And the classic "sure Microsoft copies, but Apple does too" response is not what I'm looking for (the classic easy way out).
Still holds true.
wtfCoverflow -> Xbox Live
Natal is not even close to the Wii. Their target might be the same (and even that's debatable) but they are completely different technologies.Wii -> Natal
Package manager -> Any App Store -> Windows Mobile Store. The difference is Apple found a way to milk the concept as well.iTunes App Store -> Windows Mobile Store
You can compare the early days of .mac and iTools to the first days if The Microsoft Network. Tip: MSN came years earlier.MobileMe -> My Phone
Oh god I lol'd. Different operating systems based on entirely different technologies. Yes, Apple sued MS for copying the GUI, but then again, Apple didn't invent that either.Mac -> Windows
Do elaborate, for the sake of discussion. This only obvious thing here is that companies compete by following the same trends. Saying that Microsoft is not original is just your opinion, sorry.The list goes on and on and on, but I don't care to spend more of my time proving the obvious.
I'm not sure about the story behind the 360 avatars and soapboax so I'll have to give this to you.iPod -> Zune
Mii -> 360 avatars
YouTube -> Soapbox (RIP)
You're seriously arguing that Apple is dishonest about viruses because Windows on a Mac gets viruses too? Seriously??? Wow.
What? He he, I have to ask, how the hell did you managed to reach that conclusion? I never said nor implied such thing. Here's the deal. The way Apple shows the PC is that they are boring computers made for boring white collar guys. This cannot be possibly true, given the huge chunk of their market share. From gamers to professionals in every single area.
They also imply that PCs crash every 5 minutes and that you get a virus out of nowhere every minute. Whoever says this is true hasn't used Windows since the W98 days (and well, we all know ME was a disaster). I used Windows since W3.1 to Windows 7. I only got a virus two or three times, which were my fault. Getting a virus nowadays is just a matter of not being careful enough. The same ******** that can get you in trouble in Windows (opening suspicious executables, etc) can get you in trouble in OS X (remember the trojan being spread in pirated copies of iWork?).
They imply that hardware compatibility is better in Windows than OS X, when this is clearly a fallacy. Windows runs on an extremely wide range of hardware combinations, OS X? Only in a few. Are they lying? Not entirely, but they are giving half truths based on common myths.
And I see you're playing the "you're arrogant because you disagree with me" card. A classic arrow from the Apple-haters quiver, but ultimately pointless.
Wrong, you are the one being arrogant. You are the one who believes that your opinion is the only truth in this discussion, you are the one who believes that you are right, when you are clearly wrong about many things. In case you haven't noticed, we do agree in a few points at least.
Bzzt, wrong. Best Windows version yet. Sure. Best OS? No way. OS X still beats it. I use both. I think you'll find relatively few OS X users that agree with you, contrary to what you are claiming. And who are these "almost every user out there" you are referring to? I imagine their identity will remain a mystery.
Yes, I forgot to clarify that. It is the best Windows version yet. I do prefer by a long shot any version of Linux that I've set up and customized myself. OS X still beats it? How so? Why? What exactly can you accomplish on OS X that you can't on Windows 7? And by -almost every user out there- I mean those who have tried Windows 7. Read the blogs, read the news, read the discussion, even some companies are planning on updating from XP already, thing that never happened with Vista for clear reasons (and just for the record, back when I was working in HP they give you the option to install Windows Vista, although a modified version that worked EXTREMELY well).
And I'm hardly "trashing" the Zune - I'm just saying that it's not a compelling product in today's market.
It isn't for you. It is for a lot of people who want something else than an iPod or an iPhone. Are there more people out there who prefer the iPod, sure there are. Does this makes the iPod a better product??? No. If you say yes then you would also have to agree that Windows is better than every other OS because more people use it. (it's a logical fallacy).
Take a -real- look at this:
http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/
Microsoft is not all about the evil empire that holds the monopoly in the OS market. Would you be ok if Apple hold the majority of it? I wouldn't be, and right now I wish more companies could be out there promoting their own operating systems, so we could stop this retarded polarity between Apple and MS.