Why Macintosh users should not call their machines Apples
This is a strong opinion darn it!
As an old Apple// guy from the early 1980's I am constantly bothered by PC people and Mac newbies who claim to be having problems with their "Apples". It is really an annoying situation and Apple computers does nothing to discourage it.
Although Apple computers makes the Macintosh, they previously made a very different computer called the Apple// (pronounced Apple 2). This was a very popular machine up until Apple computers decided to cease production because it was competing with it's more expensive, proprietary, and closed arcitecture system called the Macintosh. Even today people are still using the Apple//. There are also active groups of people world wide. Searching for "apple2" in google will give some interesting results.
Next is the labelling of the product. Apple computers does not label their Macintosh line as "Apple". Although the Apple logo is there, none of them are labelled "Apple". They are all labelled with a variation of "Macintosh". On the other hand all Apple// computers produced by Apple computers are labelled "Apple".
Finally Apple// users having been there first tend to get rather annoyed when their favourite machine is confused with the machine which caused its premature death. There is not an Apple// user out there who won't correct the improper usage of the name. Feelings run so deep Apple computers is running scared from their old customers. They have (through their tech support department) gone so far as to say there never was an Apple//.
As an old Apple// guy from the early 1980's I am constantly bothered by PC people and Mac newbies who claim to be having problems with their "Apples". It is really an annoying situation and Apple computers does nothing to discourage it.
Although Apple computers makes the Macintosh, they previously made a very different computer called the Apple// (pronounced Apple 2). This was a very popular machine up until Apple computers decided to cease production because it was competing with it's more expensive, proprietary, and closed arcitecture system called the Macintosh. Even today people are still using the Apple//. There are also active groups of people world wide. Searching for "apple2" in google will give some interesting results.
Next is the labelling of the product. Apple computers does not label their Macintosh line as "Apple". Although the Apple logo is there, none of them are labelled "Apple". They are all labelled with a variation of "Macintosh". On the other hand all Apple// computers produced by Apple computers are labelled "Apple".
Finally Apple// users having been there first tend to get rather annoyed when their favourite machine is confused with the machine which caused its premature death. There is not an Apple// user out there who won't correct the improper usage of the name. Feelings run so deep Apple computers is running scared from their old customers. They have (through their tech support department) gone so far as to say there never was an Apple//.
posted by Mike at 1:49 p.m.
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