If people mention my name, Adinoto a.k.a Macnoto, they’ll have different reactions. Some people would say, this kid is really make us a lot of trouble, the other would say hey aside of him making us a lot of trouble, he really means it. Other would see me as they see ghost. Or seeing a Steve himself! In short I do have influence in the Mac community in Indonesia. Lots Apple resellers here trying to pursue me to collaborate. For sure, none of them satisfy my hunger. I want to run a big business. Apple in this case! If not sorry guys, your business offer just don’t fit my profile. I also run and own my own consulting firm. Why would I limit myself working with limited budget with you? No offense.
I did things in the past that help Apple to make inroads in Indonesia. So far, none of them works. Apple Cupertino still believes in their regional decision, and regional says, we’re not ready yet in Indonesia, Adi. Well, what could we say?
Aside to the business prospects that not work (yet) in Indonesia, I still have lots of thing in my minds about helping Apple and Mac OS X to be a better platform especially in enterprise. Before I forgot, check the list (written in random priority):
1.Bring us PUTTY, Bertrand!
Sure Apple has a built-in ssh-aware terminal, but for sure it’s no PUTTY. The best remote terminal out there (IMHO) is PUTTY. And PUTTY developer already makes the source available, and need help from Mac developer. Why don’t you give him a little help, Bertrand. And make our day.
Apple built-in terminal is not MC (midnight commander) aware. It’s difficult to work on remote machine while most of IT admin still rely on pico/nano and mc. I guess, I and thousand developers out there still love mc. (And why no built-in mc on every Mac OS X? please say no to mc Fink nor mc Darwinport).
2.Overhaul the Finder
Apple’s own Windows Explorer sibling called, the Finder. Well of course the Finder works (for some tasks), but believe me, I’ve put Mac on some of my clients and they easily lost in the Finder. The Finder is not easy enough for ordinary people. Two-panes style like Explorer would help their lives better. Of course you can manipulate or innovate to make it looks better. But please make it work for the rest of us.
3.Build Apple Global Services!
One of the things I have in mind if I have to run Apple division is to build An Apple Global Services! Goshh I’m sure it will rocks. IBM did well with their IBM Global Services, and why not Apple?? Even better Apple has their own UNIX to explore, can work with enterprise partners much better by offering this route (no more orphan Oracle on Mac OS X). Tim Cook came from Compaq to built Xserve. Xserve now still install in lowly volume on corporate space. Why? Apple still not perceive as a computer for Enterprise. It’s that simple. No matter how good and more competitive the next generation Xeon based Xserve, corporate still not see it as a solution for their business. Weird doesn’t it? No if only you know the reason. Apple perceived as a platform for creative people, and still has a problem penetrate the corporate space. Apple Global Services would certainly help corporate to change their mind.
Even better, we got lots of UNIX/Linux geeks who are willing to join the line if only Apple keen to tap this opportunity. Even in Indonesia we got tons of highly dedicated linux geeks. Just make them the offer and you’ll get an instant dirty dozen.
4.Copy the T4x Keyboard (Give us Insert Key)
I should say, Apple keyboard is one of the most convenience and consistent on the market. But I should say IBM ThinkPad’s keyboard layout work much better! Give us an Insert Key and a standard PC layout, Steve. It would ease our day. Working on remote terminal on Mac machine just add us additional problem that we not needed. Make a poll and you’ll see yourself how many switchers will find themselves in unnecessary problem that they should faces with the no right-click button on TrackPad (please please, break the button into two. We need traditional right click instead of double-tap things). It works on some software or emulation mode. Please.
5.Apple is Heading Into Wrong Direction with iWork!
Of course the Keynote’s effects awesome, but I have to admit, Apple is the kind of company that loves to oversimplify things. I’ve done some tests myself with ordinary PC users and switchers, they found that Inspector is awkward to work with since they are accustomed with Windows Office style for so long. Why don’t you at least give them an option to pick the interface they want?
6.Why setting up Postfix is So much easier using Postfix Enabler?
I know that Apple drums the song “Open Source Made Easy†all the time. Mac OS X built on the top of UNIX and Open Source applications. Mac OS X Server even bundles things in order to help administrator easily work on the things. But why I found setting up Postfix is much harder on standard Mac OS X or Mac OS X Server instead of using Postfix Enabler? I don’t have idea. So why don’t you concentrate to make the things much more easier on forthcoming OS X?
7.Give us a Built-in Squid Server (on OS X Server, or available via Download)
I worked on squid optimization lately. I use lots of hardware such as IBM, SuperMicro, and non-branded mobos. I use lots of distros to help me optimized the machine. Fedora, Slacks, Gentoo, Mandriva, OpenBSD, FreeBSD, Ubuntu, and I found none of them work out the box with optimization in minds (Mandriva works with 4 processors out of the box, and high mem supports, but it dns client crashes every weeks of so on heavy loads). In short none of them satisfy me out the box with optimization and newer hardwares. Some got problems with gigs Ethernets and some behave strangely in some occasions. Don’t ask me to do kernel compilation and tweaks. I did! It would be nice if Apple got a Mac OS X Server that have a build-in Squid server with the nice interface to work with. I now even use Squidman for some squid server backup and it work nicely. Easy setup and durable. It would be better if it has a consolidate web interface instead on rely on VNC or Apple Remote Desktop for remote access.
8.Work and Enhance the Webmin
Tons of Linux and UNIX distro work out of box with plain or tarball Webmin. I mean it really works! Mac OS X is an orphan to this fancy utility. While we can make this thing works by following this instruction, I found some of the operant won’t work properly on OS X. Squid start button, and there no stop button, so on so on. Why don’t you help this developer Bertrand and make your own fancy Apple-style webmin? Ask Jamie Cameron. I’m sure he will delight.
9.How about the WebObjects? Still people remember it?
First thing I remember about NeXTStep (Mac OS X ancestor) is WebObject. It used by Toshiba and many other companies and costed 10,000 US dollar. Now it bundles on every Mac OS X Server. But how many people embrace it? Lost battle with Java and PHP, guys? Find a way to embrace it. Apple Global Services will surely be one of the solution. The other solution you should think yourself. The problem is Mac is not a major platform, so how could people remember as a solution. Got a clue?
10.Challenge me! Build an Apple Indonesia’s Office!
Why it so hard to make a decision that Apple should exist in Indonesia? Keep saying that you would work thru your retail partners in Indonesia. This is ridiculous; don’t you see how big the Indonesia is? We are bigger than US coast to coast and how many of non-Indonesian knows that some of Indonesia regions are much richer than their own countries! Some produces a million barrel oil and gold. Some are abundant resources. Do you know where now Apple retailers lies is? All retailers are mostly in Jakarta and some big cities. It is nowhere you can say already penetrate Indonesia. Way beyond!
11.Bring Us Back the PowerBook 12 successor a.k.a MacBook Pro Nano!
The MacBook is nice. It sold millions. But who want to use a joe-or-jane laptops? Nobody. Everybody purchased a MacBook. Some people want something different. Bring us back the aluminium-case MacBook Pro Nano!
12.Apple Is Not Ready For Enterprise Business If It still work this way.
You’re pretty much a Retail Company today.
I should say now that you’re pretty much a retail company. This is not very compelling in some partner’s view. Why should I sell a computer that has 10-15 dollars margin while I have to spend COGS 1,000++ and support it for a full year! (Of course your direct partner can get 100+ margin by importing stuff directly from Apple), but let’s face it, they sometime battle on the market and willing to lower their margin as low as 10-15 dollars, what about the second layers partners who got the stuffs from them? Apple’s products are one-unit package, so there’s no way to resell it as a different configuration as PC business. People check price on the web, and expect to buy the stuff lower than that. Even tough it is ridiculous, because the units have to be travels around the globe before came down here. But, even worse, new product launched and all stocks have to drop their prices. It’s not happening on PC side. You can actually reconfigure the machine to each components have their own margin.
Apple even has no or little incentive on corporate or enterprise market. Sun is the example on how they can protect their price and give the third parties a suitable margin to develop a good business.
Myself for example, just got a contract for hundreds unit of MacBooks for January deployment. It was based on my recommendation. Now I have to reconsider the plan whether I should go with Apple or PC laptop brand (plus battery spare as I owned tons of it! 
), why? Simply I have to calculate the cost should I damage myself dealing with newbie corporate to use Mac instead of using Windows they already knows! Give me an incentives Apple, or it will never work out as for other corporate users.
13.Acquire Merlin!
The nice thing about Mac platform sometime comes from third party developers. ComicLife, Encidia, lots of them and of course Merlin! Merlin is a great Project Management for Mac that Mac users lost decade ago. Microsoft Project was on Mac platform first (version 4), and now nowhere helping out Mac user work on their corporate. It has Mac in minds. It works like a Mac. It’s awesome in short. Why don’t you start thinking acquiring those great products? *Hey Merlin, give me a dime if you got acquired ok hehehe.. 
14.Bundle more Softwares! (I give you clue. Endicia. MySQL and Entropy PHP)
You need to bundle more software and little games if I can suggest you. Why? Because ordinary people usually laggard, some even said, hey I didn’t know that there’s a little game for Mac? *Check out www.gamehouse.com there’s a lot game you can download for sure. Why not bundle it? Other thing is I found that working with MySQL and PHP on standard Mac OS X cause a little headache for a first timer. Even I encountered the problem at first. MySQL binary won’t work with PHP on the standard path that Apple defined. But it works with Entropy PHP. Why don’t bundle Entropy PHP as they comes with latest PHP and easily work with MySQL binary distribution found on www.mysql.org?
15.Why No Standard UI? A Unified Look or Brushed Metal? No standard behavior for Maximize button? Arrrggh. On Your Own Safari and iTunes?
The few things that make me wondered is how come Apple does not meet their own UI guidance they wrote for developers? Finder has Brushed Metal, while now iTunes comes with Unified Look. Even worse, the Safari does not have Maximize button? I can’t maximize the Safari windows by clicking the green button that it should to? That’s why I prefer Camino over Safari. Camino works like Apple’s Mail. Come on Apple, makes up your mind.
16.Build iChat that also works with other IM like Adium!
iChat is good if I have to work from some of client site. They blocked GAIM and of course Adium won’t work. So I’ll use iChat protocol (read: I actually run Adium but using my iChat account), why? Simply because of Adium has a tab chat. Now the forthcoming iChat will sports tab chat, too. But the problem is you can’t define on what people use for their IM. Some has Yahoo, Singapore and some countries has strong MSN based chat. So we need an open chat client. If you want iChat would be a preferred chat client you should let iChat able to add other protocols as Adium does.
Our hope in seeing Adium will has a video chat would never come true, since we are all knows that is a corporate conspiracy out there, no support for gaim-vv or others, as commercial company would like to keep people in blindness.
17.Bundle SnapzPro. Or Acquire AmbrosiaSW!
If you’ve seen SnapzPro maybe some of you will remember the Lotus ScreenCam. It was the best screen recorder out there. Circa 1997. It worked well on Windows 95, then 98, but Microsoft keep find a way to make it work like a dog on their new release of Windows. It stopped working on Windows 2000, until Lotus gave up the product. De ja vu doesn’t it, remember Lotus-1-2-3 version 5 hard to install on MS-DOS 5
SnapzPro is the great thing ever comes to Mac screen recording. It will use by millions of people daily if they comes as a standard. And I know, Andrew Welch is one of the person that dedicate his life on Mac platform. He even built his own Sound studio to produce a great mac specific utility.
18.Bring Back The Fun Steve, Bring Back the Sound and Theme!
Would you use a same dress everyday? No, of course. Even Steve stops using the same black-turtleneck in his keynotes. People want customization, Steve. It was there on Mac OS 9, but I still found none on Mac OS X, except what Unsanity brings to the crowd. I wrote this thing once, and I guess you should think it over.
19.Build Your Software Business!!
One thing I have in mind if I have to think about Apple is.. Apple is now pretty much a retail company. You sell iPods. More iPods. Next iPhone. Next iTV. Next what? While you actually produce decent softwares like Mac OS X, FinalCut Studio, iLife and iWork, it actually never sells well. Why? Because of your business today is never ready for a software business. Microsoft relies heavily on software business. They have reps office everywhere, strong legal and strong government relationship. You? Never. Not yet. That’s why you’re never ready to license your hardware business. Because of everybody will rip your softwares. Time to think it about it Steve. It’s Time.
20.License the Board. My idea of $199 board + pro, $399 Dual Pro + Board Still Valid!!
I talked to some of Apple executives on US$199 board + processor G4 and $399 board + dual G4 sometime ago. You said, you have other plan, then came up with Mac mini. Of course Mini is a compelling offers as it the only sub $1,000 Mac people can buy. But let’s face it. Let’s face consumer’s behavior. How many Mac mini did you sell? It’s not much. Why? Again, because of people need personalization Steve. They need customization. Mac mini won’t fit everybody’s profile. You need to offer them a barebone machine that will allow them to play with Mac. The cheapest way to bring to the party is to bring to live the Board+Pro project. BYOCHC. (Bring Your Own Casing Harddisk and CD-ROM)! Believe me guys; people would embrace the new Mac.
Well that’s for today. Let’s the crowd talks. Well some people maybe will grab the idea and think it as his own. Well just don’t forget if you see one, that you read it here first hehehe. Do you think that I take the whole time to think about it? No. It took me only 2 hours of my time writing those things. Why? Because I live breathe Apple. I got faith in you, Apple. Now you can imagine what this cowboy can bring to the party if I’m part of the legion.
Call me Steve at +62 855 218 1888. And let’s discuss further!
October 4th, 2006 at 12:14 pm
Dude, you’re seriously demented. You’re sofa king webmin it’s no longer funny, you’re insanely stupid. Almost every idea you have is not only bad for a business but entirely the wrong direction one would have to go to achive your others ideas. God, the company makes enough money that it’s doing well, why do you think killing it would help?
October 4th, 2006 at 12:18 pm
10. Challenge me! Build an Apple Indonesia’s Office!
-> sepertinya ada yg kurang… ada pesan terselubung dari sponsor : “and let adinoto abdul kadir as CEO of Apple Indonesia”… wakakakaka scam… jangan lupa tarik aku sebagai pegawai yah, kan udah dipromosiin… huahuahuahu lebih scam lagi…
11. Bring Us Back the PowerBook 12†successor… a.k.a MacBook Pro Nano!
-> hehehehe…. biasa aja sih, mungkin macnoto lagi nunggu macbook pro 13.3″… tapi kenapa mesti pake embel-embel “nano” sih? wakakakaka…
14. Bundle more Softwares! (I give you clue. Endicia. MySQL and Entropy PHP)
-> Yup.. ini aku setujuh… kalo httpd dan php udah built in osx, kenapa gak mysql sekalian? toh gratis juga kan?
October 4th, 2006 at 12:57 pm
I want to run a big business. Apple in this case! —> kebun apel malang apa jual apel new zealand ???
saya nggak punya data statistik tentang distribusi penggunaan mac, tapi secara kasar berapa banyak sih s/ware developer etc yang pakai mac dibanding common user, buat apa ngegelembungin OS dengan hal yang nggak perlu-perlu kalau kebanyakan pakainya cuman buat browsing, photo retouch, iTunes ……….
yang gua perlu 5.1 audio system. analog . (titik)
October 4th, 2006 at 1:11 pm
Rachmad Irfialdi said,
October 4, 2006 @ 12:57 pm · Edit
saya nggak punya data statistik tentang distribusi penggunaan mac, tapi secara kasar berapa banyak sih s/ware developer etc yang pakai mac dibanding common user, buat apa ngegelembungin OS dengan hal yang nggak perlu-perlu kalau kebanyakan pakainya cuman buat browsing, photo retouch, iTunes ……….
-> Answer:
That’s the point boss. If Apple perceived as a computer for creative people then there’s no way Apple can expand its market on its conventional install based. Apple need more softwares than you think you need. And definitely will attract Linux users too, because there’s definitely only two desktops in the world today, Windows and Mac. Linux/FreeBSD just not there yet. (Or conspiracy for never be a desktop OS).
yang gua perlu 5.1 audio system. analog . (titik)
-> Answer:
Good point! We discussed previously on our id-apple@googlegroups.com mailing list. Apple needs to address 5.1 Audio ASAP. People need that feature for everyday life and watching DVD!! Come on Apple! It won’t cost you a dime. Only less than a dollar for RTL audio codecs perhaps!
October 4th, 2006 at 1:29 pm
Natalia Andrews said,
October 4, 2006 @ 12:14 pm · Edit
Dude, you’re seriously demented. You’re sofa king webmin it’s no longer funny, you’re insanely stupid. Almost every idea you have is not only bad for a business but entirely the wrong direction one would have to go to achive your others ideas. God, the company makes enough money that it’s doing well, why do you think killing it would help?
-> I’m not delusive or demented. Have you try webmin on OS X yourself before you give the comment? If not then you should try yourself. You might be come from the conventional Mac users (the creative people, graphics, animation, videos), but face it, if you want Mac into serious contender, they should not only address one segment of industry. It was Mac everywhere leading the Raster printer. Now some of them only make it for Windows.
Now, Apple is a profitable company, the position is not to feel superior against it’s last decade nor last year account.
My ideas is for helping all of us having a second though what makes Apple difficult to tap the enterprise market. You know what? It is mostly because people not familiar to the Mac. Do you expect them to change overnight and buy Mac? It’s completely different between easy and get-used-to it. And changing the habit can be the biggest hurdle. They use Windows.
October 4th, 2006 at 3:08 pm
hyeheyeh… panjang banget.. roaming pula..
komen dulu baru baca…
October 4th, 2006 at 4:32 pm
Call me at +6281380096xxx ( xxx it’s indicates •ps i love u•)
Indah banget dah baca postingan diatas barusan:) good job Adinoto! for all ur idea.
nice thought thou!
—
Razak
xxx
October 4th, 2006 at 4:55 pm
Ngapain ngurusin Apple, mending ngurusin lainnya ke ke ke ke
October 4th, 2006 at 5:41 pm
Adinoto said:
Apple. Now you can imagine what this cowboy can bring to the party if I’m part of the legion.
Call me Steve at +62 855 218 1888. And let’s discuss further!
>>> Oh my God.., I really like that words,
October 4th, 2006 at 5:56 pm
Dude… As always, I agree with some of your ideas but disagree on most of your ideas =D. I just wonder what John Gruber might say about your whole ideas.
October 4th, 2006 at 7:43 pm
klik kanan ?
October 4th, 2006 at 9:22 pm
avianto said,
October 4, 2006 @ 5:56 pm
Dude… As always, I agree with some of your ideas but disagree on most of your ideas =D. I just wonder what John Gruber might say about your whole ideas.
->
can you tell me which part you agree on, and which part you’re not?
Honestly, I wonder what John Gruber or other Apple execs will comments on this.
October 4th, 2006 at 9:27 pm
rendy said,
October 4, 2006 @ 7:43 pm
klik kanan ?
-> Yes. Right click has been available into the mac since OS 9. (Contextual menu). On hardware side you can always use a standard PC mouse that has right click and scroll button. Every mac today also ships with Apple Mightly Mouse
On Portable side, you can always opt to click Control+Click to access a Right-Click button, or a double tap on the TrackPad. BUT, it would be wiser if Apple add a real right-click button on button below the TrackPad for people who want to use Mac on Windows (Bootcamp)
October 4th, 2006 at 9:29 pm
IMW said,
October 4, 2006 @ 4:55 pm
Ngapain ngurusin Apple, mending ngurusin lainnya ke ke ke ke
-> Answer:
Yep. Mending gudangbatere.com ya? wakakaka…
October 4th, 2006 at 9:32 pm
razakmac said,
October 4, 2006 @ 4:32 pm
Call me at +6281380096xxx ( xxx it’s indicates •ps i love u•)
Indah banget dah baca postingan diatas barusan:) good job Adinoto! for all ur idea.
nice thought thou!
-> Answer:
Thanks Razak, If you don’t mind, please drop a line on some of your ideas dealing with Macs everyday. Razak is one of the senior members at Apple distri’s support center.
October 4th, 2006 at 10:12 pm
install windows?
October 4th, 2006 at 10:23 pm
Ini postingan perlu di slashdot kan,
eh gemana caranya?
pasti asik kalau adinoto.org kena /. effect hihihi.
October 4th, 2006 at 10:34 pm
kurang satu lagi tuh..
21. Give Apple’s portable computers hi-capacity battery from gudangbatere.com…
wakakakakka scam… =P
October 4th, 2006 at 10:38 pm
If Apple won’t listen to Macnoto,
how will they listen to us (normal and pre-apple customer) ?
October 5th, 2006 at 12:21 am
Apple just don’t understand your whole idealistic ideas. I like what Apple currently has to offer to the customer (from a switcher point) and would love to see if Apple can become glorious like IBM by at least noticing some of your ideas, especially point no. 10.
I was very mad to one of the so-called ‘Apple Authorized Distributor’. Very sad to what is happening with Apple customer in Indonesia.
For now, I would just sit, relax, try to enjoy & maximize my old PBook. While keep watching & thinking… should I insist my business with Apple?
October 5th, 2006 at 3:23 am
risiyanto said,
October 4, 2006 @ 10:23 pm
Ini postingan perlu di slashdot kan,
eh gemana caranya?
pasti asik kalau adinoto.org kena /. effect hihihi.
Answer:
Udah boss kagok edan:
http://digg.com/apple/An_Open_Letter_To_Apple_2
Slashdot sudah disubmit lagi pending:
Saving
Thanks for the submission.
Your recent submissions
Here are your recent submissions to Slashdot, and their status within the system:
* 2006-10-05 07:19:19 An Open Letter To Apple (Apple,Businesses) (pending)
Summary:
* pending (1)
Note: grousing about rejected submissions is Offtopic and usually gets moderated that way. It happens, don’t take it personally.
Ga jamin dimuat hehehe…
October 5th, 2006 at 11:14 am
Maaf, kalau saya komentar padahal kurang kenal dgn Mr.Adinoto ini :
1. Apple for “just-an-ordinary-jane-or-joe” user :
Waduh ini aja repot sekali yah. Walau dikata interface Mac itu gampang ternyata buat orang kita yang notabene selalu “status quo” alias susah dirubah itu.. Pake Mac?? Susah! Takut gak ngerti! Aneh! Yah sudah..selesailah cerita Mac. Bagusnya sih ada aja cewe ABG yang masih minat karena kesengsem imutnya iPod/iBook/etc atau sekarang MacBook lah..cuma karena *iMoeth*
2. Apple at a glance? Mahal!
Duh…paling males nih kalo udah orang denger Apple trus langsung dianggep mahal. Padahal saya setuju sekali.. Apple = Mahal! Kenapa? Bener Mr. Adinoto, no custom config for iMac/MacMini/etc. Itu yang bikin “berasa” mahal. Padahal iPod sih emang mahal..tapi kok laku juga sih?
3. Apple’s business means making money for people ONLY there, not here.
Lah..peduli apa mereka sama Indo? Emang penjualan di Indo bikin Apple untung besar? Gak lah! Emang Apple perduli sama China yang udah menghasilkan *semua* produknya? Nah..itu mungkin, mungkin lho…tapi rasanya sih gak. Money talks here…
4. Saran buat kita semua (khususnya Mr.Adinoto) daripada berharap duit “pembodohan” dari L.N.
Sebelumnya saya perlu minta maaf, karena saya bukan pakar IT/business/politics dan bicara tanpa maksud negatif. Yang jelas, serap aja semua ilmu darimanapun (tanpa menyebut asal perusahaan/negara). Kalau Anda, Mr.Adinoto, benar-benar seorang entreprenuer dengan kualitas yang handal, kenapa tidak mencoba membuat satu corporate setara Quanta? Sun? Saya rasa, Anda mampu..gudangbatere.com saja sudah menjadi awal. Kenapa gak buat sendiri batere yang benar-benar ramah lingkungan, gak asal meledak, dll. Kenapa kita selalu maunya menyantol saja. Apple bermula dari garasi dan ide gila bukan?
Siapa tahu 10 tahun depan kita sudah melihat ADI, brand sekelas Apple, Microsoft, IBM, Sun,etc. asli dari Indonesia.
October 5th, 2006 at 2:04 pm
2. Overhaul the Finder
… kasih pilihan untuk merge folder jangan cuma replace, udah banyak korban user alumni windows yang kehilangan file penting gara-gara ini… tiap kali “berhasil” membuat windows user pindah ke Mac, hal ini yang saya pertama saya wanti-wanti…
10. Challenge me! Build an Apple Indonesia’s Office!
… kalau jadi mau dong ngelamar… kirim CV ke mana nih pak CEO?
15. Why No Standard UI?
… http://www.guidebookgallery.org/articles/interviewwithjohngruber
October 6th, 2006 at 12:21 am
Yup ada benernya tulisan macnoto..hmmm
October 6th, 2006 at 2:25 am
“Myself for example, just got a contract for hundreds unit of MacBooks for January deployment. It was based on my recommendation. Now I have to reconsider the plain wether I should go with Apple or PC laptop brand (plus battery spare as I owned tons of it! ), why? Simply I have to calculate the cost should I damage myself dealing with newbie corporate to use Mac instead of using Windows they already knows! Give me an incentives Apple, or it will never work out as for other corporate users.”
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I totally agree …
It’s cool to use apple because of its cool gimmicks like iTunes, iLife, and its zooming windows…but honestly, when you use it for work, I prefer Microsoft…let’s face it, out of to total computer user, how many of them use it for office work (writing, calculating, etc) most of them right? and who’s the saviour in this case? Microsoft!…Office on Mac its not the same on PC! no matter how much you try to convince yourself that its the same, IT’S NOT, it slower & doesn’t have the same features. Overtime, you getting tired on defending your love to apple and surrender to the mighty PC…
Like it or not, it is a fact that people are affraid of changes…the fact that many people use apple now because you can install windows in it!
Somebody said that Apple is killing itself because they becomes more PC? I believe on the contrary…it save them! Sun Tzu said “Bring your friend close, bring your enemies closer!” (Actually I forgot the actual word
) understand the PC user needs, then at the same time make them see how beautiful you are…you’ll win their heart!
Why Apple not open it’s office in Indonesia? What would Apple Singapore do then? Helloooooo? We are, as a matter of fact, is a country with 200million population that filled Orchard Road all year long…Steve, you should learn from Rupert Murdoch…Asia is the next big thing! He even goes to Indonesia!
October 6th, 2006 at 8:18 pm
bimo said,
October 5, 2006 @ 11:14 am
Maaf, kalau saya komentar padahal kurang kenal dgn Mr.Adinoto ini :
1. Apple for “just-an-ordinary-jane-or-joe†user :
Waduh ini aja repot sekali yah. Walau dikata interface Mac itu gampang ternyata buat orang kita yang notabene selalu “status quo†alias susah dirubah itu.. Pake Mac?? Susah! Takut gak ngerti! Aneh! Yah sudah..selesailah cerita Mac. Bagusnya sih ada aja cewe ABG yang masih minat karena kesengsem imutnya iPod/iBook/etc atau sekarang MacBook lah..cuma karena *iMoeth*
–>Answer:
Correct man! I keep mention to Apple that it is different between “EASY” and “GET-USED-TO”… for Windows users, switching to Mac is sometimes painful. The Copy Paste things that does not merge the contents, the drag-and-drop things eventough it’s fun to us, but forgive me that I have to say, it ain’t easy for them. Because they’ve been using Windows for 10 years ++, my advice to get Mac OS X everywhere, by selling cheaper version of OS X with Board + OS bundles?
October 6th, 2006 at 8:20 pm
bimo said:
2. Apple at a glance? Mahal!
Duh…paling males nih kalo udah orang denger Apple trus langsung dianggep mahal. Padahal saya setuju sekali.. Apple = Mahal! Kenapa? Bener Mr. Adinoto, no custom config for iMac/MacMini/etc. Itu yang bikin “berasa†mahal. Padahal iPod sih emang mahal..tapi kok laku juga sih?
->Answer:
iPod is not expensive. It’s competitive than the competing products. But if you sell iPod in price range 7-10 millions rups that would be not selling. You missed your point here Mr.Bimo.
October 6th, 2006 at 8:25 pm
bimo said
3. Apple’s business means making money for people ONLY there, not here.
Lah..peduli apa mereka sama Indo? Emang penjualan di Indo bikin Apple untung besar? Gak lah! Emang Apple perduli sama China yang udah menghasilkan *semua* produknya? Nah..itu mungkin, mungkin lho…tapi rasanya sih gak. Money talks here…
->Answer:
Yes, money talks. But it’s like chicken-and-egg thing. We’ve done some calculation, the board + pro product (Now let’s sell Apple board + OS Bundles) would exceed 300,000 unit/year at least. Times 150 dollar = 4,500,000 US dollar alone (in Indonesia only). The services would generate at least 5,000,000 dollar alone (in Indonesia only) for the first year. Not bad for a starting point. Now how big the current Apple sales in Indonesia? 100 unit Mac Pro/month? 200 would be too optimistic. Do your math!
October 6th, 2006 at 8:33 pm
Bimo said:
4. Saran buat kita semua (khususnya Mr.Adinoto) daripada berharap duit “pembodohan†dari L.N.
Sebelumnya saya perlu minta maaf, karena saya bukan pakar IT/business/politics dan bicara tanpa maksud negatif. Yang jelas, serap aja semua ilmu darimanapun (tanpa menyebut asal perusahaan/negara). Kalau Anda, Mr.Adinoto, benar-benar seorang entreprenuer dengan kualitas yang handal, kenapa tidak mencoba membuat satu corporate setara Quanta? Sun? Saya rasa, Anda mampu..gudangbatere.com saja sudah menjadi awal. Kenapa gak buat sendiri batere yang benar-benar ramah lingkungan, gak asal meledak, dll. Kenapa kita selalu maunya menyantol saja. Apple bermula dari garasi dan ide gila bukan?
Siapa tahu 10 tahun depan kita sudah melihat ADI, brand sekelas Apple, Microsoft, IBM, Sun,etc. asli dari Indonesia.
->Answer:
Hahahaa… easy to said than done Mister. To catch the whale you need more than just a worm. Mau mancing ikan paus kagak bisa pake cacing boss. Saya sudah 13+ di IT as a professional, 7+ as an enterpreneur. Untuk ukuran kepuasan pribadi saya sudah dapet boss. I’m not into money. FYI, I would work for Apple for free for the first year. Ini bicara kepuasan batin yang lain dan not all about the money. It’s about the passion. Nah mau bikin perusahaan Indonesia yang besar sekaligus, mau tau karakter investor Indonesia?… “Ok, pak Adi.. kita start dari 100M, Apple pour 50M, kita 30%, pak Adi 20%”.. gubrak. Semua harus dihitung dengan investasi fisik. Pengusaha sini kagak ada yang bisa ngehargain otak boss. Lah kalo ada angel investor kayak Mike Makulla seperti kejadian Apple startup (1/4 millions US dollar in 1978 ~ 1,5 millions US dollar today?), mungkin lain ceritanya. Nah kalo ga ya ngukur diri aja lah boss. Mau mancing ikan paus ga ada pelor ya mending jualan cireng di Cipaganti kali yee.
October 7th, 2006 at 12:55 pm
Wuekekekekek … banyak hal tentang mac di sini yang malah bikin males nyobain mac … nungguin bung adinoto sukses ngejabanin mac bikin pitur pitur itu baru deh ntar me nyoba Sukses bro, salam kenal dari joki jupri-Z ..
October 9th, 2006 at 11:27 pm
preaxz said,
October 7, 2006 @ 12:55 pm
Wuekekekekek … banyak hal tentang mac di sini yang malah bikin males nyobain mac … nungguin bung adinoto sukses ngejabanin mac bikin pitur pitur itu baru deh ntar me nyoba Sukses bro, salam kenal dari joki jupri-Z ..
-> Answer:
Janganlah nunggu saya kalo emang mau coba boss… kagak bakal nyoba2 ntar wakakaka soalnya fitur itu juga teuing bakal dibikin teuing nteu wakakakaka… namanya juga tukang protes
October 11th, 2006 at 4:00 am
buset dah nih rant panjang banget….. gudangbatere.com lagi sepi orderan yah? makanya sempat2nya nulis ocehan yang panjang.
hahahahahahaha
piss bos…
October 11th, 2006 at 4:04 am
bos, gw pake webmin dari sejak 10.2 server, kagak ketemu major problem bos… (tapi gw kagak pernah pake squid di 10.2 sih)…..
October 13th, 2006 at 8:08 am
idarmadi said,
October 11, 2006 @ 4:04 am
bos, gw pake webmin dari sejak 10.2 server, kagak ketemu major problem bos… (tapi gw kagak pernah pake squid di 10.2 sih)….
-> Major kagak, tapi kalo button start/stop ga nyala itu major apa ga ya? wakakakakakakaa…
October 13th, 2006 at 8:10 am
idarmadi said,
October 11, 2006 @ 4:00 am
buset dah nih rant panjang banget….. gudangbatere.com lagi sepi orderan yah? makanya sempat2nya nulis ocehan yang panjang.
hahahahahahaha
piss bos…
-> Wakakak bisanya ngoceh doang sih skrg wakaka.. dijanjiin posisi pegang indo tau2 ga ada kabar beritanya ngehe banget kan wakakakak.. situ kan kebagian pernah kena briefing dan sarapan pagi di Mandarin sama “the used to be the next country manager” kan kayak ga tau aja lu wakakakakakaka
October 24th, 2006 at 6:04 am
6. Why setting up Postfix is So much easier using Postfix Enabler?
Sayang sekali saya tidak ada akses ke mesin MacOs X, jadi kurang tahu apa yang dilakukan oleh si PosfixEnabler ini. Kalau yang sekilas saya baca-baca kelihatanya hanya merubah beberapa parameter di main.cf-nya Postfix yaitu di
tabulasi SendMail (masquerade_domains, relayhost, smtp_sasl_stuff, messag_siz_limit), Mail Server (mydomain, mydestination, mynetworks, smtpd_banner dan file alias). Tinggal dicari file main.cf-nya saja (biasanya di /etc/postfix/main.cf). Saya juga kurang tahu POP3 dan IMAP yang dipakai apa (Dovecot/Cyrus/Courier-IMAP?)…
Begitu kira-kira…
October 24th, 2006 at 6:57 am
Asfihani said,
October 24, 2006 @ 6:04 am · Edit
6. Why setting up Postfix is So much easier using Postfix Enabler?
Sayang sekali saya tidak ada akses ke mesin MacOs X, jadi kurang tahu apa yang dilakukan oleh si PosfixEnabler ini. Kalau yang sekilas saya baca-baca kelihatanya hanya merubah beberapa parameter di main.cf-nya Postfix yaitu di
tabulasi SendMail (masquerade_domains, relayhost, smtp_sasl_stuff, messag_siz_limit), Mail Server (mydomain, mydestination, mynetworks, smtpd_banner dan file alias). Tinggal dicari file main.cf-nya saja (biasanya di /etc/postfix/main.cf). Saya juga kurang tahu POP3 dan IMAP yang dipakai apa (Dovecot/Cyrus/Courier-IMAP?)…
Begitu kira-kira…
-> Ga boss, kalo package di Mac OS X itu mirip Distro Gobo Linux. Jadi semua binary, etc, dll dipackage dalam satu folder (yang keliatan dimata user sebagai satu file, padahal container), jadi Postfix Enabler juga pada dasarnya ngasih bawaan paket postfix dan etc (main.cf) dll… saya juga ga sempet liat ada apa aja disana, yang jelas pernah buka ya ada postfixnya lagi sendiri.
December 27th, 2006 at 6:01 pm
Apple belom mau masuk pasar korporat karena pasar korporat itu mahal overheadnya dan untungnya kecil, memasukkan perhitungan migrasi dari sistem lama ke sistem baru, training, corporate support dan sebagainya. Mereka lebih mengalokasikan resourcenya ke product development.
Apple tidak akan menjual board lepasan (untuk saat ini) karena mereka melihat mac adalah produk apple. Produk apple diposisikan sebagai karya seni yang personalised – ini brand/product positioning – bukan sekedar komoditi (walau bottom line mereka melihatnya sebagai komoditi). Pasar rumahan / personal memiliki expektasi yang lebih sedikit in term of robustness, tapi mudah dipancing dengan tampilan elegan dan kemudahan penggunaan. Ini untuk mac mini, macbook/ibook, dan imac. Pasar pro, mereka bikin produk untuk pemakai mac umumnya, digital media – yang bisa beli produk mereka dengan harga premium – potong pajak karena untuk usaha. Tapi fokus utama lebih ke pengguna rumahan, lihat iklan apple vs. PC, keynote tentang iTV, dll.
Dan kalau dilihat lagi, model ekonomi mereka adalah US-centric. Dan mereka bikin uang dengan model tersebut. Mereka akan melihat apakah model ekonomi mereka (yang sudah jalan) bisa ditransfer ke negara lain dan dapat untung, daripada melihat alternatif ganti model untuk negara tertentu.
Dengan tidak ada niat mengecilkan Indonesia, kondisi perekonomian dan tata hukum Indonesia – seberapa kayanya negara kita – tidak memungkinkan Apple mendapat pendapatan sampingan di luar product core. Dan Apple tidak hidup dari core product mereka saja. iTunes Shop sumber income significant mereka, yang di Indo mungkin masih nggak mungkin berjalan. Aksesori mungkin nggak laku, karena banyak produk alternatif ditawarkan, mungkin di pinggir jalan dengan harga sangat miring. Mana ada di Indo orang mau keluarin USD50 buat kantong iPod….. Dan yang bikin kantong iPod lokal mana mau bayar license ke Apple.
Di US aja, nggak jarang truk Apple dirampok dijalan. Di Indo? Harus nyewa polisi buat ngawasin truk-truk pengirim kalo mau aman. Biaya lagi tuh…..
Ada kesempatan bisa diraih kalau mau ngetap small businesses. yang bisa dihandle sama private/bukan apple.
Sekedar dua gobang dari saya……
December 30th, 2006 at 8:43 am
Bimo said,
December 27, 2006 @ 6:01 pm · Edit
Apple belom mau masuk pasar korporat karena pasar korporat itu mahal overheadnya dan untungnya kecil, memasukkan perhitungan migrasi dari sistem ake sistem baru, training, corporate support dan sebagainya. Mereka lebih mengalokasikan resourcenya ke product development.
-> Hehehee ga kebalik bos
… dan untuk migration kan sudah saya tulis point diatas ada Apple Global Services. Dimana-mana itu corporate itu adalah big spender, they slow to change, but they have zillions money to throw in your pocket.
December 31st, 2006 at 4:08 pm
Nggak kebalik. Corporate Services itu nggak untung dan biaya overheadnya gede. Gua kerja buat corporate – emang duit yang berputar besar, tapi sangat lambat dibanding percepatan maintaining resources menanggapi permintaan klien yang aneh-aneh. Banyak kemungkinan ketidakpuasan yang bisa menyakiti Apple brand. Resikonya terlalu besar.
January 23rd, 2007 at 1:43 am
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March 27th, 2007 at 3:20 pm
Mr Mac,
saya baru beli keyboard Logitech, dan nggak sangka tombol “insert” (point 4 tulisan lu) sudah hilang diganti dengan delete yang lebih tinggi 2x lipat…..
apa win-vista bakalan nggak pake insert
Aldi
August 31st, 2007 at 10:11 pm
Dude… you are a narcistic guy…… anyway, semua ide di atas cukup biasa kok, nothing special…. so “what this cowboy can bring to the party” ??? nothing new u can bring to the party
August 31st, 2007 at 10:36 pm
# Efendi Chandra Says:
August 31st, 2007 at 10:11 pm e
Dude… you are a narcistic guy…… anyway, semua ide di atas cukup biasa kok, nothing special…. so “what this cowboy can bring to the party†??? nothing new u can bring to the party
=> Much less the reader dude
… salam kenal 
December 19th, 2007 at 8:38 am
Macnoto, gimana progress letter ini?
any comment from apple representative?
mirip kayak a letter to palm, cuma sayang
jawabannya mengecewakan sekali..
moga mac gak seperti palm ya.
December 7th, 2008 at 11:42 am
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February 24th, 2009 at 6:48 am
salam kenal! walau dah rada basi, saya mo tanya niyy ttg yg berikut:
11.Bring Us Back the PowerBook 12†successor… a.k.a MacBook Pro Nano!
The MacBook is nice. It sold millions. But who want to use a joe-or-jane laptops? Nobody. Everybody purchased a MacBook. Some people want something different. Bring us back the aluminium-case MacBook Pro Nano!
Maksud anda itu titanium-case PowerBook macam PB G4 bukan ya? Btw, gw happy tuh pake PBG4 yg gw beli akhir tahun 2001 (mahal bukan main)… slow but extremely reliable. The only thing I had to change/replace is the battery and the power supply. I love my PBG4 as it’s been my trusty and reliable companion over the years, since I was a grad student until now when I have my own business.
March 5th, 2009 at 9:42 am
to Rina:
Yup, powerbook 12″ ok pada masanya, saya punya beberapa unit dulu untuk kerja… bahkan dicustom hack jadi terkenal di komunitas dengan nama PowerBook 12″ Heaven Edition wakakaka… karena dipasangin Dual Layer DVD Drive dan 160GB drive.
Hanya kalo kita ngomong kebutuhan orang IT frontliner, sulit bertahan di mesin dengan platform yang sudah di abandoned oleh vendor. Platform PowerPC is a yesterday toy for Apple. Ga bakal running Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, dan graphics nya slow sekali by today’s standard (it’s a lowly nvidia go FX5200).
Makanya kembali lagi ke kebutuhan masing-masing. kalo untuk penggunaan wifi di hotspot dan kerja word processing dan office sehari-hari, it’s a capable machine. Saran saya ya cuma perlu upgrade mentokin RAM jadi 1.25GB, dan maintain kondisi batere (kalo kurang nampol harus ganti ato punya spare battery). Jalanin Microsoft Office X juga ngacir-ngacir.
Hanya untuk kebutuhan saya coding dan port apps di platform Intel saya sudah ga bisa keep up dengan PowerPC.
Sekarang saya settle dengan custom edition MacBook Aluminium dengan 4gigs memory dan 320GB drive. Well, emang ga sekecil PowerBook 12″, tapi by far it’s the best machine I can get from Apple. Lightweight, thin, and sturdy case…. Thanks to Apple for bringin aluminium body (even better it’s laser cut/engrave product) for masses.
Enjoy your great laptop rina! salam kenal.
June 22nd, 2009 at 3:45 pm
Salut untuk “suara” seorang Adinoto yang bisa vokal!..Sering mendengar kehebatan Mac bagi saya orang awam ini..dan seperti “Untouchable Brand”..Udah diluar negeri, masuk ke emax or mac center lainnya udah ‘kagum’ dengan design dan “kamahalan” yg tercermin..Ga tau nya ada orang Indonesia yang ngobok2 isinya…!!!hehehe salutt…
Salam kenal mas adinoto…
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