The other day I was thinking about being a long-time Apple customer and that around the very late 90s, early 00s, when Windows PCs were a bit of a joke, it was very easy to feel superior and evangelise a bit about Macs and OS 9 and generally lord over the great unfortunate.
So a lot of people felt the pressure and switched to Mac, or bought an iPod, or whatever and whenever there is a problem it’s somehow my fault - the gloating goes the other way.
Anyways, coincidentally this morning I see a much better piece written by Cult of Mac.
To keep myself sane (ish) and avoid becoming an Apple apologist, I’ve taken to using the ‘other side’ from time to time:
- I use an ordinary mobile phone and suddenly the iPhone’s problems seem insignificant.
- I use Outlook’s search facility and somehow Mail’s inability to sync accounts between Macs seems like a minor inconvenience.
See? Nothing to apologise for 
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Java support is a bit touch and go and seems to be getting worse.
It’s funny, but even though I (in part) make my living out of Java, I’m kind of glad that Apple haven’t sucked up to it.
Sun made such a huge cock-up on desktop Java, it’s not even funny, although the ressurection in the form of JavaFX is interesting - in particular the way they’re targetting Windows and OS X - not Linux.
Damn… am sounding like an Apple apologist again - at least I’m no longer a Java apologist
Yes, I do love the fact that people keep harping on about how the iPhone is behind the times and their N95’s are so good and can do everything… and yet I use my iPhone constantly every day for email, surfing, facebook, blogging, twitter, music, maps, video, SMS and phone. The seem to use their phone for the odd text and phonecall. What’s the point of banging on about all the things your phone can do if you don’t use them!?
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