The guy was annoying, yes, but he's a very successful businessman who (pain to the ears of MacHaters) has brought innovations to the computing industry and market. I would have preferred it if the guy sat in the audience whilst somebody else did the keynotes, but I think that's no reason to hate the guy or celebrate him stepping down. But I guess that's the lolApple attitude people have.
I wish the guy the best of luck, as I would anybody with an illness, I'm sure it'll be an end of an era for Apple, but I'm sure whoever replaces him will be up for the job. Hopefully the guy pulls through whatever is wrong with anybody.
Though for jokes...Steve Jobs unveiled something new to Apple fans yesterday, iQuit.
Quote: "Their products cost too much and they don't like anyone to do anything unless it involves paying a tonne of money. For example developing an app for iPhone or iPod yes you can do it for free. If you buy one of our overpriced Macs in the first place, where you could buy a Windows machine and get 5 times the spec for the same price."
Nobody's forcing you to buy an Apple computer. The price you pay isn't that much greater than an equal PC. The problem is people compare low budget desktop PCs to Apple's all-in-one iMacs, but for example RRP for a Packard Bell all-in-one PC is £949.99, but that comes with Intel Graphics, for an iMac with ATI Radeon HD 512mb (because they don't do Intel graphics on them), you're looking at £999.00, both are i5 (2.5ghz iirc), both have 4gb RAM, but you don't hear people slagging off Packard Bell. Then look at the desktop MacPros, in terms of spec their low end MacPro has a similar spec to what Alienware claim is their best PC and that's only £200 cheaper (£1800 vs £2000) and on the MacPro you can install a LOT more RAM, meaning better upgrades. But MacPros are best compared to Boxxtech, which are highly expensive PCs used mainly for 3D rendering and by professional artists as they're packed with a lot of power and ability to upgrade the RAM to insane amounts, their customers are people with that kind of money to spare, people who'd pay £3,000 just on one application. I don't expect an average computer user or even gamer to buy a MacPro or a Boxxtech. When I've seen comparison reviews for recommended CG computers Boxxtech and MacPros come up.
Yes, Apple doesn't do cheaper alternatives, using cheaper or lower quality parts to accommodate the lower budget computer user, unlike, say, what level Lenovo ThinkPads do, TSeries vs SLSeries, you look at same spec laptops you're paying a lot more for a T than an SL, I bought an SL510 because I was low budget and I have used a TSeries before (one came in to where I used to work) and have found that the T-Series is a LOT more solid, the Mac laptops used by friends and family are also a lot more solid.
But this is still a lot more solid than my now dead Acer Aspire laptop that had a much higher spec (and double the price), but it was a cheap high-spec laptop but in the end it wasn't built to last, the funny this is - the same day I bought my dead Acer my sister bought her MacBook for the same price, but hers was lower spec. All my sister has needed in those 3-4 years is a replacement battery because she overcharges hers. I wish I went for the MacBook to be fair, I gave up on hardcore PC gaming with my Acer.
So I don't think it's fair to go out and say Macs are over priced or compare them to lower priced same spec laptops because it doesn't necessarily mean that lower priced same spec laptops are better. Apple just don't accommodate for cheaper hardware, but they do have a cheaper alternative and it's called a MacMini...a Mini Computer. Not as powerful as desktop alternatives, but a good spec for a Mini PC none-the-less and powerful enough to do a lot of things, including play games like Call of Duty 4, which is still powerful enough to run AAA title games.
