Apple and the relentless pursuit of excellence …

[Bill Davis]

My god, he’s SO right.

We need to change everything.

For Gods sake No more of THESE –

We need more of THESE!!!!

MUCH easier to build, repair, and shouldl last a lot longer without anywhere near the constant maintenance.

Argument won.

There’s NO WAY Apple should ever have become the most successful company on the planet by thinking any differently.

We’re all just stupid sheep.

I’ll start immediately trying to change.

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[Simon Ubsdell]

Oh dear.

Watch the video, Bill.

And put your inflated rhetoric back in its box.

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[Bill Davis]

I also found everyone’s next laptop!!

Durable. Spacious and most important MODULAR so you can fix it SUPER easily and not annoy ANY repair technicians!

Buy yours today!

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[Bill Davis]

But Simon, without inflated rhetoric, I am nothing.

????

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[Simon Ubsdell]

[Bill Davis] “without inflated rhetoric, I am nothing.”

Not so. You have a great deal to offer.

But when it comes to evaluating the internal workings of Apple hardware, I’m reluctantly going to have to go with Louis rather than your good self.

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[Bill Davis]

[Simon Ubsdell] “But when it comes to evaluating the internal workings of Apple hardware, I’m reluctantly going to have to go with Louis rather than your good self.”

Perfectly acceptable.

There are MANY who will be concerned with the attributes the OP values most on his post, and they need representation.

As do those of us who have different priorities.

It’s excellent that we have a variety of free market choices and can buy things that fit our preferences.

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[Greg Janza]

In all fairness I would guess that a similar type of video could be made about Dell, Lenovo or Samsung products since we’re talking about tech companies that are creating millions of devices annually.

But the video does a great job of illustrating how marketing is probably the most powerful factor in Apple’s continued success.

And Bill, if your only argument is that Apple makes more beautiful lemons than the competition then Apple may have some real issues.

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[Ronny Courtens]

Ah, we have seen videos like this before, and we will continue to see videos like this. Just Google “HP computers suck” or “Dell computers suck” and you will see other people ranting over other types of computers. There are even complete “HP sucks” websites with hundreds of comments from disappointed users. Really nothing special.

When you look at the laptop malfunction rates published by Quora in 2017, Apple is right in the middle next to Dell, with Asus having the lowest malfunction rate and HP the highest. The red letters below the chart represent the quota given to tech support for each company, based on real-world tests published in March 2018:

As I said, really nothing special.

– Ronny

[Bill Davis]

[greg janza] “And Bill, if your only argument is that Apple makes more beautiful lemons than the competition then Apple may have some real issues.”

Nope.

My argument is that the market has spoken and Apple is the largest company in the world based on the value people perceive they get from adopting Apple products.

Sure they make mistakes.

But nobody’s forcing people to buy, use or remain using these products. And they’ve been out there competing for market share for decades now.

If people wanted Brutalist style buildings – or ASUS style hunky “fixable” component based laptops – that’s what you would see people using.

But you don’t.

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[Dominic Deacon]

[Bill Davis] “If people wanted Brutalist style buildings – or ASUS style hunky “fixable” component based laptops – that’s what you would see people using.”

Asus laptops look okay to me. I think if you’re after the best looking computers though you’re probably buying a HP or a Microsoft rather than either Asus or Apple.

I don’t really buy the idea that the numbers of computers Apple sells proves their worth. Coke sell a lot more sugared water than anyone else. It’s not because of their own relentless pursuit of excellence as there’s not much you can do with sugared water. It’s the advertising and their brand image that moves the bottles.