.

My post on the iPhone was intended to encourage the same critical thought process. People should be aware when making $500 investments, if you’re paying that much, what are you getting? A mobile phone you need to be stationary to use is ludicrous to me.

To the point that 3G technology is not offered, this technology has been in development and available for while now. Apple decided not to integrate 3G technology because standard EDGE technology is used more widely on the global market. Oh and by the way…

[ EDGE advertises in-the-field download speeds of between 70 kbps and 135 kbps, though its technical ceiling is 384 kbps. Many users who noted the impressive increases said that their maximum transfer rate on AT&T before Thursday night was 70 kbps. Even the 200-kbps download speeds being reported, however, are a far cry from the numbers achieved by much faster 3G data networks operated by the likes of Verizon. ]
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Lastly . . . since Sean started the personal bit: I don’t play World of War Craft. I use Rhinoceros 3D Modeling, AutoCAD, Adobe, Macromedia, 3D Studio MAX and other softwares to do digital design and fabrication. I am also competent in RhinoScript and Flash Actionscript.

I'm not even saying Mac doesn’t support some of this software, indeed it does. But I don’t need a Mac to do some really cool sh*t.

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