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Originally Posted by SawTooTH
I have one at work and its shite. Ive been using them for almost 10 years and they are not easy to use in my line of work.
Most applications are developed for PCs. I think XP with all the service packs is as stable as old boots, runs faster and is compatible with, well a few million more programs that can run on an apple...including emulation...a joke if you've ever tried to run scientific programs on one.
So I have a fairly balanced view of them. I see them as style over substance. looks nice in the home but what would you run on them..oh i Tunes.. I have a PC that does that better and plays all formats...hmm
I wouldn't buy one.
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The thing is, it sounds to me you're saying this coming from someone who knows how to use a computer well. I know how to use a machine well and I have zero problems with XP. However when people get viruses, spyware or just don't know how to use there computer I don't think they're stupid I think XP hasn't been designed well enough for them. I think we need to shake off this attitude that people should bend to the computer, computers should be designed with HUMAN BEINGS in mind, not IT nerds. In my experience Apple products do this - sure they're very stylish which is very irritating but besides that they're just designed better.
It sounds like you're doing some fairly specialised work on your system and fair enough, that precludes you from ever using a mac but the VAST majority of computer users just want to browse the web, receive emails, fiddle with photos, listen to music etc. For those people, a Mac is *far* more suitable.