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Originally Posted by kacir
If I was a shareholder, I would LOVE the guy. I would be rich enough to be able to afford an Apple computer ;-)
I am, however, a mercenary - technician that has to fight with many of their systems.
I am also a corporate user that has to fight the bloody Ribbon interface.
I am also a customer that purchased a notebook and got Windows 8 rammed down my throat.
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Good points --
1. To afford a very mediocre Apple computer, you need to get a second mortgage
2. To get a technician capable of dealing with Apple products should you happen not to live in a great metropolis but instead in rural America, you have to travel great distances, go to places like Best Buy who give anyone who can walk the name technician, or hope that an Apple store will be able to deal remotely with the problem
3. Microsoft shoves the ribbon on you and Apple shoves its own designs on you. Try asking Apple for a customized operating system feature just for your company.
4. You got Win 8 rammed down your throat but had you bought Apple, what choices would you have had? I have no doubt Apple would let you pick and choose among operating systems to your heart's content. Unhappy with Win 8? Buy an Apple.
Personally, the best feature about Microsoft and the worst feature about Apple is that with Microsoft there is component competition so I was able to custom build my computers to meet my needs. In addition, other than the OS, I had a very wide variety of software choices. Apple, on the other hand, tells me what hardware I can buy -- overpriced and of mediocre quality but guaranteed to add to Apple's cash reserves -- and software choices are limited.
The second best feature of Microsoft is that its products are widely used so that even in rural America I can get professional help with any hardware or software problem. Too bad Apple doesn't offer the same network outside of Apple itself.
I find it interesting that people are willing to be dictated to by Apple but complain about Microsoft for doing the same. I buy a computer for its functionality, not because it comes in tangerine color.