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Originally Posted by Harmon
Um...the problem is that the competing products are not "better." The reason I respond with the slogan is not the marketing - it is that the slogan is correct.
I've used "competing" products at work for over 25 years, and Apple products at home for 20. I've learned two things from this experience:
1. The Apple products are ALWAYS easier to use than the PC products.
2. The Apple products ALWAYS cost more than the PC products, at least in the short run.
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OK, I promised myself I'd stay out of this but can you put a big YOUR MILEAGE MAY VARY sign on this post because it
sounds like you're taking the fact that
you think Apple products are easier to use and you're extrapolating from that that therefore they
are easier to use [objectively, for everyone].
I may be a freak, but I do *not* find Apply products easy to use. When I went shopping for a smartphone, I sampled the iPhone and the Android Captivate at the same time, with zero previous exposure to either. I found the android system easy and intuitive and I thought the Apple phone was confusing and frustrating. (Partly from the lack of buttons -- the system/options menu on the Android phone makes perfect sense to me.)
I also vastly prefer Windows OS to Apple iOS, and yes, I've used both. When I was a kid, we owned a Mac for years, long before we owned Windows, in fact.
So please do not think that just because Apple is easier for
you that it is therefore easier for everyone.
