Again, numbers, specifics, not vague claims. And even if you show me 100,000 failures, remember that's among well over 200 million sold for less than a 0.05% failure rate. That's damn good in anybody's book.
Nonsense.
Eisner destroyed the family entertainment that made Disney great. The guy even invested in PORN! Disney, into porn? Despicable. I guess you don't remember Roy Disney resigning over Eisner's actions. Katzenberg and Wells were responsible for the early Disney animation successes under Eisner, and Katzenberg eventually left because of Eisner (Wells had died, so was out of the picture). After that Disney entered its dark period, were the only good animation came from Pixar (a deal that Katzenberg had created). In fact, Eisner was willing to lose Pixar at the end of the contract, and that was a big part of what eventually got him kicked out.
Yeah?
More like 100 times the figure you suggested.
Try 5-15%.
Even Apple themselves claim it's “only” 5% failure rate, but then Ron Enderle, the well known top IT analyst suggests its more like 15% of iPods fail within the first year alone.
The Chicago Tribune quoted one Natalie Kerris, a spokeswoman for Apple, as saying the iPod was only supposed to last for just “four years”. But then the self same Miss Kerris turned round and claimed she said it was “FOR years, not FOUR years”.Hmmmmmmmmmmm..it gets weirder and weirder.
Heck, even Macintoshcom's own informal study came up with a pretty high 13.7% of their iPod owners had suffered iPod failure rates
The Guardian, UK:
“The Tribune did point to an (unscientific) survey by macintouch.com of its readers (http://tinyurl.com/95l2g), in which more than 4,000 people owning 8,926 iPods - an interesting statistic in its own right - revealed that 1,416 had failed. Macintouch said that this was equivalent to a 13.7% failure rate (though the raw numbers suggest it's over 15%).”
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2006/aug/03/gadgets.gifts
On top of all that, KIRO 7 recently did an investigation into large numbers of iPods, tghat have suddenly burst into flames and smoke, and injuring people and damaged property.
KIRO:
“An exclusive KIRO 7 Investigation reveals an alarming number of Apple brand iPod MP3 players have suddenly burst into flames and smoke, injuring people and damaging property.
It’s an investigation that Apple has apparently been trying to keep out of the public eye.
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It took more than 7-months for KIRO 7 Consumer Investigator Amy Clancy to get her hands on documents concerning Apple’s iPods from the Consumer Product Safety Commission because Apple’s lawyers filed exemption after exemption. In the end, the CPSC released more than 800 pages which reveal, for the very first time, a comprehensive look that shows, on a number of occasions, iPods have suddenly burst into flames, started to smoke, and even burned their owners.
Owners like Jamie Balderas of Arlington, Washington, who contacted KIRO 7 in November of 2008.
“At first I thought, how in the heck did I get burned? Right there?” she told Clancy, while pointing to a penny-sized, round burn on her chest. “Then I remembered that I had my iPod right there.”
Balderas says her brand new iPod Shuffle overheated while she was running days before, leaving her with a small burn right where the iPod was clipped to her shirt, next to her skin. “My skin started burning really bad, like it was a bee sting that wouldn’t stop.”
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But the documents Clancy obtained indicate future action, including a recall, is possible. Apple has been notified by the Consumer Product Safety Commission that it is the California company’s obligation to “inform the Commission of defects associated with this product which could create a substantial product hazard under 15 U.S.C 2064(a).” The documents further reveal, if Apple “receives any information regarding other potential defects or hazards, it must report this information to the Office of Compliance and Field Operations immediately.” And that the CPSC staff “will assess any new information concerning this product to determine if action should be taken to protect the public.”
http://www.kirotv.com/money/20089894/detail.html?ref=pop
Of course Apple was their normal arrogant self, and did everything they could to stonewall consumers who had been burned by their iPods.
You get the drift..for the Applebits to even attempt to hold up Apple as the poster boys for quality is quite a big joke. Nothing could be further from the truth.