Posted by jimg.allentown on November 14, 2013 at 08:36:10 from (98.115.105.174):
In Reply to: Re: OT Windows 8 posted by Dean on November 14, 2013 at 07:32:06:
There is a reason that Apple holds only about 5% of the PC market. If it were not for their other products (tablets, ipod, phones, etc) they would have already been out of business. Years ago, I went into an Apple store (when they had stores), and was "greeted" by a snooty butler in a Brooks Brothers suit looking down his nose and asking me if he could "help me" in his most condescending tone of voice. Soured me enough to walk out of the store and not return. A bit of observation: Apple had the attitude that even after you paid over twice the price of a PC, they retained ownership of YOUR machine. You were not allowed to open the case, or to do any upgrading yourself. Obviously, we consumers are not intelligent enough to see the inside of the machine - according to Apple. I also observed that Apple machines cost significantly more than competing machines.
What made the IBM compatible the "king of the hill?" The ability to make the machine anything you needed. The ultimate in configurability. Interchangeable and open standard peripherals.
And as to vulnerability to crashes and viruses, may I point to OS9 in the Macintosh? It crashed more than any Windows version to date. Virus makers are basically electronic terrorists. As such, they attack the MAJORITY computers. Why waste time writing a virus that would only affect 5% of the computing public when you can write the same virus and affect 95% of the computing public?
And along comes viruses for the iPhones. Why? Because they are currently the majority of "smart" phones.
For me, I will stick with WinTel machines and a good anti-virus program.
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