Why does the media worship Apple?

[Baalzamon]

Grimes said:

Baalzamon said:

I'm sorry bud, but I have to agree with Kudistos.  It failed because tablets aren't a very good concept.  You could take the EXACT hardware that is inside of an iPad, have Microsoft come out with an operating system that is dedicated solely to it that is an EXACT replica to the iPad, and if Microsoft would have released this before the iPad was announced, it still would have been a failure.  The reason the iPad has become a success is because of its name.

Microsoft has been working on tablets for many years, maybe even decades. They were HORRIBLE. They were all around bad, bad battery life, bad size, bad UI, bad apps, bad bad bad.

You have got to be fricking kidding me.  Did I say ANYTHING about whether or not Microsoft's past products were good and bad? NOOOOOOO.  I was putting forth an argument saying IFFFFF Microsoft released prior to the iPad an exact replica of what we now know as an iPad, it too would have been a failure.  I'm trying to say I really don't think there is as big of a market for tablets than what currently exists, but because trendy apple releases one, the market gets inflated beyond what it actually should.  Once again, what I said has absolutely nothing to do with whether or not Microsoft's past attempts have been successful or not in the tablet industry.