They forgot “you’ll have to give up on gaming forever.”
That’s why a desktop running Linux on one hard drive/partition and Windows on t’other (just for gaming) is the best rig. :-)
How often do Apple fans mention that Apple DID NOT invent the GUI, that Apple made major blunders throughout the 80s and 90s that put them in a distant second (it wasn’t mean ol’ MS), and that Apple would be a footnote in computer history right now had MicroSoft not bailed them out when Steve Jobs came back? Not that I have any animosity either way, I actually think the Windows/Mac wars are stupid. I just think that Apple constantly gets a pass on valid criticism from its rabid fanbase.
More myth. Microsoft did NOT bail out Apple when Steve Jobs came back.
In late 1997, Microsoft bought $150,000,000 of non-voting three year restricted, preferred Apple stock as part of a lawsuit settlement that MS essentially lost.
According to the settlement's three interlocking agreements, signed by Apple and Microsoft, instead of going to trial, losing and paying a major financial penalty, Microsoft capitulated and would:
On Apple's part, the agreements specified that Apple would:
At the time of the purchase, although they had posted a single quarter $67 million dollar loss, Apple was not in danger of going under. Apple had already posted a small profit in the most recent quarter and had $1.4 BILLION dollars in cash in the bank and in short term liquid assets. Ergo, it was not a bail-out. The myth that it was, was started about a year later by Microsoft. Microsoft, after the three year restriction on the stock was lifted, sold the stock for about $700 million... a nice profit.
After the five years of the agreements were over, Microsoft dropped support for Internet Explorer for Mac and Apple stopped shipping it with their New OS X computers.
These agreements have long since been made public and you can find them on the internet and read them.
Why? There are many games available on Mac... and the Mac will also run all Windows games as well as 95% of all Windows machines except extreme gaming rigs that have real high-end graphic cards.
The story of Apple gaining inspiration from Xerox is recounted on every Mac thread, including this one.
that Apple made major blunders throughout the 80s and 90s that put them in a distant second (it wasn’t mean ol’ MS)
Even the most die-hard Mac fan will tell you that the '90s were a pretty dark time for Apple. The Mac era can be divided into two epochs: AS (Anno Steve) and BS (Between Steve). But even at that time, the Mac was a better mousetrap. Apple failed to continue innovating, and allowed Windows (which wasn't better than barely usable until Win98 at the earliest) to come close to catching up.
and that Apple would be a footnote in computer history right now had MicroSoft not bailed them out when Steve Jobs came back?
Microsoft didn't bail out jack squat. M$ bought 150M in non-voting stock, which it subsequently sold at a healthy profit, and promised to continue developing Office for Mac (a profitable line for them). In exchange, Apple settled several pending intellectual property lawsuits.
Apple had $2 billion cash on hand at the time; Microsoft's $150B wasn't a "bailout" by any stretch of the imagination. Far more important was the symbolic value of Office availability and Gates' backing of the Mac, which helped with the widespread FUD that Apple was about to tank.
Not that I have any animosity either way, I actually think the Windows/Mac wars are stupid. I just think that Apple constantly gets a pass on valid criticism from its rabid fanbase.
I have no problem with valid criticism. What you've offered is a hodgepodge of standard-issue urban legends about Apple.