{"id":2027,"date":"2008-11-02T18:30:03","date_gmt":"2008-11-03T01:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.macnightowl.com\/?p=2027"},"modified":"2008-11-02T18:34:55","modified_gmt":"2008-11-03T01:34:55","slug":"newsletter-466-preview-a-hard-look-at-some-of-apples-design-mistakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.technightowl.live\/blog\/2008\/11\/newsletter-466-preview-a-hard-look-at-some-of-apples-design-mistakes\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsletter #466 Preview: A Hard Look at Some of Apple&#8217;s Design Mistakes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some of the folks who bash Apple, unfortunately, do it based on erroneous assumptions. Take the claim that Macs are overpriced, or that there&#8217;s an Apple Tax of some sort that you pay for the privilege of buying a computer that just works. In fact, if you actually configure a Mac and a PC as closely as possible \u2014 from hardware to the bundled software, including the equivalent Vista version, which is Ultimate \u2014 the prices are really quite close.<\/p>\n<p>But it&#8217;s also true that Apple does make its share of mistakes. Sometimes it learns from them, sometimes it doesn&#8217;t. One example might perhaps be the transition to glossy screens, which has made some of you absolutely scream! Now maybe they&#8217;re cheaper, maybe they are more environmentally friendly. But what about just using some sort of anti-reflective coating? Wouldn&#8217;t that answer at least some of the complaints?<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t pretend to know the manufacturing obstacles involved. I&#8217;m just asking<\/p>\n<p>But I also think there have been ongoing decisions that, while they may have certain side benefits to Apple in terms of a smooth form factor, do not make sense from the point of practicality. 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