If I had a choice between my PowerBook lemon and my old Dell if it were fully functional, I think I would choose the PowerBook lemon. Why? Because even a mildly defective Mac is still better than a fully functional PC, thanks to the superior operating system. And that’s before considering the fact that my Dell was never actually fully functional.
But the point is, we “Apple nerds” have high standards, whether we’re dealing with Apple or with a PC company. The defects in my 15-inch PowerBooks that led me to declare it a lemon are, for the most part, the sort of subtle problems that Windows users regularly tolerate. They also tolerate far more severe problems, like their entire Internet experience being horribly insecure and bug-laden.
I know you are busy on your honeymoon and all, but it would be great if one of your associates would post something about the Houston Texans winning the Reggie Bush Bowl. Of course, considering the other team vying for him would have been the Saints, Houston might not be so bad afterall.
January 1st, 2006 at 8:36:59 pm
Funny Apple nerds would never forgive a PC company for giving them a lemon. Instead, your story would be a “Why I’m never going back to PCs”
;) Fight ON USC, ND sucks
January 1st, 2006 at 8:54:48 pm
Don’t panic, I’ll do it for everyone . . .
Oooooooooooh, Aaaaaaaaaaaahhh.
January 1st, 2006 at 8:56:10 pm
BTW, ND is gonna beat down on OSU’s butt in the Fiesta Bowl!
January 1st, 2006 at 11:29:35 pm
If I had a choice between my PowerBook lemon and my old Dell if it were fully functional, I think I would choose the PowerBook lemon. Why? Because even a mildly defective Mac is still better than a fully functional PC, thanks to the superior operating system. And that’s before considering the fact that my Dell was never actually fully functional.
But the point is, we “Apple nerds” have high standards, whether we’re dealing with Apple or with a PC company. The defects in my 15-inch PowerBooks that led me to declare it a lemon are, for the most part, the sort of subtle problems that Windows users regularly tolerate. They also tolerate far more severe problems, like their entire Internet experience being horribly insecure and bug-laden.
January 2nd, 2006 at 12:42:59 am
Brendan-
I know you are busy on your honeymoon and all, but it would be great if one of your associates would post something about the Houston Texans winning the Reggie Bush Bowl. Of course, considering the other team vying for him would have been the Saints, Houston might not be so bad afterall.
January 2nd, 2006 at 1:00:20 am
I actually already posted something about this, but it didn’t publish for some reason. Server problem, Blogger problem, whatever. It’s up now.
January 4th, 2006 at 3:47:06 am
USC Comm 05
Apple nerds are harder on APPLE for “giving them a lemon” because it’s so rare to get a lemon from Apple.