What Matters More for Acceleration: Horsepower or Torque?

Apple, please pay close attention. Things are going well for you. You have
momentum.Vista is flopping, the Halo effect is at full brilliance, and the
iPhone launch went pretty well. When you combine that with the strength of
the iMacs, OS X’s general allure and your excellent marketing, you’re doing
well.

As someone who wants to see you succeed, I implore you, don’t fuck it
up. The whole arrogance/confidence thing is cool, really. We all get
that. But when you do it there’s a fine line between you coming off as
knowingly superior and coming off as a dick. You’re straying into the latter
territory over the last few months. Let’s review:

1. Telling iPhone developers to screw themselves. You didn’t say, “I want
   to help you, and I will…just hold on.” No, you said, “Here’s a turd.
   Pretend it’s a chocolate bar.”

2. Not allowing third-party apps on the iPhone. Yeah, we know about the
   stability and quality control issues. We respect that, but at least talk
   to us. Quit it with the silent, “Fuck off, you’ll take what we give you
   and you’ll like it.” approach. Even your Shiite Apple followers grow
   weary.

3. The iPhone 1.1.1 update. First it didn’t have anything in it to warrant
   a 1.1 release. Second it raped a whole lot of people’s phones. And now
   my phone’s acting funky as well (spontaneous reboots, random self-chosen
   selections, etc.) It’s bad news, guys. 

Bottom line? There’s a storm coming. An army of religious followers is great
until they get angry. Don’t let that happen. Come out and address these
things. Talk to us. Don’t let this stuff just sit and stew. 

We’re waiting.:

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