Youtube first, then Apple after.

Very happy was I to complete this video, and even happier was I to find that I had no less than 6 views in the last 10 minutes... although they might be mine (hopefully not). Regardless, the video above is an exact copy of the one I made and uploaded to youtube... but I've been asking (read: begging) for an excuse to use Blogger.com's video upload tool. So, all ye good readers, please tell me what you think by posting a comment on this article, whether it be anonymous or not. Thank you all for watching, reading, and listening to everything I do. Now , onto bigger and better things...

So today in one of my classes, I decided to spend my time drafting up a new blog post, as I had some free time given to me while the rest of the class checked their papers... what a slacker I am. Regardless, after putting my pencil down, it read something like this:

"In regards to the never-ending Mac vs. PC argument, I am beginning to think... rather, I have been thinking for some time now that Mac has been violently beating itself to a bloody pulp with its latest hardware and software displays at its fancy "MacWorld" press release. The Macbook Air (I have been ranting a bit too much about it recently, haven't I?) was introduced and, within the week, became a complete waste of time the instant Toshiba announced its nearly-as-thin, faster, cheaper laptop with a replaceable battery. As for software, the announcement that iPhone apps would now be available on the iPod touch meant absolutely null, seeing as though 93.8% of everyone has (or can have) the same software for the great price of free thanks to jailbreak (which was released for 1.1.3 yesterday).

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Anyways, on with my rant. What apple needs to keep them from eventually committing economic suicide at some point is to get some sort of peons, henchmen, or something similar. All apple currently has to speak of (as of now) is your typical chain of vendors, ranging from BestBuy to CompUSA. Then again, these chain stores all work for the "Crime Bosses" of technology, namely HP, Dell, Toshiba, Acer, Asus, CyberPowerPC, Gateway (sorry, Gateway no longer exists... its part of Acer), Alienware, Voodoo, eMachines, Compaq (owned by HP), and a whole myriad of other 3rd party "I- just -left -college -and -can -build -PCs -I -should -start -a -business" vendors. This makes it hard to find a place that sells Macs as violently as their own Apple stores (which apparently hire people, such as local actors, to come into their stores and gawk at their products). This lack of hardware designers leaves Apple in the dark, forcing them to think for themselves. This usually turns out nasty results, such as the eyesore "Macbook Air" (oh fine, it's not an eyesore. It does make for a very sexy laptop, but thats about it. And I promise to stop talking about it now). Regardless, if you had a huge amount of companies making hardware for your OS, you would be making far more money over a longer period of time. And besides, the average "what's a computer?" user doesn't care how simple "Mac OSX TIGER!" is if they end up paying an arm and a leg to get a computer that runs it."

Although Mac isn't bad, it has made some very bad marketing choices. And yes, so has Microsoft, but not as recently as Apple. So today, it was their turn to feel the full force of my billy club of cynicism. Some of you may ask, "Salem, you ignorant cud, who are you to judge Apple for their design choices? They probably made a lot of sense at the time." Well, I'm a consumer. Its my job.