Re: Is Apple Rotten to the Core?

Sue Ann — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 10:10:30 -0000

First let me say that I'm an original MAC person. When the Macintosh came out 1983 I was in an advanced Air Force Computer course...All my friends were buying IBM PC, I bought a MAC! (I had to wait til Jan 84 for delivery.)

My original MAC is still in my closet, unfortunately during one of my many military moves it was damaged beyond repair. In the 24 year I have owned 4 MACs...how many PC owners can say that their computers satisfied their needs on an average of 6 years? During all that time my MACs have needed professional help 3 times. Once in the unfortuate move incident, once when the S key on my keyboard died, and once when I crashed my hard drive through my own carelessness. Apple products have always had higher reliability than anyone could reasonably expect---that is number one selling point in my book when it comes to computers.

I spent 30 years in the AF working with PCs. Now that I'm retired I'm still tangled up in the PC world by helping my friends walk through the mine fields that they seem to be in on a weekly basis with their computers. Even the most computer savvy computer users have computer hiccups on a regular basis that they must deal with.

I can say unequivocally that there is no better computer on the face of the earth than a MAC and hence no better computer company than Apple. Yes, there are some limiting factors...the lack of compatibility with various software programs, unless you want to add that functionality to your MAC--which I've avoided doing over the years. Of course the price of a MAC and other Apple products is usually why people go to the PC dark side..but from a long term economical viewpoint they are making a mistake.

Apple has always been protective of third party apps...bless em' for that because it has kept the MAC owners from having to deal with software that is buggy and prone to conflicts with other programs installed.

Yes Apple is a company looking out for its stockholders but with a corporate culture that embraces innovation and brings quality products to the market place. They have made a few stumbles over the years. Sometimes they are way ahead of consumer appreciation of their offerings such as the Newton (predecessor of the Palm Pilot). But always they deliver a well engineered product that most times meets a market niche.

Yes I'm a MAC zealot and hence a loyal Apple customer--but that viewpoint has been earned by Apple since my original purchase in 1983.
I'm confident that Apple will "continue to do the right thing" in an industry that is focused on quantity instead of quality.

I think I've just sold myself on an iPhone! Time to rid of this outdated palm pilot that I've been carrying around and trash my cell phone that doesn't allow me to synch up my address book!

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