[P-Marlowe]

Surely someone, somewhere, has done a study on what it is about the Apple haters that makes them so unable to control themselves even a little bit in the face of news about Apple products.

The thread is about a noted design flaw in a newly teased product. People pointing out and being concerned about this issue are not necessarily Apple haters. They are concerned consumers. If the phone bends, then it can be a potential problem. Deal with the problem instead of attacking those who express reservations What is it about the knee jerk Apple defenders. Are they incapable of realizing that a faceless corporation is capable of screwing up once in a while?

[dayglored]

Point taken, but I'm not an "Apple defender" in the sense you mean. I have Windows, Linux, Unix, and Apple products at home and at work, and don't have any brand loyalties per se -- I buy and use whatever is best for the particular task. I also am a system admin by trade and have ample reason to like and hate them all, but I don't waste my or other FReepers' time posting pointless bile about Apple in particular the way some of these folks do. Even though this thread is fairly calm by comparison, I'm sure you know what I mean about Apple haters. BTW, Windows haters are just as bad. I'm probably a Unix-head, if I lean consistently toward anything.

Check my FR profile page for details on why I feel the way I do, if you wish.

[itsahoot]

People pointing out and being concerned about this issue are not necessarily Apple haters.

They are not Apple customers either so what is their concern?

As Bill Gates once said my software does not have bugs, you must not know how to use it.