I hate itunes, ipod, iphone

[Aaron]

Originally Posted by LynxFX

Ditto from me, and that includes all of the knockoffs out there using the same little "i" to describe stuff or another vowel of their choosing.

A graphic designer that doesn't like "i" products?

[red_5ive]

Originally Posted by BStecke

That's why they have Apple Lossless.

Yeah, I'm aware of the lossless ALE and ALAC codecs, and I actually have a few tunes encoded in FLAC. But I think ultimately I'm not interested enough to wanna have to rip my CDs or download music, and then have to navigate directories (I'm anal) and make playlists. Other than web browsing and email, I tend to stay away from my computer when I get home since I sit in front of one looking at code 8-9 hours a day, so when I get home all I want to do is pop a cd in and let it play.

[Thegide]

Originally Posted by Entertainment72

After numurous smartphones (blackberries, palms etc) no phone can do it better than the iphone.. just the facts, it is what it is. If it didn't Id say so I could care less. People don't dislike i products.. people dislike popularity and conformity ala "i" products.

Another reason why some dislike some apple products is well because they can't afford them, I've seen this countless times first hand. Apple products aren't the cheapest things compared to their competitors.

I had a friend who dissed the iphone to no end .. um.. until he got one for x-mas.. then it was God's gift to earth.... HMMMMMMMM... LMAO!

BTW: The iPhone has the best resolution and screen out of any phone out.. period! I didn't purchase the iphone to watch my blu-ray movies.. or to hear my sacd's dvd-a or truehd.. at the end of the day its just a phone..

I agree the iproducts are vastly overpriced, and that's part of the reason why I won't have anything to do with them. I was about to buy a 60GB iPod at one point - I was waiting for the price to drop. But instead, they discontinued it in favor of making an 80GB at the same price. It's a bloody mp3 player... why does it need to cost $400?!?

iPhone. Very tech-savvy. Very hyped up by the media. Possibly the most expensive phone on the market? Very much not something I need. I had a cell phone when I was 20 and in university. By the time I was 22 I cancelled my service. 5 years later, I still have not repurchased a cell phone.

iTunes software. I'm not a fan of downloadable media period. CDs and Blu-ray all the way. I also don't believe my large mp3 collection requires a complex front-end management system, when my music is organized in a well-laid out directory tree. The fact that I've stripped out the ID3 tags to make sorting them in Winamp easier doesn't help. I also wasn't impressed how iTunes won't recognize many of my ripped mp3s.

iPhoto software, or whatever it's called. I have about 400 pictures from a trip to Japan I took with a friend's camera. Following the trip, I was given CDs made from the iPhoto software with the pictures on them. To my horror, the files were cryptically organized on the cd, thanks to the features of iPhoto software which were used to write the cds. I would have much preferred the .jpegs dumped in a single folder, or perhaps organized by date.

iMacs... well, when they can run my decade-sized collection of windows-compatible software and when the price of the Macbooks drop to sane levels I'll perhaps consider one of these. For now, I prefer my economically-built PC that runs on hand-chosen parts and Windows XP.

[MATTYBLU2]

get a zune!! i picked up a brand new 30gig for $140 on ebay. this little thing is great. i love it!!

[Herr Schmidt]

I have never used any of them and to old to start lol