Apple sheep
I don’t understand what people see in Apple products.
I do understand a huge part of Apples sales are driven by the hype they & others create.
I’m always amused when I notice how dumb people act in such circumstances. If you read the article above (which I don’t recommend) you’ll of course notice how Apple-minded the writer is: you have an Apple product and then you have other brands which should -try- to be as good as the former. Well… it’s the subject of that blog of course, but it can count as a general example.
It’s because of people like him that others follow. Most of us are really like sheep.
Personally I want to buy stuff that works or has features that are functional. Not things that sell by their looks. Stuff that make things easier for me. And if they have unexpected features that prove to be useful that will make me even more happy. In this specific case Nokia is making robust and user friendly phones for ages, but everyone “needs” an iPhone.
The same applies to Mac computers & their OS: they do not have loads of features that make competitors fade away. On the contrary.
It’s even worse if you think about the comparison of first iPods against other MP3 players (of which some of them were probably available on the market months or years before the iPod). They didn’t only have more useful functions, they also did not depend on software like iTunes.
Let’s just hope companies like Nokia and Asus keep making great products! :-)
Edit: @stijn: I still like to be friends with you!
Tags: hardware
