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From: Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com>
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Subject: Re: Racist Apple is targeting blacks only and abusing white women to
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Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2024 11:22:30 -0800
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On 2024-12-11 11:19, Joel wrote:
> Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:
> 
>>>>> It matters that Apple is secondary in the industry.
>>>>
>>>> So it's about bragging rights again.
>>>
>>> "Bragging rights" that engender superior products, namely Winblows
>>> over macOS.
>>
>> LOL!
> 
> 
> You laugh but it's self-evident.  As ridiculous as Wintendo OS is, it
> does an amazing job of being what it is.  High-end PCs can benefit
> from M$'s tinkering.

Give an example.

> 
> 
>>>>> They depend on
>>>>> Microsoft and Adobe to develop applications.
>>>>
>>>> Apple makes computers and other computing devices and the operating
>>>> systems for those devices along with many applications to run on them.
>>>
>>> Microsoft is more full-service.
>>
>> Again... ...to the END USER, how does that matter?
>>
>> What matters is that the END USER can find the software he or she needs
>> to get his or her tasks done.
>>
>> And for almost every ordinary task, that software (often the exact same
>> software) is available for macOS.
> 
> 
> Simple people like simple things, I suppose.

What's a complex thing that can't be done on a Mac?

> 
> 
>>>>> I actually enjoyed
>>>>> seeing the free trial of M$ Office for Mac.  Showed it to my mom,
>>>>> who's always used Office for Winblows.  The Mac version of Office is
>>>>> actually great software.  And I imagine Adobe's stuff is pretty great
>>>>> on it, and the movie editing, etc.  But for a typical PC user, posting
>>>>> on Usenet everyday, macOS is a quirky choice.
>>>> Again with the "quirky".
>>>
>>> Yep, wear it.
>>
>> Not until you define it.
> 
> 
> It's self-evident, Apple supplies a quirky corner of the market.

That's another non-answer.

> 
> 
>>>> I support computer users for a living, and what I can tell you is that
>>>> while I technically have quite a few clients who use Macs, I almost
>>>> never see them anymore.
>>>>
>>>> Because their Macs work that well.
>>>
>>>
>>> Well, I support my own computer.
>>
>> Bully for you.
>>
>> Most people who run Windows cannot.
>>
>> Where most Mac users rarely NEED support...
>>
>> ...because they just work.
> 
> 
> Why don't they grow enough of a brain to teach themselves something?
They just use their computers, doofus.

They do exactly the same things most Windows users do...

....but they get it done with many fewer problems.