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<blockquote data-quote="walkerj" data-source="post: 654007" data-attributes="member: 9385"><p>Old traditions die hard. Case in point is hatred against Apple by ignorant people whose opinion of Apple hardware and software was formed somewhat deservedly by it ten years ago. Back then Apple hardware WAS over priced for what it was, and the OS WAS getting more and more buggy, bloated, and obsolete.</p><p></p><p>Then Steve came back and turned all that around. He brought his NeXT OS in to bring Mac OS up to something much more modern (even if it was based on UNIX, which is actually older than even the first Mac OS though it has been modernized) and then furthermore got Macs on Intel processors. For the existing Mac users this was a painful if necessary transition. For existing Windows users it wasn't noticed because they had already made up their minds.</p><p></p><p>Even today I see posts from people on other boards and blogs stating they "would never buy the overpriced and crappy hardware from Apple, would never own an iPod", etc. The cool thing is when you see statements from people who used to think that way, but now have a Mac because they on a lark decided to stop into an Apple store and look into it. Now they will never buy a "PC" by which definition is a computer that runs Windows or Linux, even if Apple hardware can now run both, even at the same time alongside Mac OS X.</p><p></p><p>The vast majority of computer users these days are not technical, and use whatever is put in front of them at work. Therefore they buy something similar for home use, and they call it a PC. They don't have the wherewithal to do the research to either change what they call these devices, nor to determine that Mac OS and the hardware it runs on is today both superior (or just different, depending on your opinion) and competitively priced to similarly spec'd computers that cannot run Mac OS X. Old terminology dies hard.</p><p></p><p>Even I didn't get around to switching to a Mac even though I knew very well that it's OS was now a UNIX, and I'm a UNIX guy. Somebody had to give me an iPod as a present before I saw the light, so to speak. Now I have four of them.</p><p></p><p>I also make sure I use the correct terminology when posting about them. ;P</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="walkerj, post: 654007, member: 9385"] Old traditions die hard. Case in point is hatred against Apple by ignorant people whose opinion of Apple hardware and software was formed somewhat deservedly by it ten years ago. Back then Apple hardware WAS over priced for what it was, and the OS WAS getting more and more buggy, bloated, and obsolete. Then Steve came back and turned all that around. He brought his NeXT OS in to bring Mac OS up to something much more modern (even if it was based on UNIX, which is actually older than even the first Mac OS though it has been modernized) and then furthermore got Macs on Intel processors. For the existing Mac users this was a painful if necessary transition. For existing Windows users it wasn't noticed because they had already made up their minds. Even today I see posts from people on other boards and blogs stating they "would never buy the overpriced and crappy hardware from Apple, would never own an iPod", etc. The cool thing is when you see statements from people who used to think that way, but now have a Mac because they on a lark decided to stop into an Apple store and look into it. Now they will never buy a "PC" by which definition is a computer that runs Windows or Linux, even if Apple hardware can now run both, even at the same time alongside Mac OS X. The vast majority of computer users these days are not technical, and use whatever is put in front of them at work. Therefore they buy something similar for home use, and they call it a PC. They don't have the wherewithal to do the research to either change what they call these devices, nor to determine that Mac OS and the hardware it runs on is today both superior (or just different, depending on your opinion) and competitively priced to similarly spec'd computers that cannot run Mac OS X. Old terminology dies hard. Even I didn't get around to switching to a Mac even though I knew very well that it's OS was now a UNIX, and I'm a UNIX guy. Somebody had to give me an iPod as a present before I saw the light, so to speak. Now I have four of them. I also make sure I use the correct terminology when posting about them. ;P [/QUOTE]
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