“Go ahead, buy Microsoft”
Microsoft is in your lovely Mac.
And maybe I’m slow on the uptake, but Microsoft is not a computer maker.
Thats the great thing about PC’s. You can run whatever you want in them.
Tell me again why Mac is superior to PC?
“Faulty history, MS Word first went WYSIWYG on the Mac in 1985 and from then on reigned as the preferred word processor for the Mac. Before that it was by no means a superior DOS product. It didn’t even hit Windows until years later.”
From 1997 MacExpo
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Apple_Inc.
“If we want to move forward and see Apple healthy and prospering again, we have to let go of a few things here. We have to let go of this notion that for Apple to win, Microsoft has to lose. We have to embrace a notion that for Apple to win, Apple has to do a really good job. And if others are going to help us that’s great, because we need all the help we can get, and if we screw up and we don’t do a good job, it’s not somebody else’s fault, it’s our fault. So I think that is a very important perspective. If we want Microsoft Office on the Mac, we better treat the company that puts it out with a little bit of gratitude; we like their software. “
“Duh, the first iPods were Mac-only. I don’t buy PC-only products for my Mac, and I don’t buy Mac-only products for my PC. What a concept.”
The Shuffle was sold as PC compatible. Problem was, you were forced to enroll in all of Apples spy crap, forced to register all of your current content, and were manged into the iTunes store. Yes, you could disable this... EVERYTIME you plugged in your device, but then it would force you to reinstall the stuff again, if your device was plugged in. Typical Apple nonsense.
“Bill Gates is a big lefty too”
Yup, but Microsoft is not listed as the 2nd most liberal company in the United States, and once again, Microsoft doesn’t make PC’s. In any event, two wrongs don’t make a right. Comparing your favorite company with another company to justify its actions is a bit over the top.
From your own link which is unsourced for that claim about Apple being the second most liberal company in the US, which I cannot find back up data for or a primary source for:
"But that's only part of the story — note that 100 per cent of Apple-sourced political contributions came from individuals, and 90 per cent of Google's donations came from private citizens who happen to work for that company.
The chart on your link shows that, in four years (which included the last Presidential election), Apple, the corporation, gave ZERO dollars to political causes or politicians, but identifiable, individual Apple employees, including Steve Jobs, donated a whopping total of $368,397, 90% of which did go to Democrats. On the other hand, during the same period, Microsoft gave Democrats $4,891,800—while only giving Republicans $2,824,000 (a $2 million negative difference)—most (63%) of which came from the company! A fact which supports exactly what I told you earlier in this thread.
Money spent with Microsoft supports far more liberal causes and politicians than money spent with Apple by a factor of almost 15 to 1!!! That makes your claim that Apple is the worst place to spend your conservative computer dollars hypocrisy if your sole criterion is political donations! Microsoft, even adjusted for Republican donations, is far worse.
Incidentally, Steve Jobs last political contribution was made in 2004.
And Mac is in your Microsoft. Apple and Microsoft have a business relationship. They compete where necessary for individual profit, and cooperate where necessary for mutual profit. That's called being a company, not driven by hatred for a company. Microsoft made a LOT of money selling Word on the Mac.
And maybe I’m slow on the uptake, but Microsoft is not a computer maker.
I'll bet you're running Windows.
The Shuffle was sold as PC compatible. Problem was, you were forced to enroll in all of Apples spy crap, forced to register all of your current content, and were manged into the iTunes store.
One, the Shuffle was not one of the first iPods. Two, you did not have to register your current content. Three, contrary to your claim it did work with your PC. Four, you do not have to buy content from the Apple Store. I have Amazon MP3 content in my iTunes right now.
But, true, iTunes is not the greatest of Apple's apps. It need a complete redesign as it's grown far beyond its original music manager functionality.
Yup, but Microsoft is not listed as the 2nd most liberal company in the United States
They're probably separating out Gates' giving billions to the likes of Planned Parenthood through his foundation. In any case my point stands, most tech companies are lefty. It is unfair to say you won't use one because it's lefty. Did you know HP was one of the leaders in gay "rights" in business?