Google has had enough Apple lawsuit shenanigans

It will be hilarious if Google wins and Apple has an import ban, all at same time, of the iPod Touch, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPad 2, “new” iPad, Mac Pro, iMac, Mac mini, MacBook Pro, and Macbook Air.

Open source friends don't let other open source friends use Apple. For anything. Ever. They make Microsoft look like a model citizen.

http://www.xda-developers.com/android/th...ve-awoken/

I don't use Apple because I'm not hipster enough and can't stand paying more for an item just because "it's so cool!"

I made the switch a year ago. Paid more but surfing without worrying about viruses. Can you put a price on that?

(08-23-2012 07:32 AM)Machiavelli Wrote:  I made the switch a year ago. Paid more but surfing without worrying about viruses. Can you put a price on that?

Except that Apples aren't virus-proof anymore. Did they not tell you that at the cult initiation?

http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/201...c_viruses/

(08-23-2012 07:32 AM)Machiavelli Wrote:  I made the switch a year ago. Paid more but surfing without worrying about viruses. Can you put a price on that?

It's also the best os platform out there..

Sorry it's the first consumer friendly unix desktop on the market and thats woth a bit to me.

I love linux but I can't give my wife an unbuntu laptop unless I decide I want to take my tech support job home with me.

(08-23-2012 08:28 AM)BlazerFan11 Wrote:  

(08-23-2012 07:32 AM)Machiavelli Wrote:  I made the switch a year ago. Paid more but surfing without worrying about viruses. Can you put a price on that?

Except that Apples aren't virus-proof anymore. Did they not tell you that at the cult initiation?

http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/201...c_viruses/

Those are Trojans not a viruses... I am unaware of the mechanics of the Flashback" variant so maybe... *maybe* that's a true virus.

Still there is no arguing that apples are a far safer surfing platform than windows. Lets give the latest windows a year to bake in before we decide MS has finally gotten serious about security in their architecture..

(08-23-2012 07:32 AM)Machiavelli Wrote:  I made the switch a year ago. Paid more but surfing without worrying about viruses. Can you put a price on that?

First off ... you're far from immune now. Second off .... yes, you can: $0 ... the price of Linux or FreeBSD or OpenBSD or NetBSD.

(08-23-2012 08:45 AM)Bull_In_Exile Wrote:  It's also the best os platform out there..

Sorry it's the first consumer friendly unix desktop on the market and thats woth a bit to me.

I love linux but I can't give my wife an unbuntu laptop unless I decide I want to take my tech support job home with me.

Every OS I listed above begs to differ. Apple is bastardized UNIX, and that starts with the file system. And there was consumer friendly UNIX desktops in the form of various Linux distros going back to before OS X was ever released. Mandrake Linux was probably the first ... and was what I cut my teeth on. And better to front load a bit of support for your wife now to eliminate it all together later. If she has an internet connection ... teach her to use the Google.