Switch From Microsoft to Apple?
We've been using MS computers for 18 years now, but I'm thinking of switching to Apple. The reason is I get so many confusing software updates & problems. For instance, MS recently wanted to install...
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I have been using Micrsofts operating systems since DOS 1.0 in 1982 and over the years any gains in functionality have come at the expense of reliability. Microsoft's operating systems are so easy to hack that the company stayed with Linux servers for its own corporate email for many years. They did not trust their own software.
Windows is defective at its core and so Microsoft has over the years added layer after layer to preserve the core and this has added a great deal of unnecessary complexity that makes corporate IT support a nightmare. But like the Stokholm effective for captives of kidnappers, people who have spend years dealing with Microsoft's products and becoming expert and "gurus" in some cases, are reluctant to give up their status and will protect their baby even if it is ugly.
Microsoft's pricing is based on the monoploy it enjoys. Microsoft was charging IBM and Dell for Windows licenses even on machines that they shipped with Linux or OS/2 installed instead. This is not a company whose upper management has any sense of ethics.
Windows is defective at its core and so Microsoft has over the years added layer after layer to preserve the core and this has added a great deal of unnecessary complexity that makes corporate IT support a nightmare. But like the Stokholm effective for captives of kidnappers, people who have spend years dealing with Microsoft's products and becoming expert and "gurus" in some cases, are reluctant to give up their status and will protect their baby even if it is ugly.
Microsoft's pricing is based on the monoploy it enjoys. Microsoft was charging IBM and Dell for Windows licenses even on machines that they shipped with Linux or OS/2 installed instead. This is not a company whose upper management has any sense of ethics.
