After reading the many replies sent regarding this piece of news.
I have come to a conclusion that 90% + of apple fanatics are self centered
and hate another company based on assumptions of ads?
The apple ads truly depict its user base. (self centered, biased etc)
Some of you hate microsoft for no reason, point blank vista is one heck of a operating system and the whole gui with windows and glass effect depicting real life objects is to truly say WOW at.
I have just as many complaints about Apple as I have about Microsoft. But, I divide my complaints fairly and give them each credit for their mess-ups.
Apple's OS X interface is a bit dated and a bit depressing looking. It really could use some color, and a bit of a refresh. I actually preferred the original OS X interface in OS 10.0 to the current one. It felt brighter and livelier. And, I've sent messages to Apple requesting them to refresh the OS X interface and get rid of all the brushed metal, and drab looking Finder and application windows. Over-all, I find that the brushed-metal look is just too depressing looking. But, Apple is slowly addressing that, and just taking too long to get it done. I don't really care for "Unified" either. But, it's an improvement. Hopefully they'll do a little dress-up.
I have found Microsoft's user Interface to be much more pleasant since XP. And, I really actually prefer their user interface. So, I give them credit for that.
I don't like the way that every single Application on my Windows system always has some piece of it running in the background. I prefer the either it's open or it's closed approach (like OS X).
And, I do prefer the applications on OS X. Generally, the only complaint I have about the Mac is it's user interface. I think they could learn a little from Microsoft in that area.
But, in almost every other area, I find that I prefer OS X. I like the stability of OS X, I like the way it's programs work. The thing I like most, is how the programs are self contained and that all of their files generally reside within a single folder (the application's icon). So, I never have to go searching around my drive to find the hidden pieces when something goes wrong.
With Windows, I've got some programs that have 3 difference versions of a Visual Basic Run-Time module scattered around 5 or 6 locations and some setting that is hidden in the program's code that determines which one gets preference. But, when something goes wrong, I have to go searching and looking for the various run-time modules and DLL files and play swap around with them until it works.
With OS X, I'd just delete the Application's icon, and drag a new copy back and it would be a fresh setup. With Windows, I have to try and locate all the scattered pieces and get rid of them. Otherwise, my future install attempts are sabotaged by the remains from the previous attempts. I've got a couple of programs I've been going round and round with for 6 months now since they stopped working one day.
With OS X, I can usually just delete the preference file, and that's generally enough to fix things. If that doesn't work, I just copy a fresh copy of the program onto my hard drive and it replaces the entire installation from the previous install. No hunting and searching, and experimenting, and so on. No manual repairs.
So, they both have their strong points. They both have their shortcomings. And, I will criticize Apple just as fast as I'll criticize Microsoft. I just don't fault one simply because I prefer the other.
If someone came around and did what each one did best and left out the stuff that they can't get right, then we'd really have something.
There are some fans out there that will stand up for Apple even if Apple lit the fuse that blew-up their own company. But, that's not everyone.
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