Vision of the future (By Microsoft not raaaid)

[Sternjaeger II]

Originally Posted by swiss

Let's put it this way: The average Apple consumer spends about $2500 to read his email, watch youtube and listen to mp3s.

That is a very sad and narrow view I'm afraid, Apple is used by professionals that work with photography and graphic design, musicians, engineers and even common users, who rely on two things: hassle free and simplicity of use.

Now, the point I don't get is:
Everybody praises Apple for being so super easy to operate - what are these things that were so super shitty MS-style difficult?
I am dead serious about this question, I really don't know, never had any problems and the only BSODS I had were provoked due to OC'ing or installing incompatible HW.

Have you ever actually owned and used an Apple computer? They simply work, no matter what you plug to it (unless it's deliberately not supporting Apple, like Dell crap peripherals), it will look for drivers and work in no time, even making up drivers for stuff that is not present! It's less susceptible to viruses, there's less possibility of damaging the OS by installing malicious software, the benchmarks of Apple hardware are superior (Windows XP on my Mac runs and performs better than on the equivalent PC platform!), they look less clunky and above all they receive continuous updates and improve performance and compatibility, introducing revolutionary technology (think of AirPlay for instance) and enlarging the experience like nobody else does.

Yes, they're not always cheap, but you can get stuff at 0% interest rate in 1 year payments and receive 1 year full warranty, which you can extend to 3 years for little money.

All of this pays you back with an incredible longevity.

Yes, they're not the ideal platform to play (although I run IL-2 1946 perfectly on mine), but that's only because most software houses don't bother to develop games for Macs. Fortunately in a few years' time we'll have cloud gaming, and that will put the word end to the Micro$oft dominion in the world of gaming.