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Hacker wrote:

Klimbatize wrote:

joshwoodzy wrote:

Hacker, you are a giant fucking jackass.

Yeah. Think before posting, Hack. He's not retiring because he doesn't want to work; he's retiring because he's probably going to be dead soon.

Him stepping down is still going to hurt Apple, this is where my excitement comes from.

Him on the verge of death... Well that just sucks... He's an intelligent man who accomplished something many people can only dream of

He isn't on the verge of death. Well, not now, anyways. I don't think that this would really hurt Apple.

Joined: May 22 2008 Location: Goshen, VA Posts: 6544

Pandajuice wrote:

God, so much estrogen on these forums sometimes. Stop being the fucking morality police you two and let the kids speak their minds with freedom.

Fantadouche, I was simply calling hacker out for being a jackass. Theres a difference between speaking your mind and saying "Yay, I don't like Apple and am glad this dude is sick and stepping down". Then he proceeded to say he wasn't glad he was sick and what not, so all is good.

Posted: Aug 25 2011 10:43 am

Jesus Christ. I'll see if I can find Steve Jobs for you guys, since you all want to blow him so bad. And honestly, I kinda respect you guys for it. The man has a lot of health problems and will probably die within the next five years. Kudos to you for wanting to ease his pain with blowjobs. But I still wouldn't buy a Mac. -Syd Lexia

Posted: Aug 25 2011 10:58 am

apple products arent bad in and of itself. i just feel they are overpriced, overrated, and pretentious.

and like i said in the OP, im glad he is stepping down just so he can enjoy life while he still can.

Posted: Aug 25 2011 11:01 am

Now that Jobs is retired, I wonder if he'll finally find time to change his clothes?

Posted: Aug 25 2011 11:05 am

username wrote:

apple products arent bad in and of itself. i just feel they are overpriced, overrated, and pretentious.

and like i said in the OP, im glad he is stepping down just so he can enjoy life while he still can.

Yea, pretty much my thoughts exactly.

Joined: Dec 06 2007 Location: Connecticut Posts: 11244

I read about this early this morning and I am sad. Jobs is a pioneer in the tech world and even if I don't agree with a large number of Apple decisions, I think he is an influence in the world of computing that was necessary and ultimately positive. I wish the circumstances were better for him and I hope that he recovers.

In many ways his departure is similar to that of Bill Gates. Apple is on the right track and he will still be around as a guide. He won't be the face of the company any longer, but he will be the puppet master.

As for anyone who is happy about his failing health or Apple's position because of his immediate departure, shame on you. This isn't the way that anyone wants a job to end and even if it means positive things in the future, the circumstances are terrible and not worthy of joy.

Posted: Aug 25 2011 11:21 am

Andrew Man wrote:

username wrote:

apple products arent bad in and of itself. i just feel they are overpriced, overrated, and pretentious.

and like i said in the OP, im glad he is stepping down just so he can enjoy life while he still can.

Yea, pretty much my thoughts exactly.

Thirded.

I try to tell my wife all the time that Apple doesn't make a bad product, but they make a stupidly overpriced product. You can get much more bang for your buck going elsewhere or get the same quality cheaper.

She won't listen and has an iPad on her Christmas wish list which I will not be purchasing for her.

Joined: May 22 2008 Location: Goshen, VA Posts: 6544

username wrote:

apple products arent bad in and of itself. i just feel the people who buy them are sometimes pretentious since it's impossible for an inanimate object to be snooty

Fixed.

Posted: Aug 25 2011 11:51 am

joshwoodzy wrote:

username wrote:

apple products arent bad in and of itself. i just feel the people who buy them are sometimes pretentious since it's impossible for an inanimate object to be snooty

Fixed.

And just who is responsible for that?

Joined: May 22 2008 Location: Goshen, VA Posts: 6544

The-Excel wrote:

joshwoodzy wrote:

username wrote:

apple products arent bad in and of itself. i just feel the people who buy them are sometimes pretentious since it's impossible for an inanimate object to be snooty

Fixed.

And just who is responsible for that?

If you're insinuating that Apple themselves cause people to be pretentious then you might be a retard.

Posted: Aug 25 2011 11:56 am

I can't think of anyone else.

Title: Titlating Joined: Dec 17 2007 Posts: 5042

Their advertising campaigns are extremely pretentious yes. But apple hasn't installed chips in peoples brains and forced them to be a certain way.

Aside from apple, since the mere mention makes people piss themselves in anger, I hope steve is okay heath wise. He is very responsible for making pixar what it is today and they made some of my favorite films.

I get that people dislike apple and I am not saying people can't speak their opinions on that but to cheer the apparent demise pose-jobs is a little petty.

Joined: May 22 2008 Location: Goshen, VA Posts: 6544

The-Excel wrote:

I can't think of anyone else.

So you don't blame the people themselves for acting like dicks to other people, you blame the company that made the shit they buy? Like the people weren't dicks to begin with, they were just normal happy people until Apple came along and made them pretentious because they are evil?

Congratulations. You win todays retard award.

Posted: Aug 25 2011 01:14 pm

Pandajuice wrote:

God, so much estrogen on these forums sometimes. Stop being the fucking morality police you two and let the kids speak their minds with freedom.

The hell? Am I allowed to express /my/ mind with freedom? Because at the time it said that Hacker was acting like a tactless choad. Where else is he going to learn how to act like a functioning adult in society? I'm actually doing him a favor when I call him out on this shit because from talking to him I've gathered that not too many people in his real life will.

We're allowed to point out when we think someone is being inappropriate. Obviously you know that, you do it often.

GPF hit it on the head, too. Jobs was great for the industry, and we should always want competition to be at the highest possible. Apple isn't where I personally turn to for most of my products, nor do I see it as some evil company, so I'm not going to actively root for it to tank.

Posted: Aug 25 2011 02:01 pm

Personally I never had a problem with Apple, hell I'd even use their OS in a dual-boot if they'd make it work with more than a handful of hardware specs. I think they have been great for the computer industry and have a least given Microsoft some sort of competition especially recently, which can only be good for us, the consumers. A lot of their problem is their insistence on selling dated hardware for $1000+. Too bad Jobs is resigning for the reasons he is, but it might allow the company to maybe get to a point where their OS is more compatible with more people's computers and allow them to really take some market share from Microsoft.

Posted: Aug 25 2011 05:05 pm

joshwoodzy wrote:

The-Excel wrote:

I can't think of anyone else.

So you don't blame the people themselves for acting like dicks to other people, you blame the company that made the shit they buy? Like the people weren't dicks to begin with, they were just normal happy people until Apple came along and made them pretentious because they are evil?

Congratulations. You win todays retard award.

I know of at least one person like that. My sister, for example.

But I get your point.

Posted: Aug 25 2011 05:45 pm

The-Excel wrote:

joshwoodzy wrote:

The-Excel wrote:

I can't think of anyone else.

So you don't blame the people themselves for acting like dicks to other people, you blame the company that made the shit they buy? Like the people weren't dicks to begin with, they were just normal happy people until Apple came along and made them pretentious because they are evil?

Congratulations. You win todays retard award.

I know of at least one person like that. My sister, for example.

But I get your point.

yeah. i understand josh's point, but it was all semantics really. apple itself is not pretentious, but those apple-tards hold apple products in higher regard than everything else. like some sort of BS status symbol. THAT is annoying

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Beach Bum wrote:

Personally I never had a problem with Apple, hell I'd even use their OS in a dual-boot if they'd make it work with more than a handful of hardware specs. I think they have been great for the computer industry and have a least given Microsoft some sort of competition especially recently, which can only be good for us, the consumers. A lot of their problem is their insistence on selling dated hardware for $1000+. Too bad Jobs is resigning for the reasons he is, but it might allow the company to maybe get to a point where their OS is more compatible with more people's computers and allow them to really take some market share from Microsoft.

I actually tried having Mac OS X installed on my computer using multi-boot, but because my laptop is a piece of shit, it work terribly. I understand that Hackintoshes require some tinkering to get working, but my laptop wouldn't work with it well no matter what I tried. Once I buy a netbook, I'll try Mac OS X on it. That is IF I get a netbook.
The prices for Apple hardware is also one of the things that has me not wanting to purchase a Mac.

Also, as I said before in this thread, Jobs is not resigning entirely. He is going from CEO to Chairman of the Board. Some people still think otherwise, and this irks me.

Sent from my iPod.

Title: Titlating Joined: Dec 17 2007 Posts: 5042

username wrote:

The-Excel wrote:

joshwoodzy wrote:

The-Excel wrote:

I can't think of anyone else.

So you don't blame the people themselves for acting like dicks to other people, you blame the company that made the shit they buy? Like the people weren't dicks to begin with, they were just normal happy people until Apple came along and made them pretentious because they are evil?

Congratulations. You win todays retard award.

I know of at least one person like that. My sister, for example.

But I get your point.

yeah. i understand josh's point, but it was all semantics really. apple itself is not pretentious, but those apple-tards hold apple products in higher regard than everything else. like some sort of BS status symbol. THAT is annoying

I just think it's unfair that saying someone or something inspires someones behavior by their very existence. It akin to hitler being inspired by nietzsche, or people being said to do acts of violence due to video games. We would all, I hope, say those inspirations are a far reach but we take this company and say it makes people pretentious.

Posted: Aug 26 2011 06:02 am

Posted: Aug 26 2011 08:34 am

Hacker wrote:

can ya tell I'm not a fan of apple?
Also from what I hear this dropped Apple stock 7% today

It reminds me of when Microsoft took a plunge when Bill Gates announced. The company went strait in the shitter after he left.

Oh wait....

Oh investors. You're such fickle, foolish creatures.