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lostincalifornia

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31. Actually, with Windows 8.0 Microsoft is now becoming more like Apple, and that isn't a compliment

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Sat Nov 2, 2013, 04:48 AM

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Is Apple Plotting Against Your Old iPhone to Make You Buy a New One? [View all] marmar Nov 2013 OP

Why wouldn't they? Iggo Nov 2013 #1

yeah, obviously. nt Deep13 Nov 2013 #3

Um, because that would suck wtmusic Nov 2013 #20

Can anyone help me get FaceTime installed on my Commodore 64? ( n/t ) Make7 Nov 2013 #2

Just as soon as I finish compiling a working version of Quicktime Player for my Apple ][+ Electric Monk Nov 2013 #6

I just print every video frame out on my dot-matrix printer and make a flip book. ( n/t ) Make7 Nov 2013 #7

You can't fully appreciate movies like Avatar or Gravity untill you've seen them rendered in ASCII. Electric Monk Nov 2013 #10

ASCII Star Wars! Make7 Nov 2013 #14

Wait til you see the Unicode version in 2D. nt wtmusic Nov 2013 #24

I am sending you a text from my Dymo emobossing label maker. (nt) Heidi Nov 2013 #19

How do you get the damn backing off the labels? wtmusic Nov 2013 #21

It's both a labor of love Heidi Nov 2013 #26

From Apple's perspective, I did something even worse. Brigid Nov 2013 #4

Yes Google would never pull any crap like that. wtmusic Nov 2013 #22

I have an IPHONE 4..old school, no S mattvermont Nov 2013 #5

I have an iphone 3gs, still love it. Works fine won't get rid of it unless it breaks. we can do it Nov 2013 #8

oh, my gosh, my husband was asking this very question yesterday. He is legally blind and the iPhone liberal_at_heart Nov 2013 #9

A conspiracy perhaps, I found myself in a similar dilemma, had Iphone 3, was Thinkingabout Nov 2013 #11

It would be more surprising if they *weren't* doing that. Cal Carpenter Nov 2013 #12

New software doesn't run as well on a 2-3 year old phone NYC Liberal Nov 2013 #13

With each passing "upgrade" joeunderdog Nov 2013 #15

Although I haven't upgraded any of my comps to OS X 10.9 yet, it is free. Free, as in free beer. Electric Monk Nov 2013 #18

Actually, with Windows 8.0 Microsoft is now becoming more like Apple, and that isn't a compliment lostincalifornia Nov 2013 #31

I don't think it's a conspiracy. Vashta Nerada Nov 2013 #16

Apple does not have a monopoly on the smart phone market. Initech Nov 2013 #17

My 4S works fine with iOS7. Warren DeMontague Nov 2013 #23

Yep. No problem whatsoever Luminous Animal Nov 2013 #25

I thought the appearance was ugly as hell, at first. Warren DeMontague Nov 2013 #27

The appearance does suck. It is all angles now. Luminous Animal Nov 2013 #28

the technology game since the edison gramophone. get your 8 track today! BUY THAT MOVIE ON VCR! pansypoo53219 Nov 2013 #29

pure conspiracy bs, though based on the last releases from Apple there is nothing really to compel lostincalifornia Nov 2013 #30

The new iPhones are exquisite form and function Berlum Nov 2013 #32

I have both Apple and Android, and since Jobs has gone, the innovation is definitely lacking in my lostincalifornia Nov 2013 #35

Planned obsolescence is not new. bemildred Nov 2013 #33

iphone 4 I have doesn't have enough room to install the new OS treestar Nov 2013 #34