C'mon... Give Credit... part 2

From my prior post you now know I'm a huge Nintendo fan. Just to frame just how big my mother played Super Mario Bros on the NES while I was in the womb and then I popped out and started playing Tetris... go figure. So when it comes to electronics I'm a pretty loyal guy, which makes this next part kind of ironic.

When it came to computers I was a fan of Dell and the Windows Operating System. So when Apple swooped in with their IPods and Macbooks, I put up a serious fight. My mom bought me an IPod for my birthday and I almost forced her to return it, but then I came to my senses and decided to stop being so hard-headed. The IPod was my introduction to the Apple Experience. Similar to Nintendo's new strategy, Apple focused on simplicity, and I thought it was BEAUTIFUL. Sure you can't manipulate things to the high degree like on Windows but for the common man, Apple is the answer. As an engineer you have to understand, I search for, I thrive on, I desire constant improvement, and Apple gave me that wish.

So what? Apple has such stringent copyright and patent laws that they won't let ANYONE use their operating system. So in examining their products you have to see simply their influence. I mean look at Vista. It may have been a complete fuckin' failure... and that's being kind, but there were serious elements of Apple's Leopard or even Tiger operating system present. Then look at the IPhone. Yes it's overpriced and a piece of consumer obsession, but look at what's come about since it's inception. Phones have gone off the wall with features, extras, and possibilities. Blackberry responded with the Blackberry Storm and Palm responded with the recent Palm Pre. Phones are now coming with e-mail capability, web browsing, music capability, and on top of that all wireless carriers are allowing these companies free reign to create and innovate. That's how it should be, companies inventing freely without any limitations.

And at the end of the day the IPhone and the Wii have done the simple task of opening up the world to innovation. And these articles are simply filling the need to acknowledge what these two inventions have given to the world. Props!