Re: your smarmy and ignorant interpretation of the second picture.
First of all, if that Asian gentleman had made an appointment at the “Genius Bar” to discuss a networking problem (unlikely, modern OSX Macs network quite easily with Windows PCs whether they’re NT4.0, XP, or Vista), his appoinent would be with an Apple Certified Networking Specialist... It’s likely nothing in networking would be “beyond” him. Secondly, Genius Bar specialists are not sales people, they are all trained Apple Certified Specialists. Thirdly, Apple does not pay commissions even to its sales people so there would be no reason for him to “go on the offensive” and talk the customer into buying a replacement. Finally, Apple does not take trade-ins of used equipment.
Next, your rapper wanna-be is unlikely to have brought in a stolen Mac notebook because he actually is the owner of a major chain of clothing stores. That is his Lamborghini computer he uses on drives. Also, if his computer had been hijacked to porn sites it has to be only on his Windows partition because, to date, there are no browser hijackers for the Mac... just as there are no viruses, adware, or spyware on OSX.
As for your next sexist and racist comments, shall I just ping a few of our tech savvy female and non-Asian IT freepers to this thread to ream you a new one or just point out your error?
Now, as to your having to pay $80 an hour to reformat your hard drive, you may have to pay the “Geek Gang” or “Windows-R-Us” to do it, but never the Genius Bar... It’s free. No cost. If something is physically wrong with your computer and it’s out of warranty, it may have to be repaired and that will cost you... But the Genius Bar people have been known to give you a brand new item right on the spot... even for out of warranty items.
You are just demonstrating your ignorance, again, Blue. And your Windows experience pain. And your smugness.
Funny how you consider me smarmy and that is exactly the type of customer I was describing when you called me bigoted. You still haven't explained how I am bigoted for calling out the obvious.
First of all, if that Asian gentleman had made an appointment at the “Genius Bar” to discuss a networking problem (unlikely, modern OSX Macs network quite easily with Windows PCs whether they’re NT4.0, XP, or Vista), his appoinent would be with an Apple Certified Networking Specialist... It’s likely nothing in networking would be “beyond” him. Secondly, Genius Bar specialists are not sales people, they are all trained Apple Certified Specialists. Thirdly, Apple does not pay commissions even to its sales people so there would be no reason for him to “go on the offensive” and talk the customer into buying a replacement. Finally, Apple does not take trade-ins of used equipment.
Wow you really sold me on the expertise of these highly trained Mac Geniuses. *HUGE SARCASM TAG* I wonder if you believe the hype yourself or do you think anyone would be stupid enough to not see through the fluff. The way you are describing them either they crap out semi-precious metal or you have a thing for them, and would be part of the criteria for being a mac owner; ie. being gay/lesbian. I am not calling you gay/lesbian, so please do not get offended, I am just saying the possibility exists.
Next, your rapper wanna-be is unlikely to have brought in a stolen Mac notebook because he actually is the owner of a major chain of clothing stores. That is his Lamborghini computer he uses on drives. Also, if his computer had been hijacked to porn sites it has to be only on his Windows partition because, to date, there are no browser hijackers for the Mac... just as there are no viruses, adware, or spyware on OSX.
You totally missed the humor there. I wasn't saying that it was Eminem, but some idiot wannabe white rapper kid. Does calling him or someone like him an idiot make me a bigot? Or did I miss your response and you know this kid personally and know he owns a chain of clothing stores and has a custom Lamborghini laptop.
Here is a question for you regarding bigotry. How would you classify Ann Coulter? She is a deity around here and I am assuming you are a conservative because you are a regular on this forum. But your attitude doesn't seem very conservative to me but if I am wrong I apologize. Would you call her a bigot? I sure wouldn't, but I know liberals attack her and call her out as one. The politically correct and victim mentality exists in many a liberal. Are you one of them?
As for your next sexist and racist comments, shall I just ping a few of our tech savvy female and non-Asian IT freepers to this thread to ream you a new one or just point out your error?
Now, as to your having to pay $80 an hour to reformat your hard drive, you may have to pay the “Geek Gang” or “Windows-R-Us” to do it, but never the Genius Bar... It’s free. No cost. If something is physically wrong with your computer and it’s out of warranty, it may have to be repaired and that will cost you... But the Genius Bar people have been known to give you a brand new item right on the spot... even for out of warranty items.
You are just demonstrating your ignorance, again, Blue. And your Windows experience pain. And your smugness.
I have no Windows experience pain, I love Windows.