I am not saying that I am never using Apple again or that I am getting rid of Apple products that I have. I hate Windows and PCs. I just have the following issues:
- The new Mobile Me is unstable, can’t sync my files between my desktop and my laptop without a massive number of sync problems that I have resolved previously, and it’s picture viewer is a distant 32nd to other photo-sharing websites as far as accessibility.
- The Time Capsule is the worst router on the planet. My five year old Linksys wireless is currently running my wireless network at home and my Time Capsule has become a giant external wireless drive. But wait, my laptop for some reason refuses to back up to it for some reason. I discovered this after REALLY needing to access past data only to learn that in the last six months it has backed up nothing. Zero. Nada. Zilch. I am now going to be backing up on Mozy or using Super Duper to an external that connects with a wire.
- Since I am not happy with Mobile Me or Time Capsule, that means that I am now only using Mobile Me for the site you are now on. If I can find a way to build a website outside of iWeb which is also unstable and a creator of giant unloadable pages, then I am outta here and saving myself some cash. Have you tried to read the comments on the blog in Firefox? Why is that so difficult?
- Office for Mac 2008 is a total failure.
- iWork is Office for Pre-K.
- iMovie, the most recent edition, is a step BACKWARDS.
- iChat crashes after two minutes of use. Try talking to your parents in Arizona and try to show off the grandkids with that. “Sorry, my screen froze, I had to restart for the 10th time.”
- I have to buy a new battery and power cable every year for my laptop.
- I had to replace the keyboard after two years after it became non-functional.
- The DVD-R drive stopped functioning after two years. I had to buy an external as replacing it would have cost $400.
- Mail is the most difficult IMAP I have ever used with no relationship to Contacts or Calendar.
- The iPhone drops my calls. More bars in more places is great if you are in Europe, but I live on Long Island and I don’t understand how you don’t have a tower covering the Meadowbrook just north of Southern State and Southern State around the Wantaugh Parkway and Wantaugh Avenue. It isn’t like millions of cars take those roads every day.
- The iPhone battery lasts 10 minutes so I had to buy a car charger and take the house charger everywhere.
- The iPhone GPS is slow and spotty. It has been useful for me once in two months.
- The iPhone has no voice dial, so when I have to make a call in the car, I risk life and limb as there is no quick dial.
- The iPhone updates crash my computer.
- The iPhone applications crash my iPhone and my computer.
- Why can the iPhone not sync notes to in mail?
- I believe there are viruses for Apple products and they are eating my computer.
- iPhoto creates 14 copies of photos for albums and edits. That isn’t a problem unless your photos are about 1MB which mine are.
In short, I want to be the third guy in the commercials who says “I’m a guy that used both and I think it is a crime that you accept money for your products. Is it possible that someone can give me a crash course on Linux?”
My next laptop is an abacus.
