berchman wrote:
Not a helpful remark to someone who already has a PC. I bought a Mac in 1994, paying over $2000 for it. By the time I was ready to replace it, it looked as though Apple wasn't going to survive. So I bought a PC. Software that I wanted was available only for PC's, not Macs, especially financial software. Until Windows 7, the operating system was a pain in the ass. But I've had no trouble with Windows 7.
Last year I bought my wife a Macbook Air as a birthday present. She had been using Apple and that's what she wanted. I've tried using it a few times and I don't like it because I don't want to have to learn a whole new operating system. Intuitive it is not. The only reason I bought an iPhone last year instead of an Android is that I judged the pictures were better and the photographic software for it was better.
When someone using a PC asks for help, it is not helpful when an Apple fanboy tells him to get a Mac. I recently watched the documentary on Steve Jobs. He was a truly rotten human being and his name will forever be associated with Apple.
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Oh, please! It's not a "this camp vs. that camp" world. I'm not a fanboy, just a user. I've seen the value of Steve Jobs' products, and his approach in building businesses. Forget the Hollywood version that was designed to sell tickets. Talk to some folks who worked with him (and didn't get fired). He's one of the most influential forces in technology of the last 40 years, and built the most valuable company on earth. A-hole or not, the guy was powerful, and did some pretty remarkable trail blazing!
I use BOTH Windows PCs and Macs, extensively, and have since 1984, back when I was also using an Apple IIe. Actually, I run Win7 on a Mac, both in BootCamp (native PC mode) and in Parallels Desktop virtualization software. I created database solutions for Windows and Mac, on my Mac (in both operating systems), for over a decade. I ran the digital side of a pro photo lab using a mix of Macs and Windows machines.
I can tell you from personal experience as a Systems Manager that Mac support costs are one fourth to one fifth the cost of Windows PCs. If you don't believe me, ask IBM's VP of IT. He's put over 130,000 Apple devices in IBM employees' hands, as of last August, with plans for deployment of up to 200,000 Macs.
http://fortune.com/2015/10/16/apple-ibm-helpdesk/http://www.computerworld.com/article/2956799/computer-hardware/in-a-huge-move-ibm-begins-pitching-apple-macs-for-enterprise-it.htmlThere are certain truths about both platforms that you just cannot fight. You will find that anything iOS (iPhone, iPad, iPod...) works better on the Mac than it does on Windows. Apple has an ecosystem that is designed to work seamlessly, from device to device to device, through Apple iCloud.
There are plenty of other examples for both platforms, which is why I use both. My wife and I are both cross-platform workers, and compare notes regularly. She, like me, has been frustrated with the iOS connectivity to Windows by comparison with the Mac. Because they control the hardware and the software and the ecosystem around them, Apple can make it all work. They do have their "Uh-Oh!" moments, like anyone else, but the long term trend is that it all just works.