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Looks like I'm the only person on here that actually knows anything about computers.

I've been writing and fixing Unix V and now Unix VI so 5+ years for IBM, and this is what I know about Macintosh: They are cheap, overrated, and generally, over-hyped. People want to say things like "They are jealous". Well, here's the truth: Apple is jealous. Apple repeatedly bought (and continues to buy) all internal hardware (and external hardware) from other companies. The old processors were IBM. The touchscreens are Samsung, etc, etc, etc. Apple does not "innovate" in any way, they simply rip-off what other companies have done, put it in a nice, designer box, and charge you three times as much.

It is, without a doubt, the Abercrombie and Fitch of the computer world. Same fabric, a higher price.

Last year Apple debuted their new "innovation", the iPhone 5. Now, with 4G LTE and a larger touchscreen.

Last year IBM also debuted their new "innovation", a photon-light drive. This is a hard drive that stacks and arranges photons (yes the sub-atomic particle that comprises light) in a spin-up / spin-down arrangement that enables a peta-byte to be stored on something the size of a human hair. One petabyte can store all written information, from all of human history, in all recorded languages, and I am not exaggerating, go look it up.

Why does this piss people off so much?

Because I work for a company that actually does make computer innovations. And the ********* of America, who don't actually know **** about computers, like to play that they do, and go out and buy new "i-products" and show them off to their friends, like they're a big deal.

It's not jealousy, it's that I hate people for being stupid enough to buy into something that is ultimately, just old technology.

IBM employees were texting in the 1980's. This "innovation" didn't show up for Apple users for another 20 years. Its **** like that. I'm ******* tired of hearing people talk about Apple that they've ever built anything that wasn't built by another company before. Also, Apple suing Samsung is going to be a major blow to their stock. Because Apple was convinced that they could win, and they did not. Every single touchscreen on an Apple product that you have ever seen was patented by, initially produced by, and still owned, by Samsung. Now that Apple has pissed off someone who they buy their products from, there is a chance that you will not see the same touchscreen on Apple products in the future, after their existing contract with Samsung expires.

Anyone who says "Apples are the best computers ever" do not know **** about today's computer. They know about what was innovative ten years ago and is now being sold to you dumb ***** at 3x the price.