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Originally Posted by vraiblonde  Macs suck because they don't play nicely with others. The elitist snobs of the computer world, disdainfully sipping their cognac and listening to Mozart, looking down on the little people while the rest of the world is drinking beer and playing Rock Band. |
Warning: Some of this is a rant.
That's not so much true anymore. Macs are now much more compatible with the PC/Windows world. Beyond specific application compatibility, you can run Windows on top of the Mas OS, and you can even run Windows as the native OS on a Mac.
The reason Macs haven't played well with the Windows world in the past is, well, because Windows is junk - it always has been. It has so many design and execution problems, not to mention having to deal with viruses and such. It's just crap. I know, I have 2 Compaqs, 1 HP and 1 Apple laptop. When I'm mobile and using the Apple laptop, it's like night and day. It just works. Apps don't freeze up, stuff doesn't just happen for no apparent reason. At some point I'll stop being complacent and just make the conversion to Apple for all of my computing needs. Working in the Windows world, and not being a computer person (meaning I've never bothered to develop a vast understanding of what underlies the computer's operation, I'm not a programmer, or support person, or tech person) is very frustrating.
PCs are more for people who want to be able to get under the hood and mess with stuff - fix things - for people that kinda want little things to go wrong so they can figure out how to fix it. If you want to have to know what's going on under the hood, and get a little grease on your hands from time to time - then the PC world suits you. Macs are for people that just want things to work - the same every time. They want to get in the car, start it up, and go where they want to go. They don't care about what is going on under the hood, they just don't want to ever have to know about it or fiddle with it. In some aspects of life, I want to know what's going on under the hood - but with this particular tool, I just want it to work - predictably and reliably. I know 2 people who are tech/support types and they both tell me, thank god for Microsoft. Its fouled-up-ed-ness has created an entire industry that isn't nearly as needed in the Mac world.
Microsoft had one stroke of genius in its history. They have rode and leveraged that one stroke of genius ever since, in order to make themselves the dominant force in the computer world. As a company, they are complacent, they don't create an environment in which 'getting it right' is emphasized, and they aren't' the least bit innovative. They've ridden on their past for decades now, and that shows through in their products. Their dominance, and failure to live up to the level of competence needed from someone in that position, has effectively stifled the computer world. They have held that world hostage for quite some time. I'm not suggesting that they haven't had the right to - just pointing out what they've done. They earned the right to do what they did, by positioning themselves correctly to begin with.
All that said, it may well still be the case that Macs wouldn't serve your particular needs.
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