@AC

"Huge respect for what??"

Huge respect for working incredibly hard and dedicating themselves to a noble and worthy cause, trying to spark an interest and educate younger generations in developing technology. Actually getting off their backsides and doing something to try and continue this countries proud tradition of engineering and looking to secure that reputation in future years to come.

As opposed to you, a nobody, a nothing, who's only contribution is to make snarky, ignorant comments off the back of other peoples best efforts.

Re: "The iMac showed people that computers could be attractive."

...because no one else thought they could be! Eh?

Silly.

Examples please?

Apple's profits or Nokia's profits. Which would you rather have..?

Phone is ringing...

Google parallels, VS runs fine on my Air.

@AnotherNetNarcissist

Correct mate, you are amongst the few whom speak sense,

Lots of muppets going off on one about what defines an engineer. I'm an engineer, a real one, all the qualifications etc etc, so I'm in a position to say. Yes Ive is at heart a designer, but his involvement in the materials and manufacturing process goes way beyond the norm, requiring an intimate involvement in engineering issues.

I would make a punt that most of the commentards lining up to take a pop at Ive have no idea what he actually does or how he is involved in the work. There is a little more to it that knocking up a pretty CAD picture and handing over to some blokes to make for you...

And for the record, it has generally been my experience that 'engineers' who obsess over qualifications are usually shit. The good ones are too busy getting stuck in and producing things.

@ac etc

His designs are used and loved by hundreds of millions of people every day. I know the apple haters on this site flatly refuse to ever remove their heads from the sand, but fact is his work has had a significant impact on a lot of lives. I thought this was an engineering / technology website? You should be proud that a UK engineer has done so well.

@Craigness + Stike Vomit

You two have become quite the double act around here of late.

I can't help but picture Bert and Ernie clutching Android handsets.

I don't get it

"The world isn't split between people who worship Apple and evil Android fans you know"

Erm, have you spent much time on this site lately? If only we could have educated, critical appraisals of issues with Apple products. Instead we just get an onslaught of ill-informed name calling. And as for the comments sections...

@Craigness

So, I'm curious, in the time you have spent using or owning a Macbook Air, which bits of it's unique features do you think Apple 'didn't innovate'?

Which manufacturers mass produced aluminium unibody laptop did Apple copy the design and production methods from?

So much harder when you have to back up wild opinions with fact, isn't it?

@Nergatron

So true, if they discovered Android regularly sends all your private data to Nigeria, clowns like Shitpeas would still try to argue it's some sort of iOS killing feature.

Say what?

What on earth are you rambling on about? The issue here is a bug in iOS, which they have acknowledged and attempted to resolve quickly. What does that have to do with warranty and consumer rights??

And for the record, I did once have a faulty iMac. Apple customer services were in a different league to any other tech company I have dealt with (Dell, HP etc). They couldn't have been more helpful and apologetic, sent me a replacement next day UPS without any sort of argument and gave me £200 as a good will gesture.

Facts eh? Who needs 'em.

Not a fail

Mate, have you ever been involved in any sort of serious software development? It's incredibly complex, you will never get everything 100%, it just doesn't work that way.

Despite what many 'characters' on this site will tell you, the quality of Apple software is about as good as it gets. Even they miss things from time to time, just the way it is.

And before some dick jumps in and flames, I'm basing that opinion on many, many years spent coding for OSX, .NET, WIN32, UNIX, Linux, QNX, JAVA and all sorts of shit I can't even remember, so please don't bother.

@Kevin

If you go into 'settings->iCloud->storage&backup->manage storage' then pick your iPhone, it shows a pretty comprehensive break down of who and what is putting stuff in iCloud.

@JaitcH

Chap, you forgot the iLemon joke.

@Mectron

Have you ever kissed a girl son?

@Tony

Agree it would be nice to be able to stream straight to the iPad, would be great if Apple supported DLNA, my one major gripe with the thing.

Not sure on the mp4 side though, been through loads of media clients over the years trying to get the best streaming setup and the range and incompatibility of codecs drives me up the wall. In the short term its an inconvenience, but I like the idea of finally drawing the line and going for one universal codec.

Have you tried handbreak? Great open source app, quickly transcodes anything I throw at it with negligible quality loss into mp4. I just do it as a matter of course on everything now, then I know it's going to play on any client I have.

Also, not the ultimate solution, but if you have a decent upload speed, you can stick stuff on iDisk, bypass the iTunes hassle and stream straight from there.

@the AC's of the world

Yep, you got me, i'm just a deluded fool who regrets the day I ever set foot in an Apple store.

What makes me really angry with myself is that I'm increasingly using it more and more on a daily basis and barely touch my 'real' computer. Why do I do it to myself? It's not like if I thought it was shit I could have just flogged it on eBay for pretty much what I paid for it.

Imagine someone forming an objective opinion based on actual hands on experience, not just regurgitating other peoples narrow minded and misinformed thoughts that they read on the internet. I'm such a tool.

@jim

And I'll get flamed for trying to answer the question. It's use cant really be explained, you just have to live with one for a while to really get it.

Just look at all the comments, people who don't have them hate them, people who do love them, it's all there between the lines.

@ torben

Well put sir.

I see the point now

That's fair enough, I was out of line. I forget £400 is a months wages for some people, which understandably wouldn't make the iPad very attractive to you.

@Piloti

Palm has met face.

@Jedidiah

Erm, how do benchmark results pan out or not?

Based on the CPU / GPU combo used It's a significantly more powerful bit of kit, thats just a basic fact, proven by science.

Yes!

I know!! Utter piss takers those Apple jokers. Imagine announcing a new product and saying you can actually buy it in a couple of weeks!! Insane!!!

The other manufacturers know how to do it, promise the world then ship it 2 years late, if at all!! Genius!!!!

You complete fu**ing...

Meh

@Webb

Bollocks, It's exactly what people want. You honestly think the average punter buys an android device because It's an 'open platform'? Do me a favour, they buy them because it looks like an iPhone but is cheap.

Advent vega

Sold out in 2 hours, all returned for refund in 3.

@AC

Give it up, it's over, Apple has won. Jobs was right about HTML5, just like he's right about everything else. Save your energy for brushing up on your OS X and iTunes, it's a matter of time before you will be using it...

@JailtcH

Even by your lofty standards, you have sunk to new lows of stupidity with that post.

Exploding Apple connectors? Please, please tell me you are just on the wind up.

@JaitcH

You're an idiot mate, simple as. It's a basic fact that Individuals with such negative and critical attitudes as yourself never have and never will achieve anything of worth themselves.

The 787 is an amazing work of engineering, trying to put something like this together isn't easy, things don't always work out. Try and get involved in something like this yourself, it will be good for you, when you fail miserably you may learn a little humility.

@JaitcH

Yeah, brilliant point, you really know your stuff.

Look at MS with Windows Mobile, some would say it's 3 years hopelessly late and while they have been pissing about their competition have all but put them out the market, but really they were just taking the time to make it fully featured...

Why?

Called good taste, just trust me on this one.

@petur

She really likes it? Has it ever crossed your mind maybe she's just telling you what you want to hear so as not to make you suspicious?

I hate to put thoughts in your head, but maybe while you're away on business or late at work, she's at home having fun times with an iPad behind your back?

@Tom 38

What he said.

Give it up with the 'my laptop / phone etc etc'. Different devices for different things. Until the inevitable Android tablets arrive, the iPad is unique and has no competition at the things it does best.