See...that is not the case for me. For what I use my computers for, neither really 'just works' (they just require different kinds of coddling) and neither really does things much better than the other. So, in my opinion, Macs are not worth the extra money since the experience is the same.
Hell there are things about OS X that drive me absolutely bonkers (such as not being able to list the the contents of a folder so sub-solders appear above files). I cannot, right now, think of one thing about Windows that consistently drives me nuts. (though I am sure given enough time, I could). To put that another way, when I am using my work (Windows) computer, I have yet to say, 'This would have been so much easier (or better) if I could do it on a Mac'. There have been times, though, where I wished OS X was a bit more like Windows - like every time I need to open or save a file and I have sub-folders and files intermixed in the list). On Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 11:48 AM, Larry C. Lyons <larrycly...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Another generalized comment. One of the reasons why we chose Macs for > HCRI was that they simply worked, and did not get in the way of the > person trying to do that work. That's the same reason why I use CF > rather than PHP for instance. > > 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:343368 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
