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Do NOT go to the Apple Store. Just don't go there! (Original Post) Denninmi Aug 2012 OP
Too late, my dear Denninmi! CaliforniaPeggy Aug 2012 #1
I better. Denninmi Aug 2012 #2
How did you manage to spend $1700 on an iPad and an iPod Touch? TheCruces Aug 2012 #12
Ask him about his maintenance agreements pinboy3niner Aug 2012 #14
LOL...but yeah, even with the three year extended Apple Care warranty, we're not approaching that TheCruces Aug 2012 #16
Well, you HAVE TO drop a few hundred on Apple TV things JustABozoOnThisBus Aug 2012 #21
Let's see Denninmi Aug 2012 #23
Wow...you pretty much bought every accessory in sight...LOL TheCruces Aug 2012 #24
I know. Denninmi Aug 2012 #25
Yeah, I can vouch for him not working on commission TheCruces Aug 2012 #26
retina display.... NYC_SKP Sep 2012 #28
Yeah, its pretty nice. Denninmi Sep 2012 #29
I don't know... NYC_SKP Sep 2012 #30
$1700? WTF? You can get a top-end laptop for $1000. WTF? HopeHoops Aug 2012 #3
But I already have a laptop. Denninmi Aug 2012 #7
I'm gonna go nuts in there come October when my $$$ comes in NightWatcher Aug 2012 #4
Apple is a corporate villain. Flaxbee Aug 2012 #5
Well, it's not a fixation. Denninmi Aug 2012 #8
Don't feel bad. I'm sorry Flaxbee Sep 2012 #32
Oh whine whine whine TheCruces Aug 2012 #13
They all copy each other - that's the problem. Apple presents itself Flaxbee Sep 2012 #31
... Major Nikon Aug 2012 #6
PLEASE DO NOT WATCH THIS! VERY PAINFUL.. HipChick Aug 2012 #9
LOL! HappyMe Aug 2012 #27
May I live through you vicariously...? N/t pink-o Aug 2012 #10
sure! Denninmi Aug 2012 #11
The problem with Apple and a lot of electronics... Honeycombe8 Aug 2012 #15
You're welcome. Denninmi Aug 2012 #17
Pretty awesome dude.. if529ggse Aug 2012 #18
Thanks. Seems to be of mixed opinions on here. Denninmi Aug 2012 #19
Well, I hate to tell the naysayers this, but Denninmi Aug 2012 #20
I'm still working on my music collection JustABozoOnThisBus Aug 2012 #22

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,181 posts)
1. Too late, my dear Denninmi!
Wed Aug 29, 2012, 02:11 PM
Aug 2012

That's where my husband is, right now!

He's shopping for a laptop...

I don't think he'll be spending $1700, though...

Enjoy your new toys!

Denninmi

(6,581 posts)
2. I better.
Wed Aug 29, 2012, 02:13 PM
Aug 2012

I bought an iPad and an MP3/video player thingy, the iPod Touch.

And yes, I agreed to EVERYTHING without reading it. That does not bode well.

TheCruces

(224 posts)
12. How did you manage to spend $1700 on an iPad and an iPod Touch?
Thu Aug 30, 2012, 01:51 AM
Aug 2012

The MOST expensive iPad with a cellular data plan is $829 and the most expensive iPod Touch is $399.

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)
14. Ask him about his maintenance agreements
Thu Aug 30, 2012, 02:00 AM
Aug 2012

That would be my guess.

Not to disparage dennimi, because we all know how, after the salesperson has been at you and at you and at you, we're ready to buy the undercoating just to get the whole damn thing over with.

JustABozoOnThisBus

(23,266 posts)
21. Well, you HAVE TO drop a few hundred on Apple TV things
Thu Aug 30, 2012, 05:18 AM
Aug 2012

so you can stream video to your TV.

There must be other toys too. I'll read about them here. That's cheaper than exploring the store.

Denninmi

(6,581 posts)
23. Let's see
Thu Aug 30, 2012, 05:52 AM
Aug 2012

Yup, the ipad was about 800 --probably what you said, $829. I got the 32gb Touch, so that was $299. Maintenance agreements for both were $99 each IIRC. I also got a keyboard, $99, a pair of really good Bose earphones that actually feel nice and don't kill my ears, OK, that was an indulgence, $169 (yikes!), and a case cover thing for the iPad $50. Another $50 to activate a month of AT&T. And sales tax which is 6% in Michigan. So it was like 1656 plus the $50 to AT&T.

Denninmi

(6,581 posts)
25. I know.
Fri Aug 31, 2012, 04:33 AM
Aug 2012

I asked the kid that was waiting on me if he worked on commission. Answer was no. I told him it was too bad, would have been worth his 20 minutes.

Denninmi

(6,581 posts)
29. Yeah, its pretty nice.
Sat Sep 1, 2012, 02:35 PM
Sep 2012

Anyone know why it won't let me load a lot of videos off of youtube that I can watch on my PC. For example, it won't load and play content from the VEVO channels of any of the musical acts I've tried, uploaded via big name record companies.

I don't see anything in settings that is off. When I tried to load, it just says "not available." I think its being blocked for contractual reasons between the various corporate players.

NightWatcher

(39,343 posts)
4. I'm gonna go nuts in there come October when my $$$ comes in
Wed Aug 29, 2012, 04:05 PM
Aug 2012

iPhone 5, one for me, one for the Mrs
Apple TV, for the living room
Maybe an iPad for myself
Headphones for me
I want a Mac but I cant see spending 3x what a good pc costs just to get a mac when I dont even work anymore

I love/hate that place sometimes

Flaxbee

(13,661 posts)
5. Apple is a corporate villain.
Wed Aug 29, 2012, 04:10 PM
Aug 2012

They're monsters, just like Microsoft is.

Please reconsider your Apple fixation. They're a bunch of yuppie asshats who have, with the ridiculous lawsuit, destroyed innovation in this country. Patents my ass.

I'm not kidding.

Denninmi

(6,581 posts)
8. Well, it's not a fixation.
Wed Aug 29, 2012, 04:30 PM
Aug 2012

First time I ever bought anything Apple.

I'm sorry, now I feel bad. I doubt it's returnable, though.

Flaxbee

(13,661 posts)
32. Don't feel bad. I'm sorry
Sat Sep 1, 2012, 06:04 PM
Sep 2012

I just am appalled at the way this lawsuit turned out.

If you'd bought Samsung, you'd have probably had problems with coverage, service, etc., down the line if Apple has its way.

I'm just waiting for Nokia to make a comeback (though unfortunately they've paired with Microsoft). Go Finland!

TheCruces

(224 posts)
13. Oh whine whine whine
Thu Aug 30, 2012, 01:53 AM
Aug 2012

Samsung didn't exactly have much innovation in copying Apple.

ALL computer companies are a bunch of yuppy asshats.

Flaxbee

(13,661 posts)
31. They all copy each other - that's the problem. Apple presents itself
Sat Sep 1, 2012, 06:02 PM
Sep 2012

as virginal and pure as the driven snow, when they lifted their first successful product (iPod) directly from a Taiwanese company.

And now Apple is trying to limit consumer choice here in the US by seeking to have Samsung products banned. Monopolies do that.

Many of the patents Apple claimed were theirs belong to others; some notably to Adobe. If you're not a corporate Goliath, you can't even dream of challenging Apple...

Part of the problem started with the Bush Administration (43) when he gave the USPTO free rein to patent damn near everything in order to 'compete' with foreign corporations. The patent system is so confused and messed up now it's hard to know who really owns or invented what. And when first-to-file comes into play, game over.

If you're a small corporation, or an individual, this really does have a chilling effect on innovation.

So while I agree, all computer companies are unbearably smug yuppy asshats, Apple took it to a new level of mendacity with this bogus, whiny, bullshit suit. Fuck them. I want Samsung products (or I did until S. Korea decided to start whaling again). But I WANT diversity; I've never liked the Apple cult and don't want Apple products. I want variety, not the richest company in the history of the world to tell me what I can and cannot buy.

Yes, corporate overlord, please limit my choices! Please make it so all I can buy is either Apple crap or Microsoft crap (and of course, each company owns enough of the other's stock so that it doesn't make a damn bit of difference which one I buy!)

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)
15. The problem with Apple and a lot of electronics...
Thu Aug 30, 2012, 02:09 AM
Aug 2012

is it's not the initial buying of a product that is the costly part. You can't even USE most of the stuff unless you sign up for some complicated contract that you pay monthly forever and ever, that lets you use it. Or it has a wifi capability, which is useless to me. What am I going to do...go sit in a Starbucks? Why would I do that?

And that iTunes and iPod craze that was here a few years ago? Boy, times sure have changed. But I learned that if you bought the Apple iPod, you could ONLY buy music from their "special" music store...or iTunes.

Like the circus mogul said, "There's a sucker born every minute." I falll victim to some rackets, but this is one I caught onto long ago. I do not buy Apple products. I DO own some Apple stock, though. I have total faith in the gullibility of Americans when it comes to electronics. I bought it a few months ago, and it's up over 10%. So thank you for that, Denninmi! From your pocket into mine!


Denninmi

(6,581 posts)
19. Thanks. Seems to be of mixed opinions on here.
Thu Aug 30, 2012, 03:08 AM
Aug 2012

That's ok, if all I can do with this stuff is get online when I'm not around wifi, and have an MP3 that's easy to access my music how I want it, I'll be happy.

Denninmi

(6,581 posts)
20. Well, I hate to tell the naysayers this, but
Thu Aug 30, 2012, 03:36 AM
Aug 2012

I just synched my entire music collection to date from my PC onto the iPod Touch. Damn that's nice, about a million times easier to navigate through the songs than the cheap MP3 player I own.

I mean, DAMN that's nice.

FWIW, I still haven't read any of the user agreements. "It won't read!" (little in-joke for any other South Park fans who might read this).

JustABozoOnThisBus

(23,266 posts)
22. I'm still working on my music collection
Thu Aug 30, 2012, 05:24 AM
Aug 2012

I can "rip" vinyl to iPod via the PC, but it's tedious and slow. I'm making my way through a bunch of LPs.

I sorta like the scratchy sound when the needle drops onto the vinyl and then finds the groove. It sounds good with earbuds or through the car speakers.

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