The Apple corporation is somewhat disgusting to me, I am a die hard PC person. Their computers, from all of my experiences along with that of my co-workers and friends who are all in the networking field agree. The machines are far too limited in their capabilities and their operating systems are far from stable. Sure they are nice for editing photos (don't know why exactly), but I find them to attempt to win people over by looking trendy. Trendy does not cut it in a world where functionality is everything. Windows dominates the computer world (as shown by sales and usage records). Now to top all of this off, I am a Linux man when it comes to servers. Apple bases their OS off of Linux, which I find to be amazing in how they can screw up something that is so good. Linux at the desktop at this point does not seem reasonable for businesses, I will give you that, but a world of wonders is that of a Linux server. Sit any guru down at a Linux command line console and watch the magic of what can be done. Case in point is that Apple attempts exploit people are are somewhat ignorant to operating computers by their "ease" of use (keep in mind I was not saying that all who use the Apple are ignorant to computer operations) and their "artsy" look and feel. Lastly, look at their computer prices! Ouch. For what you get, they are not a great value. They require such "fast" equipment because there mediocre at best OS will not function at all without the best of equipment (or you would think, MAC likes to boast how its components are "better" than PC components, but it is often forgotten that the numbers they throw out are not equal to that of a PC.) My sister has an I POD mini, its a nice and simple device. It looks pretty... it plays music..... when the battery dies you are screwed or have to send it in or whatever.... but it looks nice.....
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