Originally Posted by **********

I'm skeptical. I can't imagine a display being that small to be usable for much more than showing date, time, calendar, some basic info... maybe showing who is calling me would be nice... but Apple makes great products so let's wait and see.

Harmon you really need to chill out and give Apple a chance. At least go into an Apple store and have a look around. They have nice stores, smart staff, great support, good products and fair prices.

In fact I was thinking about their store. The way they are set up makes it so easy to buy stuff. Last week I walked in to the one on St. Catherine street here in Montreal just to kill a few minutes, and I found a Mobee magic charger and bought it.

Here's what was cool:

- Very fast sale. A salesperson came up to me and asked if I wanted to buy it, and I said yes. He swiped my credit card into his iPhone and the sale was made. No cash register, no waiting in line. Boom! Done! My invoice was emailed to me. No paper.

- No pushy sales people. They leave you the fuck alone until you ask a question.

- LOTS of helpful staff.

- Clean Store. Great, open layout. Bright. Clean! Did I say Clean?

- You can play with all of the computers, iPads, iPhones, for as long as you want.

- Need help? Tap the iPad in front of the iMac and someone comes to see you within minutes (And holy shit - they speak English! In Montreal, finding English speaking service peeps is pretty much hit or miss at any store).

Hate them all you want Harmon but you are really making a mistake by not giving them at least a little of your business. Shopping at Apple is probably the best retail experience you can have.

Product wise, we have 4 iMac 27's and 2 Macbook computers and not a single one has broken, or died, or have any fans that have burned out or become noisy, or had any dead pixels on their screens, or anything. We average about 1 technical support call per year to Apple and had issues resolved REALLY quickly, without having to wait on hold, and without being transferred to India, and without having to provide a credit card.

We've also had a few iPhones over the years. One case cracked after dropping it on cement, but it was old and due to be replaced anyway. My other phone had a battery issue and Apple swapped it free of charge.

Can you honestly say that you have had the same level of enjoyment and satisfaction with any computer hardware you've purchased? If so I would be surprised.

As I've said in other posts, it's crazy to call Apple product buyers like myself, a "fanboy". It implies that I have blinders on and can't see anything else but Apple, but this isn't true. I've been a die hard Windows / PC / Build your own machine guy since the 80's (yes! 80's! I had a PC XT!), and 1 day I decided to try an Apple product. It's you PC people that are "Fanboys". You're the ones who dismiss Apple because you think they're market is just hipsters without actually finding out for yourself.

If anything, it's PC's & Windows that are overpriced dogshit. Clunky computers that require dozens of anti-virus updates every year, and dozens of drivers, and bare minimum support. Maybe iMacs cost a little more but surely the time you save is worth 10 times more than that.

Peace!