[Sca-cooks] OT OT OT Apple Computers, was: [SCA-Cooks} recognition

[Philip & Susan Troy]

Sue Clemenger wrote:

> Oh, lord no...apple computers...blech, ptui.....


So what exactly is the problem with Apple computers? Discounting non-Mac
prototypes such as the Apple II and the Lisa, could it be their
consistent habit (for going on seventeen years) of releasing OS's
critically adjudged superior to their major competition, generally a
year or so before said competition comes out with an inferior version
[critically adjudged] of that same OS? Could it be that it has taken
Apple sixteen of those seventeen years to finally come up with an OS
that is simply a GUI sitting on top of a command-line-based OS, instead
of a stand-alone OS, only to have their major competition come out with
a critically adjudged inferior version of even that, and a year later,
as well? And this after just recently finally breaking free of their old
GUI-on-top-of-command-line format?

Wait. Could it be problems with number-crunching? Nope, that problem
hasn't existed in years.

Hmmm. Could it be processor performance? Nope, again, that hasn't been
an issue for years. In fact, the reverse is generally true, even in
cases of bench-testing G4's against Pentium 10 Billions running at
higher megaherz speeds.

Graphics? Bwahahahaha!!!!!! Giggle. Snort.

Price? There, you got me. Better machines are generally more expensive.
Although iBooks, generally, are not significantly more expensive,
compared to the competition. Which is probably why, when you get down to
it, Misha's school uses them. Also, since the inside of an Apple
computer now looks pretty much like the inside of a PC, in re
expandability and repair issues, not to mention price structure, these
issues are rapidly vanishing.

So, could it simply be that Apple, admittedly committor of some bad
business moves, is guilty of promoting a product that fails to conform
to the standards set by Certain Large, Monopolistic Corporations, and
that people forced to use the competition are irritated by a lack of
conformity in operation?* And that this leads them to actually prefer
the more common product, even though it is almost universally inferior?

    * It should be noted that the Apple platform, overall, has
consistently bent over backwards to accomodate file types favored by the
competition, presumably to get a bigger piece of the market, but also
because it is both necessary and, simply, a Good Thing, while the
competition has done very nearly nothing to cross platforms, because
They Don't Have To. A significant chunk of my e-mail is from people
sending me attachments, asking me to translate files for them, so their
PC can talk to someone else's PC, and I don't even own a PC.

> XvLoverCrimvX at aol.com wrote:
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>>Henrico, Va is correct. Do you work for the dreaded Apple company who gave us
>>the stupid iBooks?
>>
>>Misha
>>Who's getting his spit ready for roast Apple employees.  (Hey, OBFC).

Misha, a computer is a tool. You're the craftsman. As Windoze
enthusiasts (a truly unfortunate species: I mean the people who actually
like it, as opposed to merely tolerating it) are fond of saying, "Adapt
or die." You learn to use the similarities and take note of the
differences. On those occasions when I'm forced to wash Windoze, I adapt
with little or no drop in effectiveness, even though my constant mantra
is, "whythehelldidthoseidiotsdesignthisthisway???"

Adamantius, who liked Windows 95 better when it Mac System 6,
Windows 98 better when it was Mac System 7,
Windows 2000 when it was Mac OS 8,
but who uses Mac OS 9 and Linux because he liked Mac OS X _and_ Windows
XP better when they were a particularly bad flavor of Unix with a bad
GUI. Oh, wait... they still are.

--
Phil & Susan Troy

troy at asan.com