Apple rates its own products with '5 Apples'
Apple has added a feature to its new iPod Store that allows customers to submit their own reviews, as well as a 1 to 5 star rating for third party products listed on the store. "Within five days, Apple will take a closer look at your review. If it follows the terms and conditions described below, we?ll decide whether to publish it," says a document detailing the new feature.
However, costumers are unable to provide reviews of Apple's own products. "All Apple products have a rating of "5 Apples" because we think they?re great," reads a comical statement on the store Web site. "Would you trust us to display less than perfect ratings on our own products? We didn?t think so!"
However, costumers are unable to provide reviews of Apple's own products. "All Apple products have a rating of "5 Apples" because we think they?re great," reads a comical statement on the store Web site. "Would you trust us to display less than perfect ratings on our own products? We didn?t think so!"
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I guess the accessory reviews are potentially useful--and I can see that letting people review Apple products would just lead to a lot of Wintrolling nonsense.
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Apple releases new "Baked Apples" baby food for immediate consumption. An Apple spokesman states: "What? Did you think we'd release something with potatoes instead?" An iPod-style warming cradle that can be ordered separately.
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Originally posted by adamrao
Is it just me or does anyone else feel like Apple is growing more "childish" by the day. A consuming focus on the iPod, apple ratings, etc. What's next, baby clothes? Or maybe baby food...
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Apple releases new "Baked Apples" baby food for immediate consumption. An Apple spokesman states: "What? Did you think we'd release something with potatoes instead?" An iPod-style warming cradle that can be ordered separately.
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No, I think they are getting their confidence, quirckiness, humor and friendliness back. It's a been a while and it's nice to see. It's what makes them great afterall.
Originally posted by nagromme
...and I can see that letting people review Apple products would just lead to a lot of Wintrolling nonsense.
That's exactly it. We'd have unmoderated flame wars happenning at the online Apple Store.
MacWorld comes to mind.
Originally posted by BuonRotto
That's exactly it. We'd have unmoderated flame wars happenning at the online Apple Store.
Maybe we could move some of our Political Outsider regulars to the Apple Store?
Originally posted by applenut
No, I think they are getting their confidence, quirckiness, humor and friendliness back. It's a been a while and it's nice to see. It's what makes them great afterall.
Exactly. It is the kind of company that would incorporate on April Fool's Day and sell a computer for $666. If the people who are working there are having fun while they are working hard, I think they will continue to produce (dare I say), 'Insanely Great Products'.
(Not that I'm saying users are bad for not trusting Apple; rather, users are correct in trusting no commercial operation to provide unedited feedback on its own products.)
Originally posted by Jambo
Maybe we could move some of our Political Outsider regulars to the Apple Store?
You mean like me? Follow me, the pied piper of PoliticalOutsider!
Originally posted by tonton
Seriously. Does anyone (including anyone at Apple) who doesn't run it on a dual G5 think iPhoto deserves 5 Apples? It's the slowest program on the planet.
Maybe iPhoto 1.0 or 2.0, but definitely not iPhoto '04. I run it on my 600MHz iBook G3 (640MB RAM) with no issues. So in terms of speed, it's not bad. I still don't think I'd give it 5 Apples though... they need to add some more flexible printing options and some nicer templates for the webpage export feature.
Originally posted by tonton
Seriously. Does anyone (including anyone at Apple) who doesn't run it on a dual G5 think iPhoto deserves 5 Apples? It's the slowest program on the planet.
I have to totally agree with you. We have loads of pics from our 3.2 megapixel camera. (Not even that huge) Clicking on any of them requires a couple second for them to come up. Loading the same pictures on Picasa or Adobe on PC is instant.
Nick
you should just leave out your own products from being rated at all
Jeeez, i'm sorry for ya. I only use it to more easily make my .Mac website photogalleries or when I have to show off a picture slideshow. But not to edit, view, or anything else. Preview is your friend (sort of)
As with iPhoto, it runs fine for me, it does have a second delay when I double click on a picture, but its understandable since I have encryption turned on. Switching songs on itunes also has a fraction of a second delay. But when encryption is off they both are speed devils imo, especially compared to the startup times on photoshop... 30 seconds
Originally posted by applenut
No, I think they are getting their confidence, quirckiness, humor and friendliness back. It's a been a while and it's nice to see. It's what makes them great afterall.
I disagree. What makes Apple great is their ability to excel in design while providing good performance for computing tasks. I don't really care if the company that makes my computer is "confident, quirky, humorous or friendly" (ok, well, maybe friendly would be nice ).
I love Apple COMPUTERS - good value for money (IMO), good performance, great design, compatability, etc. The PowerBook is the sweetest laptop/notebook computer available. No, it doesn't have the greatest performance, and some would probably argue that it doesn't even have the greatest design, lowest weight, etc. But it's the combination of those factors that makes Apple's PowerBook so great. The same thing could be said about many Apple computer systems. The iMac G5 and even the G4 iMac and their innovation, etc.
But, right now, Apple has thrown most of its push into the iPod and becoming more "quirky and humorous." That's fine. BUT as a professional user, that's worrisome. What will Apple do once the iPod is in the hands of every single human being on the face of the planet? I personally feel as if my sector of Apple's production is stagnant and stalled. And that concerns me when considering future professional products from Apple.
2004 updates to professional products from Apple:
PowerMac = June.
PowerBook = April.
xServe = January.
2004 updates to iPod: 3! January, July and October (iPod Photo and U2).
Granted, the iPod is a LOT easier to update than the professional products, but it just seems a little tilted.
I'm done ranting now. It's just frustrating to be a "professional" Apple user right now.