For some of us, Bill Gates might as well be Satan. I hate Microsoft with a passion. I remember when I first switched from Windows to an iMac. The list of terms and conditions for Apple was reasonably brief and made perfect sense. Things like, you can’t steal their intellectual property. I went back and re-read the Microsoft terms and conditions for contrast. It went on forever with all manner of “sell your first born children” totalitarian conditions.
No thank you.
For those of us that detest Microsoft like the plague and can’t do Linux, it doesn’t leave much choice.
In fact, I would say the single only downside with Apple is the cost — which also includes all the proprietary devices you have to buy from apple due to the lack of 3rd party support.
What do I get for all that money? I get machines that work exactly as planned almost forever without fail. I get reasonably bug-free software that works wonderfully. The only thing I hate about Apple is the constant updates. I really wish they would get on a monthly update schedule instead of pushing updates every week. Drives me insane. But I just ignore them, so whatever.
Bill Gates is sinister evil, Satan personified. I hate him and I hate his lousy products.
Hence, Apple. I am extremely pleased with Apple products. I have gone all in — workstation, laptop, tablet, and phone — and I will never go back. Never.
Microsoft is Hilary Clinton, Karl Marx, and Adolph Hitler all rolled into one. Puke.
Yeah i don’t liek the terms either- which is one reason i won’t use windows 10- sticking with windows 7 (Which isn’t much better in their terms admittedly)- and going to using a sandbox to keep the system secure-
I have windows programs I use- like photoshop, which i’ve already paid an arm and leg for- and steam app etc- that i keep the windows for- (I dual boot- linux is my main os- windows 7 secondary one, only when i need to use photoshop or want to play a game) I’ve tried using wine to use windows apps on linux- but wine isn’t that great- programs work kinda wonky if at all- so i stick with windows- but now mostly only use linux- as i don’t do much on computers these days really- just basic online stuff, email, sometimes photoshop games etc- so my needs aren’t that great for computing-
Windows sucks in regards to their terms- i agree- I did mostly transition away from it- but there are things you can do to use older versions and still be safe online, like using sandbox- or virtual machine- and using the older versions gives you a lot of control over it unlike windows 10 where they phone home without your consent- (I suppose 7 does to to a certain degree- but my aren’t they disappointed when all they see for my online activity is Free Republic lol)
[[only thing I hate about Apple is the constant updates. I really wish they would get on a monthly update schedule instead of pushing updates every week. Drives me insane.]]
One question- can you set it to manual update like you can in windows 7? That way you coudl put off for a few weeks- you’d just have to remember to update-
apple is Chairman Mao communists partnered with “Thimmy the Homo” who once said “homosexuals are God’s special people”.
Now THAT is pure satanic evil!