Posts by Ted

When 'God Machines' go back to their maker

Sour Grapes anyone?

Well, it sounds like Mr. Orlowski is peeved that he didn't get his free review iPhone from Apple. Whatever. You know what? It's a great device. Sure, Apple is guilty of hyping it up. Still, they never said it would slice bread, or make chicks want to date you. It does, however, do everything its been advertised to do, and it does better than any other device out there.

Sure, there's things that can be improved upon. Thankfully, there will be software upgrades.But I've used a lot of smartphones, and none of them are as nice as the iPhone. If it's not your cup of tea, why continue to flog it? Oh, that's right, because it's a hot product and just writing about it will get you a couple of thousand page views.

Can anyone say "Coat tails"?

Burned by a MacBook

That sucks

Man, it sounds like you've had the nightmare scenario. I've owned Macs exclusively for the last 15 years, and although I've had a couple of lemons, none on the scale that you had.

I've heard quite a bit of lemon stories with the Macbooks. I owned a 1st gen Macbook (black) for about 1 month before I brought it back because of the random shutdowns and screen flickering. I wasn't about to take a second chance on the MB, so I opted for an iMac instead.

I use a Macbook Pro everyday for work, and love it. I've had it repaired twice due to a loud fan and heat issues, but it still is the best piece of mobile hardware I've ever used.