[Star Traveler]

You were saying ...

Apple ditched the floppy drive while others still offered it. Apple ditched the old serial and parallel connectors in favor of USB and Firewire, and the others still offered RS-232 and parallel. Apple ditched CRTs for LCDs way before the competition.

Apple does it every time... they move the market forward when the other manufacturers, if left to their own choices, would stay permanently in the past. Thank God for Apple or we would still be reading green letters on a screen and looking at ASCII Art ... LOL ...

Here's the "artwork" we would be looking at today, if not for Apple Computer ...

And here's what the other manufacturers would have us looking at today on our screens if not for Apple perfecting lettering/typespacing/graphics on the screen for the average Joe at home on his desktop ...

Thank you Apple for rescuing us from those mindless computer manufacturers...

[RightOnline]

Let’s be clear on one point....again: I’m NOT anti-Apple.

However, don’t confuse marketing hype/buzz with capability. Apple has a real knack for causing buzz; they’re the “hip” technology provider, to be sure. They are innovative and place an emphasis on design and user interface. Not a thing wrong with that.

Still, they must exist in a world of existing products/technologies, and to arbitrarily eliminate some of these basics (don’t just take my word for it; look at many online reviews) seems irresponsible, at best. You point to sales figures alone as proof of their “genius”. No doubt that unit sales count a lot.....but don’t tell me it equals technological superiority.

After 26 years in the business, I sure as hell know better.

Let’s see how happy these folks are in six months when iPad II hits the stores for a couple hundred less and with far more capability. If that doesn’t happen, I will eat my hat.

Remember Apple sending “rebate” checks to all the poor saps who bought iPhones ....only to see the iPhone 3G come out a short time later with more capability at half the price?

Same thing. Just watch. Not wishing ill on them or anyone else; they have track record.

[Solson]

Apple didn't do that, Xerox did. Apple and Microsoft saw WYSIWYG and copied it on their platforms and succeeded in mass market use.

But let's be real about where WYSIWYG came from...and it wasn't Apple.