and other useless ideas about how the technology world works.

I find it funny how with a Mac, you can’t repair it yourself, customer service knows less than I do [ i'm a windows certified expert], and the software to run it costs 100-1000% more than windows or linux software to do the SAME DAMN things…

So maybe i’ll deal with the occasional hiccup or repair, at least I can do it myself. If thats not for you, pay the fees and enjoy waiting at the mac store for service, I’ll get mine from 100 other places for my parts and service… I like having choices.

As for setting the bar, when a company that spends billions on style and design to make it monkey simple to figure out, and a way to charge you for every little thing, then yes it sets a standard because as a business who doesn’t want millions of mindless people with open wallets saying help yourself…