My family is obsessed with Apple

[BluetoothBoy]

I don't hate Apple, I think they've been very successful as a company and in their history, contributed a lot to the world of computers, turning them from something only a hobbyist would have into a desirable product that a marginal percentage of US households have today.

What I hate, however, is their pricing and their operating system. It shouldn't cost $100 for 2 gigabytes of RAM. I don't like their OS because, as somebody using Windows 7 every day, it confuses me and a bunch of the functions I'd need are hard to use because Apple spent too much time making them look pretty and not enough time making a nice interface. Other than that, I don't care which one you use as long as there isn't any elitism.

I agree with this (although ram is the same price as it would be for a Windows computer; it just depends on what you get). And the OS interface is completely a preference. Also, Apple is most certainly overrated and overpriced. I just happens that most of my Apple products were given/won/buy at a discounted price.

Actually, I really want a Nexus 7. A lot. :/

[Ad Bot]

[Zloff]

My best friend is an apple fan-boy who wouldn't dare buy anything else

He's not techy at all, and I don't bother to try reasoning with him anymore on trying to get anything else. I just laugh at him when he buys apple products late or on sale and they become outdated in two weeks.

Me: "they update their software frequently so you're eventually forced to buy their newest generation of technology"
Him: "So their's a reason for it."
Me: "Yeah, it's a sales booster :/"

Him: "They don't get viruses and crash as much."
Me: "they can get viruses, and usually when macs crash it's because of a hardware failure, which doesn't happen as often in a PC. Just get good free security and don't download random crap or execute weird programs."
Him: "Sounds like work I wouldnt need to worry about with Mac. :)"

Me: "they aren't nearly as customizable or upgradeable. Besides, most of the best programs and applications out there don't work on macs very well or at all"
Him: "Thats opinionated. :)"
Me: "uhh nooo those are facts, I don't see how those could even be opinions except maybe the last part"

[Flamecannon]

legitimate reasons

the first two pages were filled with gay and the other two were actual reasons just saiyan lol

[Doomonkey]

Also, I feel I didn't quite get my point across about the whole graphic designer thing. I wasn't trying to focus on the software so much (which, btw, isn't mostly limited to Photoshop; most make use of nearly the entire Adob suite; trust me, my aunt's a GD), but rather the workflow of the computer's OS. Apple simply works better between applications and within the system overall for media related managing, editing, and so forth. Don't make comment like this unless you have used both OSes extensively for these tasks like I have. Once, I tried using Photoshop on a Windows, and even though it was the same program, i had a more difficult time using it properly, because of the OS integration and surrounded application support.

I have used both a Mac and a Windows computer. Any ideas you have about Adobe programs being "better" on one operating system are purely in your head. When you get used to one operating system it is hard to get used another, even for the same task.

[Mister Cheese]

I choose Apple for phones/iPods

I choose Microsoft for PCs

[BassCrossMegaman1]

apple products = shiny overpriced brick

god damn why don't people like things with more power

humans are just getting lazier and lazier.

[crunk.com]

Apple < Most everything else < Windows < Commodore < Real Life

Apple < Most everything else < Windows < Commodore < Real Life < Amiga