
Originally Posted by
f3a_champ
It's not a matter of price or affordability to me. And am not trying to bash Apple pruducts either because Apple does make some great products. Myself, my wife and children have each have Ipods (5 in all), my wife has Macbook Aluminum, I have the latest Macbook Pro as well as a Sony Vaio Z series so affordabilty and bias against Mac is a non-issue.
My issue with some product Apple has developed is that they intentionally omit some very useful and mainstream things which are on every other competing product that sells for a fraction of the cost. Yes, I agree that having an internal, non-removable battery has it's advantages and can provide better stiffness and smaller size so maybe that was a wrong example to give. But to me, not putting a microSD card slot, and/or a USB/micro USB card slot in the Iphone, Ipod touch and Ipad is really nothing more than for purely financial (money making) reasons. That's why I don't own any of those products. I am not against paying a premium for a good product as shown by the fact that I have a Sony Vaio Z series and am getting the new Macbook Air when it comes out.
Its just that while Aplle does make some terrific products, they do have a history of what I think of as "monopolistic tendencies". Anyway, to each his own. There are some who are mac fanatics and will buy anything Mac at their premium price. There are some who are rabid anti-Macs who shunned evrything Mac like a desease. And there are some like me who will select the best product that will fit my needs and wants iregardless of the price and who makes it. Peace!!!