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I can't believe people still buy these. We used to offer them where I work and they're the biggest pieces of overpriced shit out there. Their support is not up to what I would call today's standards. They have POS docking stations with constant misc issues. We finally pulled the plug on them and are swapping people out with something else. They're also quite expensive for what it is. Some of the ones we have are just as expensive as our MacBook Pro configs and believe me, they aren't anywhere close to a MacBook Pro engineering wise.

Beats said:

Well, at least they didn't copy the touch bar.

The MBA doesn't have the Touch Bar...

Ugh Microsoft Surface....one of the biggest overpriced pieces of shit ever made! Our Surface Books at work constantly fail with overheating issues, random bluescreens, charging issues, HD failures, etc. And, the docking stations constantly fail. They have HORRIBLE tech support and take forever to get things fixed/replaced. 

coolfactor said:

Sad that people feel compelled to spin this as "Apple did this on purpose!". They never intentionally broke something to force upgrades. That wasn't their motivation. They didn't sit around a table brainstorming "hey, how can we force our customers to upgrade to iOS 7?".... "hmm, what if we disabled FaceTime on iOS 6?".... "oh! Good idea!".

That's nonsense, yet that's exactly how these silly lawsuits are portrayed.

Well Apple has hundreds of billions in the bank and unfortunately, some think they deserve a piece of it at any cost. There's also those that think everyone is out to screw them over and that technology should last forever at any cost.

bageljoey said:

chasm said:

MplsP said:

I agree that Flash should die, but there are unfortunately there are still some sites that use it. We use an outside vendor at work with such a site; while they do have a non-Flash version, it is technically limited and is missing some critical features.

Have you pointed out to them that this means nobody on mobile devices (either platform) can see the site properly?

I do the yearbook for the school where I teach. The yearbook website (Jostens) needs flash to run. I don’t mind clicking to allow it, but not being able to use my Mac to lay out the yearbook would be a major pain. 

I’m hoping that Jostens is ready to go with a new (non-flash) version, but if not...

You could just not use Jostons....its not like its the only choice out there. The school I used to work in switched away from Jostons because they didn't like it.