Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Apple vrs. PC
Why does your Apple run better than a similar PC? While some will argue this statement, in general, it does seem to be true - sort of, anyway.
But why? Here's probably the biggest reason. Right now, I'm typing this on a Microsoft Windows PC using a Dell keyboard with a Logitech mouse running on a Dell computer loaded with how knows what all. At home I have a Toshiba, a Dell and an IBM Notebook all running Windows. And of course, I have packed into them stuff bought from all over the place made by who knows all companies.
On the other hand, I also use Apple OSX running on an Apple iMac and MacBook. The buttoned-down corporate ogre Microsoft has to make software that will run on just about anything this side of two cans and a string. And heaven forbid their latest overhaul of the OS doesn't run a program that is probably older than most of the engineers writing the new OS. Whereas Apple just changes from 10.4.x to 10.5; and some older stuff doesn't run now, but that seems to be OK. And don't forget, the Apple stuff only has to run on Apple stuff.
Oh, and we just moved. The simple Apple isn't so... I just have a pretty plain iMac running. But, I still have cables from the iMac to a USB hub and cables to the DSL modem via the Airport, and to the printer and to the portable hard drive and to the backup hard drive along with the Apple mouse and Apple keyboard -- oh, and I forgot the speakers. Hee, hee... just a simple iMac setup.
