Pirates are at it again

Those "Pirates of the Californian" are at it again. Ordered a beautiful new 24 in Cinema Display for the studio at 4pm on Wednesday. Over 600 quid. It arrived as usual the following day. Cables and connectors however were for a MacBook (laptop to you Windowphiles). Uh? It won't connect to either of my relatively new G5 big boy computers. Dialled the 0800 number and said that I could only find two monitors on their entire website. "Yes that's right", they agreed, "only 2 monitors available now". "But it doesn't fit any of my computers! "No", they agreed, "they are designed for the MacBook and iMac range. Apple no longer supply monitors for any of their computers except very recent ones which have the correct connectors.

So folks, they have deleted all monitors from their range, for their own computers - unless your comuter is only a couple of months old, or brand new. Meaning 90 percent of everyone on the planet with an Apple computer can no longer buy a compatible Apple monitor for it. You need a new computer to fit the new monitors. Apple did recommend Hewlett Packard (HP) monitors. Charming. So, this morning I demanded a return of their useless (but beautiful) monitor and a full refund. They said, "OK".

They are shafting their own customers. What's going on Apple?