What matters to me is individual cases...more precisely, my individual cases. My experience has shown me that Macs are not worth the extra money, nor have they been more reliable. If I bought a Honda that turned out to be a lemon, or even required more maintenance than other cars I have owned, odds are, I would nto buy a Honda again, regardless of how reliable other studies may show them to be.
I don't think I am in the minority by putting my personal experience with a product ahead of any studies that may have been done. On Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 11:44 AM, Larry C. Lyons <larrycly...@gmail.com> wrote: > > You are arguing individual cases rather than numbers. Year after year, > the Mac lineup are rated the most reliable systems well beyond Dell > and other PC brands. Case studies are interesting but they do not tell > much other than the individual experience. > > On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 11:37 PM, Scott Stroz <boyz...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> As for his arrogance, I can sum up how I got that in one sentence: >> "You're holding it wrong" - which was Jobs' reply to people who >> complained about dropped calls and antenna problems with the iPhone 4. >> >> My MacBook Pro has been very reliable. However, it has not been more >> reliable than any other computer I have owned. As a matter of fact, it >> has been less so. Two years ago the video card on my MBP needed to be >> replaced - it was only about a year old at that point. I owned >> several Dells before that and never had any problems with them - >> matter of fact one of them still functions as my 'media server' >> running Linux. >> >> Maybe snake oil salesman is not the best analogy. Cult leader might be >> more fitting. Brain washer, maybe. He convinced millions of people >> they _needed_ his over priced gadgets - myself included. >> >> On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 9:27 PM, Maureen <mamamaur...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> I would disagree. Snake oil salesmen sell products that don't work. One of >>> the main reasons I buy Apple products is that they are reliable. They do >>> what they are designed to and do it well. If other computer manufacturers >>> want to emulate Jobs, that quality is what they should strive for. >>> >>> I'm saying this after a month of dealing with the failure of every computer >>> in my office EXCEPT the Macs. >>> >>> I also liked Jobs as a person. I found him generous, soft-spoken, extremely >>> intelligent and always willing to listen. Not arrogant at all, so I don't >>> know where you get your opinion of him. >>> >>> On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 5:56 PM, Scott Stroz <boyz...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Jobs did not bring technology to the average person. He convinced the >>>> average person they should buy his over priced gadgets. He was more of >>>> a snake oil salesman than anything else. >>>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:343367 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
