Bono, Steve Jobs, etc.

[malignd at aol.com]

<<Oh well now, if the rest of the 'thinking world' disagrees with me, 
Iguess I better rethink my position eh? The 'thinking world' includes 
you, does it?>>

The thinking world certainly includes me and disagrees, I think I can 
say, with you. Which is not to say that you should change your 
position.  "To each their own." (sic)

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I loved my Macbook when I bought it, and it is still a very 
nice*object*. But the Mac OS, particularly the Finder is very much a 
caseof style over substance. I find the whole thing very frustrating 
touse, and I work full-time as a software developer so I'm not 
exactlycomputer illiterate.As for the iPod, I've got 2 of them, mainly 
because I view them (ordid) as the best of a bad bunch. But since the 
advent of theitouch/ipod 'classic' generation, they have changed the 
sound chip,making the sound you get from them even more synthetic than 
before.The cult of Mac is a bit overblown, to say the least. All those 
nerdswetting themselves every time Steve Jobs unveils a new feature of 
thelatest product is  a sick-making sight.As you say, each to their 
own.<<Not much to say to this other than that I, and most of the rest 
of the=20thinking world disagree with you.  To each his own.Yes, I do. 
Windows is ugly, and it certainly is not perfect. But,having=20used a 
Macbook now for a few years, I have come to hate it moreand=20more. The 
'Finder', for instance, is an abomination.And the ipod (of=20which I 
own two) is a joke as well. Crappy sound,wildly overpriced,=20that 
terrible 'click wheel', the fact that it can'tbe usefully 
operated=20while still in your pocket, etc etc.>>