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I really like them and buy all their products.

I like them and think they're a good company.

I like them.

I don't care either way.

I do not particularly like them.

I dislike them.

I detest Apple and go out of my way to tell people how terrible their products are.

Undecided.

Other.

Don't care. / View poll.

[Earthquake Damage]

As well they just keep making more useless shit for the stupid masses. (See: Tablet. What the hell? They combined a laptop and lsot all the useful parts. It csn't be used as a computer, and it's to big to conveniently listen to music with.)

The iPad?  At the very least, it makes a great photo album.  I wouldn't recommend buying one just for that, of course.

[Blargityblarg]

I don't give too big of a shit. Apple's products are overpriced for their specs, but are incredibly user-friendly; My dad, who rages against Facebook for being so 'full of jargon' has nothing but praise for his iPhone. I find the computers difficult to use, but I suspect that's just because I was raised on PC. I have an iPod, hasn't failed on me yet, which is about thrice as long as any other mp3 player i have owned.

[inteuniso]

I find that while apple products are quite user friendly, they simply are pieces of shit. You could pay 2000 for a Mac, or 1000 dollars for a more powerful computer you build yourself. They're overpriced in a competitive market, and I can't really understand why people like them.

[ToonyMan]

I BUY FUCKING EVERYTHING

EVERY GOG DAMN PRODUCT IS MINE, YOU CAN'T TRIP ON ANYTHING IN MY HOUSE

[freeformschooler]

I wish there was a poll option for "don't mind me, I'm just waiting for the one person who will gush about how great apple is and then get shot down by a internet argument lightning bolt from several directions at once"

[ToonyMan]

STRIKE ME DOWN ASUNDER

[Zangi]

I wish there was a poll option for "don't mind me, I'm just waiting for the one person who will gush about how great apple is and then get shot down by a internet argument lightning bolt from several directions at once"

Its the shark pool ride!  (Slab of tasty fresh meat accessories included.)

STRIKE ME DOWN ASUNDER

*Continues talking as if he is not here.*

[Duuvian]

I went with "Don't care," but I'll elaborate:

If a product works, I am happy with it. I like my ipod. It still works wonderfully after like... I dunno, six years? It's old. I couldn't care in the slightest about the company, or the other products it makes (unless I'm in the market for something like another product and it becomes an option). I've tried using Macs a few times and I found them annoying and having pros that are too limited in their use for me to really get behind them. So I'm completely indifferent to the company, because they made one product I like and one I didn't and a bunch of others I'm not at all interested.

What I don't like is hardcore Apple fanboys/naysayers who go out of their way to tell you why you should or shouldn't like the company. I don't care about the company. All I want is a product.

Yeah, this about sums it up for me as well. I think their computers are kinda clunky. I hear that art tablets and the like are great, but I'm not sure if those are Apple. It would be a good idea to branch off into the direction of more specialized computers for arts and commercial design so that they aren't as focused at what their main competitor is best known for, which is basically PCs. That said, they shouldn't try to segregate and fortify their software families so that artists can only use a Mac. I would argue that the smartest course of action would be to focus on perhaps making digital canvases (hardwares) and the like, and making software like the adobe family to run on the competition's PCs.

However, that said, perhaps they could reach a sort of 'computer standard' for ease of operating system use in agreement with the competition. That way many of the simple hassles of transitioning from the pc to mac or vice versa, such as the close window button being on the opposite side can be changed to a standard. Another thing is that moving files around on a Mac amounts to the same thing as in PCs but uses a process that is more time consuming to me, and thus irritating. The competition can do the same thing, and I don't use it for a reason. That's why I dislike Macs, but their I-pods are cool and well made and designed. I've never interacted with an I-Phone so I can't judge on it's quality but they are probably pretty sweet.

Also, it seemed like Apple took Adobe under it's wing which made the Adobe programs more Mac'ish from 2005-2010.

[Sir Pseudonymous]

A completely true, 100% factual story about Apple: Interim Apple Chief Under Fire After Unveiling Grotesque New MacBook

"Oh, my sweet God," Apple employee Kurt Starfeldt said after viewing the MacBook up close. "It appeared to be discharging some sort of mucus-type substance from the headphone jack and making these weird murmuring sounds. And then it started quivering at one point when Tim was demonstrating how to use the touch pad. It was quite upsetting, actually."

"I tried to force-quit some of the programs, but it got all slow and began to turn this sickly purple color," Bill DeLain, 39, said. "Finally I hit the eject button and a tray popped open and spit out a bunch of teeth. Why does it have teeth?"

As of press time, 3.2 million loyal customers were lining up overnight outside of Apple stores across the country for the chance to buy the slick new abomination.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

[fqllve]

"Once a month it sheds all of its skin, and you need to shave the USB ports every couple days."

Just like a Tamagotchi.

but their I-pods are cool and well made and designed.

Proprietary USB ports.

Although my Cowon has the same infuriating problem.

[Zangi]

...  I would buy that.

[G-Flex]

iPod and iTunes also seem to love running 3-4 background processes on Windows machines even while neither one is connected/running. Just for the hell of it, I guess.

[Rilder]

Anyways, I don't really give a fuck about apple, have no reason to have them in my life and don't see why I would.

[ILikePie]

That is awesome. I'm going to get myself one.

[G-Flex]

That's inaccurate, though. It would need to be designed such that it's exceptionally difficult to get the water into a third-party glass not made by Apple.