Re: Why Does Apple Hate Me?

In article <1156969836.453102.33550@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
davidcovey@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

Alarm bells started ringing when I was investigating the various
options available.

This was your first clue, before you'd spent a dime (or it's equivalent
in whatever currency you prefer) on your MacBook Pro.

During the week I live (make that "survive") in an apartment hotel
(another misuse of language, it's a room with a kettle) and the
accent is on cheap. Which is fine by me but cheap means no phone.
And no phone connection point. So, in order to access the internet,
at first I used the nearby HotSpot but at ? 8 an hour it's hard to
justify idle browsing. So a couple of months ago I took out a
contract for a GPRS card. For two years, so I'm kind of tied in.

No free WiFi points in your area? Bummer.

http://www.wififreespot.com/

http://www.gwifi.net/

Apparently, nobody at Apple has ever considered the idea that you might
want to access the internet outside of a city, worse, away from
civilization - for example, sitting in a field or, oh, I dunno, how
about in a hotel where the connection cost is as much as the room. No
PCMCIA slot. Apple has always presented itself as a religion and I
guess they're thinking that if you switch from Windows you should
divest yourself of all those nasty wordly things like PCMCIA cards that
allow your laptop to be a useful tool rather than a fashion accessory.

PCMCIA is a nearly-dead technology. Not only is Apple abandoning it but
so are many other laptop makers.

OK, here we go. Deep breath, try not to explode... Guess what these
stupid people have told their stupid f*cking machine to do? To stop me
from doing anything until I'm a good boy and connect the f*cking thing
up to the f*cking internet and register it.

Ummm... huh? You don't have to be connected to the Internet to get
through that stuff.

Jeez, I may be getting old but thank God even when I'm riddled with
Parkinson's and mistaking the toilet bowl for my supper I'll never be
as out of touch as these eejits.

Are you sure?
.

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