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Listed below are comments made by paullloydjohnson between Wednesday, 11th June 2008 and Wednesday, 4th February 2009.

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Is Apple recession proof? 01:03am on 04 Feb 2009 People say that Apple should drop it's prices if it wants mass market appeal.

It doesn't want that though. They have become a high-end brand and I think that's where they are happy to be.

They don't need to appeal to the masses with their computer business. They do that with their music players, but computers is a whole different ball game.

The sort of customer that is happy to pay Apple's price for a computer will not be put off by the recession, simply because they target a market that is less affected by it.
Copyright - the empire strikes back 11:57am on 25 Dec 2008 I think that in general there shouldn't be so much money in music. Why do people need to make millions of pounds? They don't.

As an architect, I won't get paid every time someone uses my buildings. So why should both artists and music companies get paid every time a song is played?

What this comes down to is greed and as always, the greedy party has an MP in their pocket.
Mac malware - were we wrong? 5:07pm on 03 Dec 2008 I'd like to point this out too:

http://store.apple.com/uk/browse/home/shop_mac/games?mco=MTgyMDY
Mac malware - were we wrong? 5:02pm on 03 Dec 2008 As an architecture student, I use Autodesk products at uni. On my mac, there are plenty of alternatives to be had, most of which are far cheaper and even better than their Autodesk counterparts.

There are various methods to make games run on the mac. Wine, Bootcamp, Parallels, etc.

I'd also like to add that Windows Vista runs fastest on Apple hardware.

The percentage of businesses that use Macs is on the rise. What Windows fanboys seem to forget is that we not only have all Mac software available to us, but we also have all of your Windows software available too.

Although, for the record, since I switched (after buying a Vista (in)Capable laptop) I have become a purist and have found alternatives to all the Microsoft programs I once used and no longer run Microsoft software at all.

As for games, I'm in my late twenties and have too many better and more productive things to do, than spending my time playing computer games.
Can Stephen Fry kill a gadget? 3:47pm on 03 Dec 2008 Steven Fry didn't kill the Storm. Blackberry did when they didn't finish it.
Mac malware - were we wrong? 3:46pm on 03 Dec 2008 I feel the need to post again. I'm actually pretty annoyed about this whole thing. I've researched this now properly, something that clearly wasn't done by the BBC team.

What annoys me is the way that you made out that Apple was actively telling customers to get anti-virus. The way you announced it, you would have thought that there was at least an advisory or link on Apple's main home page. You've seen this as a major change in their policy on virus protection and told the world that. Without even checking with Apple first.

Don't you see how bad this looks on your part? The Unofficial Apple Weblog is even mocking the BBC for picking this up. You haven't even apologised for not doing your job properly and spreading misinformation.
Mac malware - were we wrong? 3:20pm on 03 Dec 2008 I'm sorry Rory, but this was bad journalism on your part. There is no maybe, you were wrong, you didn't check the facts and you should admit that. As someone above said, you can not blame Apple for taking their time to reply. By posting a story, which basically jumped on a bandwagon without getting Apple's side of things first you've made yourself look unprofessional.
Google - do you speak the Queen's English? 10:33pm on 18 Nov 2008 I'd be happy for my iPhone to offer voicedialing before voice search.
Too much iPhone? 00:44am on 11 Jun 2008 I'm an Apple fan. I have an iMac and an iPhone and my next laptop will of course be a MacBook.

However, I think the BBC hasn't done the best job of the iPhone 3G coverage because they have been a little too 'worshippy'.

Frankly I was disappointed yesterday. I love my iPhone, but, I thought for sure we would be getting something much better in the 2nd generation.

A better camera and a new front facing video calling camera were the two big hardware changes I was hoping for and they didn't materialise.

Then there is the 2.0 software. Where is MMS support? The voice dialling? The A2DP Bluetooth? These are all things that would actually make the iPhone as good as the hype.

More relevant to your post however, where is the BBC's criticism that the iPhone is still lacking these features?

Of course, I'll upgrade to the new iPhone, but I won't do it with the huge smile on my face that I was hoping to have.

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