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| | Vista versus Leopard They both stink in the sense that they are usable within limits but this many years after the GUI revolution they both still have a cheese like reek that disguises feature bloat as usability improvements, and a one way user interface (my way or the highway). Linux distros are even worse, unless you were born with a propeller implanted in your skull. The Apple OS basks in the myth of usability (it is no less arbitrary in its design choices than Microsoft products), stability and security (count the patches issued last year for Apple versus Microsoft). Despite its mythci caches it is jaw dropping how Apple's marketing and product design concentrates on just sweeping off the crumbs from Microsoft's banquet table: individual users, maybe a teensy home network, people who unitask with limited needs. Apple is selling record numbers of computers in a teensy percentage niche that is not growing. Apple does not compete, has no real product or presence, in the enterprise sector where the real computer market is. There is not even an Office product that comptes with Office, the Mac version being woefully second tier (but a new version promised for the second half of some year to come). A few small businesses may be able to run on Apple software but it is difficult and much more costly than Wintel options. I am in a common business and there is not a single viable Apple OS product available for managing that business. (My vendor explicity warns not to use Vista and has no stated plans to upgrade to Vista). I wonder what software really runs the networks inside Apple itself. I doubt there own product is capable. Apple does not market the OS to all comers although it now runs on x86 hardware. This is not rational. It may be the least rational business decision in the history of capitalism One has to wonder how much the cash infusion Microsoft made into Apple a few years ago has to do with it . . . . |
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| | Re: Vista versus Leopard Still thinking along the lines of RISC based chipsets? Apple sux. The most proprietary, user unfriendly, over priced doorstops on the planet. Take the iPhone for example, every update ruins the possibility of actually using it as a worthwhile gadget. They went out of their way to make this device work with nothing but their proprietary lame iTunes. That interface looks like the same old tired Apple OS and is just about as intuitive. Says it should do something but unless you pay their toll trolls won't really do jack. Another expensive doorstop. One of these days I am going to duct tape it to a bat and go to a batting cage with it. Likely the one upgrade that finally fixes it. And talk about a really lame text dictionary, my Razor was 10x better and more useful. I got my iPhone as a gift and I use its features rarely simply because it is blocked from being PC friendly. Apple is the seriously dark side in electronic design. "flambe" <fac187@xxxxxx> wrote in message news jdgj.86373$YL5.26179@xxxxxxQuote: > They both stink in the sense that they are usable within limits but this > many years after the GUI revolution they both still have a cheese like > reek that disguises feature bloat as usability improvements, and a one way > user interface (my way or the highway). > Linux distros are even worse, unless you were born with a propeller > implanted in your skull. > The Apple OS basks in the myth of usability (it is no less arbitrary in > its design choices than Microsoft products), stability and security (count > the patches issued last year for Apple versus Microsoft). > Despite its mythci caches it is jaw dropping how Apple's marketing and > product design concentrates on just sweeping off the crumbs from > Microsoft's banquet table: individual users, maybe a teensy home network, > people who unitask with limited needs. Apple is selling record numbers of > computers in a teensy percentage niche that is not growing. > Apple does not compete, has no real product or presence, in the enterprise > sector where the real computer market is. There is not even an Office > product that comptes with Office, the Mac version being woefully second > tier (but a new version promised for the second half of some year to > come). > A few small businesses may be able to run on Apple software but it is > difficult and much more costly than Wintel options. I am in a common > business and there is not a single viable Apple OS product available for > managing that business. > (My vendor explicity warns not to use Vista and has no stated plans to > upgrade to Vista). > I wonder what software really runs the networks inside Apple itself. I > doubt there own product is capable. > Apple does not market the OS to all comers although it now runs on x86 > hardware. This is not rational. It may be the least rational business > decision in the history of capitalism > One has to wonder how much the cash infusion Microsoft made into Apple a > few years ago has to do with it . . . . > > > |
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| | Re: Vista versus Leopard Hi, I have to disagree that Mac sux, as it has its own good and bad. Vista as well has its own good and bads. You can see a lot of this by looking at full details comparisons like the one found at 'Mac OSX Tiger/Leopard VS Microsoft Windows Vista' (http://itcomparison.com/OS/MacvsVista/macvsvista.htm) Enjoy, VMguru007 -- vmguru007 Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com |
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