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Is Microsoft really that bad?
I can't help noticing that any Mac OS X versus Windows controversy
or, by extrapolating, Microsoft versus Apple discussion reaches a point
in which the Apple fans start claiming that, without
any doubts, iPod's fathers are more creative and innovative than
Windows' creators.
I wonder, aside from the iPod, which is an indisputable success, what
other innovation has Apple come up with since the invention of the
famous wheel? (not to mention that apparently Creative and Microsoft
had something to do with it as well).
I don't argue that Mac OS X runs beautifully on Macs, but from that
point of view, it cannot be compared with Windows, which, despite all
of its flaws, is able to run on PCs made up of really cheap components.
Apple produced the iPod, and Mac fans will have to forgive me for
saying that since then, the Cupertino company has been feeding on
iPod's success. For example, would the Mac OS X 10.5 have enjoyed the
same success if the iPod hadn't been such a hit?
What would Windows users think if Microsoft said: "Do you want a PC
that runs Windows smoothly? Then you have to purchase an Intel
processor, an ATI video card, a Gigabyte motherboard and Samsung memory
modules!"
And still, there are some people who think that Apple has no idea what
monopoly means!
I can't help noticing that any Mac OS X versus Windows controversy
or, by extrapolating, Microsoft versus Apple discussion reaches a point
in which the Apple fans start claiming that, without
any doubts, iPod's fathers are more creative and innovative than
Windows' creators.
I wonder, aside from the iPod, which is an indisputable success, what
other innovation has Apple come up with since the invention of the
famous wheel? (not to mention that apparently Creative and Microsoft
had something to do with it as well).
I don't argue that Mac OS X runs beautifully on Macs, but from that
point of view, it cannot be compared with Windows, which, despite all
of its flaws, is able to run on PCs made up of really cheap components.
Apple produced the iPod, and Mac fans will have to forgive me for
saying that since then, the Cupertino company has been feeding on
iPod's success. For example, would the Mac OS X 10.5 have enjoyed the
same success if the iPod hadn't been such a hit?
What would Windows users think if Microsoft said: "Do you want a PC
that runs Windows smoothly? Then you have to purchase an Intel
processor, an ATI video card, a Gigabyte motherboard and Samsung memory
modules!"
And still, there are some people who think that Apple has no idea what
monopoly means!