STEVE JOBS DIED YOU GUYS OMG

[Onionfighter]

I liked that Apple gave others ideas that they could copy. I would never want to actually buy one of their computers, however. I also am bothered by so many people slavering over the newest i-crap.

[sabinati]

Well the news anchor just called him the greatest visionary of the modern age. But I'd say that Al Gore's invention of Internet far outshines any of his achievements.

And he was no general of other companies, such as Commodore, which you better not dis because it was the shit back in the day.

The actual internet was invented by Tim Berners-Lee at CERN. Guess what the first webserver was?


edit: the news anchor was full of shit, as news anchors always are.

[Jackard]

edit: the news anchor was full of shit, as news anchors always are.

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[GreenScape]

Well the news anchor just called him the greatest visionary of the modern age. But I'd say that Al Gore's invention of Internet far outshines any of his achievements.

And he was no general of other companies, such as Commodore, which you better not dis because it was the shit back in the day.

Totally agree with all your posts. Modern people are so fucking brainwashed so everthything they see on TV they acceps as ultimate true. That guy have my respect for selling useless crap for funny prices to stupid peple. That's it.

[Tonkyhonk]

Such as?

And he didn't bring it to the masses either. Home computers were a niche product till like mid 90s. Which was Windows 3.x age.

whether it was a niche or not might depend on your environment. home computers, though in different forms, were not niche in my country then. many kids at school already had some at home and so did i. (i had 3 in 80s, bought many in 90s, but with the bubble economy crashed, i couldnt afford much after mid-90s lol)

iPod was an mp3 player like any else. iTunes was the most intrusive and needlessly resource intensive piece of software I ever had the misfortune to use.

i barely use those, but you know many people disagree. why did they become such a big boom if this statement is objective?

This is what the Android Moblie Operating System looked like shortly before the first iPhone


And this is what the Android Mobile Operating System looks like after the release of the iPhone

Point? I don't really see much of an improvement.

very subjective in my eyes here...

He did the same thing as Steve Jobs - pitched mundane crap like it was a more important invention than fire.

it might have been mundane crap to you, but it wasnt to many others and they listened.

anyways.
due to my ignorance, i had never heard of Commodore nor Tandy, so unfortunately it never happened in my world
but i guess you mean that i should not give too much credits to Jobs/APPLE there after your "preaching". maybe you have had real awes with those original ones, but i sadly had not. (id appreciate if you share some of your experiences!)
the point is, Jobs/APPLE actually changed my world (and many others') in this area. it is just some nostalgia of mine here as one of the computer users who was presented such a shocking but sweet experience by his products, and i find nothing wrong with us appreciating what he had shown/given to many of us, even if it was a bit too exaggerating due to his death.

a newspaper article here said "Japan has had all necessary materials, parts, and techniques to have created such products, but we could never achieve (to create those)," after mentioning what Jobs often said about ipod, comparing what Sony Walkman had done. one major factor, the writer pointed out, is that Jobs was always extremely particular about product designs for users, but never cared where each part or idea actually came from, and had accepted anything to materialize his ideal products.

[dagrimreefah]

anyways.
due to my ignorance, i had never heard of Commodore nor Tandy, so unfortunately it never happened in my world

Then you really have no room to talk :/

[Tonkyhonk]

anyways.
due to my ignorance, i had never heard of Commodore nor Tandy, so unfortunately it never happened in my world

Then you really have no room to talk :/

share your own experience then

[Lahrmid]

I don't buy a phone without a keyboard, and that's how i buy my androids.

The keyboards would of gotten smaller with or without the iphone, and I honestly couldn't care less for touchscreens.

[TeckXKnight]

I don't buy a phone without a keyboard, and that's how i buy my androids.

The keyboards would of gotten smaller with or without the iphone, and I honestly couldn't care less for touchscreens.

Seriously this. Having an actual keypad makes a hell of a difference and I wish I had known this before picking up a new Android. Touch screen keypad is nice and all but does not compare in the slightest.

[Potjeh]

whether it was a niche or not might depend on your environment. home computers, though in different forms, were not niche in my country then. many kids at school already had some at home and so did i. (i had 3 in 80s, bought many in 90s, but with the bubble economy crashed, i couldnt afford much after mid-90s lol)

And many people had 610s. The word "many" is flexible like that.

i barely use those, but you know many people disagree. why did they become such a big boom if this statement is objective?

Why is designer clothing so popular even though it's not better in any way than many no-name products? Hype. Fashion designers and Steve Jobs alike don't sell products, they sell hot air. Which is precisely why I dislike them both. And their customers, because there's nothing more obnoxious than hipsters.

very subjective in my eyes here...

Touchscreen is total shit, and that's an objective fact.

due to my ignorance, i had never heard of Commodore nor Tandy, so unfortunately it never happened in my world
but i guess you mean that i should not give too much credits to Jobs/APPLE there after your "preaching". maybe you have had real awes with those original ones, but i sadly had not. (id appreciate if you share some of your experiences!)
the point is, Jobs/APPLE actually changed my world (and many others') in this area. it is just some nostalgia of mine here as one of the computer users who was presented such a shocking but sweet experience by his products, and i find nothing wrong with us appreciating what he had shown/given to many of us, even if it was a bit too exaggerating due to his death.

Commodore was *the* home computer in Yugoslavia, Apple II was practically unheard of.