Apple's 10 worst products ever

[silvarios]

hal wrote:
Just say NO to 10 page slide show 'articles'!

Yes, that's why I didn't click on the link.

[btfc]

"BS. I've used iTunes since version 2. I don't hate it on the Mac, but neither do I love it."

So what part of "Generally" and "Hate" don't you understand? Talk about B.S.

[silvarios]

btfc wrote:
"BS. I've used iTunes since version 2. I don't hate it on the Mac, but neither do I love it."

So what part of "Generally" and "Hate" don't you understand? Talk about B.S.

Forgot the rest of my post?

Let me state it plainly. I hate Windows iTunes. I tolerate the Mac version of iTunes. Since most of the world uses iTunes on Windows, you can see why the hate to love measurement weighs to the former. Windows iTunes is bad code. Mac iTunes is no great shakes either.

[GeneL]

Personally, I hate the extending of iTunes into areas other than just systematizing my music files.

I just had one of my apps announce that there was an update, but rather than a simple download and install, I was required to "log in" to iTunes and go through a convoluted process trying to find the update link.

The update process was even more obstructed when I couldn't remember my "Apple ID" or my password, since I never use them. I have rarely had a reason to open iTunes over the years.

I didn't see any reason for the hoops that iTunes put me through, especially since, as far as I remember, I didn't buy the app through iTunes in the first place.

It seems as if Apple is taking over what I want to do on my computer and getting in between me and the developers that I have bought or want to buy applications from. To me this is a load of crap!

Also, when I downloaded some video, instead of ending up in my Downloads Folder or on my desktop (default download destination, the video ended up in iTunes and was immediately opened with Quicktime.

This was not at all what I wanted, since I don't particularly want to ever use iTunes (I'm not a fan of MP3 music) and I resent having it automatically set itself as the arbiter of where I put and store my files and what I use to play them.

Each time a new update for iTunes shows up, I really hesitate to install it, since it seems to take over my computer, more and more.

I don't like it! I don't like it! I don't like it! :cursin:

Anyone else have these problems with iTunes or is it just me? :oldfogey:

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GeneL wrote: This was not at all what I wanted, since I don't particularly want to ever use iTunes (I'm not a fan of MP3 music)

Don't fight the power, Gene.

(BTW, you do know that iTunes handles a lot more media types than just MP3, right?)

Anyone else have these problems with iTunes or is it just me? :oldfogey:

I'm sure it's just you. :biggrin:

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silvarios wrote:
[quote=deckeda]
3. QuickTake
I can't fathom by what measurement this could be considered a failure. Because it didn't (again) sell like hotcakes? Ooh, I know, because all the Japanese companies had better, cheaper digital cameras available. Not.

Because it was a piece of crap, even for the time.
In 1994? No, I don't think so:

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2325943,00.asp
"Arguably the first consumer digital camera in the U.S...."

Devices were immature and limited compared to traditional cameras.

Very true.

[Grateful11]

silvarios wrote:
[quote=Grateful11]
I've owned at least 3 Cubes over the years and this person must be nuts, my Cube is offended by this, I had
talk with it and it's ok now.

The 6200CD Performa should be on there, owned one of those, d@mn that thing was slow.

The Cube was expensive, did not actually save desk space (the Cube, audio adapter, and power supply made for a sprawling mess and that is before you add speakers, keyboard, mouse, and display), and not as easy to upgrade as the Power Mac. The iMac was cheaper at the time and so was the entry level Power Mac G4. I went with the top of the line iMac and never regretted it.

I do agree that the 6200 was a dog. Not sure why the Cube made the list and not the 5200/5300/6200/6300 (excepting the fine 6360). Those were true dogs.
The Cube was expensive no doubt, I waited until I found a Mint condition one with everything BIN for
$250 many years ago when most were going $600 and up, the guy just wanted to unload it. Got the box
and all. Bought another last year just for the power supply BIN for $60, it also had an Airport card in it
but it's pretty rough, several cracks in the case, sort of sad Cube but I'll keep it for parts.

The Cube is just so darn cute and cool looking ;-) It's still an attention grabber.

I'm surprised the 20th Anniversary Mac didn't make the list also.

[deckeda]

silvarios wrote:
[quote=btfc]Yep. People who hate iTunes generally do not know how to use it.

BS. I've used iTunes since version 2. I don't hate it on the Mac, but neither do I love it.

As mentioned, on Windows, people hate QuickTIme first, and then iTunes second. As a heavy iTunes user, I am pained when I need to use iTunes on Windows. I've never gotten the thing to work correctly, going back to the original Windows release. There's always some bug that only effects Windows iTunes.
My experience with iTunes on Windows is very limited but it or Quicktime has *always* been some kind of problem. I realize that's statistically meaningless, and that for most people it does work. The legions of iPhone customers without a Mac prove this.

But I do wonder why Apple doesn't improve the software. They know it's not acceptable to take (an official, if it exists) position of "just buy a Mac"---certainly not as iOS continues to gain popularity.

I just tried to install QuickTime on a fresh Win7 machine and it wouldn't run. Installed fine. Can't imagine trying to run iTunes also on it.

[RAMd®d]

i, 2, 8, and 9 don't belong on the list.

And as for the Cube saving space, it certainly did that. I don't keep the power brick on the table, true, Otherwise, there is nothing attached to the Cube that I wouldn't have attached to any other computer taking it's place except for the G4 iMacs and beyond.

I've had external speakers on all my Macs. And the little G4 Orbs take up less room than any of them except the Creatures.

Apple should have provided a How-to video for the round mouse in System Prefs, like it does for the trackpads and Magic Track Pad, so people could use it properly. I couldn't believe the number of idiot posts that said (How do you know which way it's supposed to go?!" And gripping the mouse with your fingertips and thumb? Rookie mistake, unless you have teeny, tiny hands.

I never had a G3 iMac, but my girlfriend gave me her mouse and I used it for quite awhile. But the Kensington TurboMouse 2.0 was too good to ignore.

[Kramerica]

archipirata wrote:
I still have an Apple TV. I even have the original black mouse, keyboard, and install disks. And it booted fine recently. Just can seem to throw it out. As a working computer though, it really did suck, though not as much as my powermac 6300CD, now that was a real turd.

That's a Macintosh TV, not the Apple TV they put on the list!
You don't see many of those. I'd hold on to it too.