I’m sorry If I offended you.

You started using Macs in 2001. And claim to understand what pre-Mac OS X users went trough all those years?

But Mac users are used to taking a beating only to see later on their positions vindicated, and we can take it with style also…
In case you don’t know there was an Apple Death kneel counter going on. As late as 2006 Mr. Enderle was claiming that Apple was going out of business, even Mr Jobs was saying that Apple was on its way out (before he came back, that is).

http://www.macobserver.com/appledeathknell/

“Are you not capable of simply enjoying the success of your favorite computer company without resorting to name calling and insults?”

Yes I am, but it is not half as much fun as watching those who dismissed Apple as doomed experience the same we had to endure.

Let’s see what they can come up with, maybe they will come up with really excellent products and everybody wins, and they can help us finally come out of the computing Dark Ages.

I’ll be right here in the couch waiting.

See, not even one insult.

Cheers

“endangered”

Your turn thinkblue.

Cheers

I don’t think you can change this situation. I might point out to everyone that beleaguered was made popular by those who dispised Apple. It was more than fun to turn it around and use it on others (pay back is a b***h).

Might I suggest that we practice what we preach (Think Different). Let’s come up with our own word to discribe those floundering around in Apple’s wake. Let’s Think Different. The proof will be when that new word is being used over and over again. Then we can claim success.

Cheers

Lighten up, dude

No, I’m not new to the Mac. I’ve worked in I.T. for 13 years, and personally gave up Windows back in 1999. I discovered OS X after a couple years of straight Linux use in 2001 and haven’t looked back since. I’m the oddball I.T. guy who hates Windows and always talks about Mac’s. I’m the I.T. guy that would love to see us get rid of everything Microsoft spews out and replace it with Apple technology that actually works.

While every article back in Apple’s dark days may have used the word “beleaguered” when describing the company at the time, I’m sure it was equally annoying then, albeit on the opposite end of the spectrum for all the Apple faithful. So, yeah, OK, we get it, Apple has turned things around and is now in the lead in so many ways. Let’s be funny and say beleaguered regarding everyone else now. Ha ha ha, what a riot! Not.

So, how about letting it go already. I’m a huge Mac fan, but it’s getting incredibly annoying, and it’s time to move on. Yes, the joke is certainly on all those companies and people who wrote Apple off all those years ago. Are you not capable of simply enjoying the success of your favorite computer company without resorting to name calling and insults? It’s like watching a spoiled 8 year old kid point and yell “Neener neener neener, I told you so!” Be happy knowing that you use a superior platform while so many others continue to suffer needlessly. Do what you can to try and help those people find a better way to use technology. But, stop with the pointless posturing and name calling. It’s ridiculous and solves nothing.

I’m sure you are new to the Mac, if you were not you would appreciate it every single time it is used, In case you were not around in those days, during the Apple Dark Ages, EVERY single news about Apple would include beleaguered in the headline. EVERY single one. Those of us that endured those days enjoy this every time. I’m counting the days until the same thing is said about that other company (whose name shall not be spoken) is referred to in the same manner. Palm, Dell, Quark, etc were also all too fast to dismiss Apple. Now look at them. Karma is a … er, how shall I say it? funny thing, isn’t it?

A butcher, a baker, a candlestick maker could do it….. IF THEY DID THEIR HOMEWORK !!

Which you didn’t

Zune Tang I hate to say it but you have taken much worse on the chin.

Here is hoping the censor is in a good mood this time

Cheers

MDN uses “beleaguered” to describe certain competitors since Apple was once described as “beleaguered”. This is a way for MDN, to the amusement of us all, to tell the competition to eat their words.

From neutral to sell when the price is 15% under anyway – no brainer – that’s usual for analcysts – no brains.

But the ‘smart’ money sold long before anyway.

He needs a job next year too.