Microsoft of course. If you don't mind losing your money, buy apple.
"Canuck57" <dave-no_spam@unixhome.net> wrote in message
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>> "Canuck57" <dave-no_spam@unixhome.net> wrote in message
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>>>>>>> B> I run this Vista computer for mostly multimedia purposes and web
>>>>>> browsing. I haven't rarely had a coughing fit out of it. Nothing like
>>>>>> what older models did. XP included.
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>>>>> You can do that stuff way faster on a Linux box. And with a lot less
>>>>> risk and hassle.
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>>>> Linux is generally crap. I know because I installed it on a couple of
>>>> my machines. It caused more problems using that crap and utilizing
>>>> software than anything I have ever seen. Pure garbage. Just about like
>>>> that other computer operating system called the Mac. I wouldn't have a
>>>> Mac for toilet paper. Every Mac I saw ran like crap and you couldn't do
>>>> 1/3 of what you can do on a Windows based Machine. That comes from a
>>>> lot of personal experience with Mac based stuff back in the 90s and
>>>> early part of this decade.
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>>>> It might be great now but back in those days they should have called it
>>>> Crap versus Mac.
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>>> Linux and Apple have their place, and with your comments I doubt you
>>> have ever owned an Apple.
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>>> The HUGE benefit of Linux over say Vista is Linux is not DRM invasive.
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>> I never owned an apple but I used to have a lot of experience running the
>> Apple/Mac system. I wasn't impressed with anything that it could
>> allegedly do. Personally it was like an overhyped Ipod phone or Touch. A
>> lot of glitz but little real performance. Not user friendly, not even for
>> the novice. I probably spent at least a year on that sort of a system and
>> I was none too impressed. Thats why Mac will never catch up to Microsoft
>> in anything. The only people I personally knew that used Macs were kids
>> wanting to use it for graphics. For business operations, office work,
>> etc, it was never worth anything. I wouldn't even give a Mac system the
>> time of day for even audio listening or multimedia video and audio.
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>> If Macs were so proficient and useful, then why in the hell doesn't
>> everyone in the world switch to Macs. Since there is a free market in
>> computers and a great deal of industriousness and ingenuity in the
>> computer industry, then Macs should be right up there. Not to mention the
>> facts are that a Microsoft based system can be had for 300 to 1000
>> dolllars and a good one at that.
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>> What does a Crap cost? I was in the local Apple store recently here in
>> Louisville KY. It was laughable that they wanted twice as much as any
>> Microsoft PC and with less performance capabilities, less general
>> respect. You'll see who buried who in the computer systems operating
>> business environment. It sure wasn't Mac. Probably more people use Linux
>> than Mac and thats sad.
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> Apples market share is growing. Which stock would you rather own?
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> http://finance.yahoo.com/echarts?s=A...urce=undefined
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> Wall Street sees the numbers.
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