Subj : Re: SSH on BBSes
To   : Arelor
From : 2twisty
Date : Mon Apr 18 2022 10:09:06

 Ar> I personally think the idea that Apple products just work has been
 Ar> generated by marketing rather than by actual product design. Apple
 Ar> customers have this idea that their products are so much easier to use
 Ar> than the competitor's but in this day and age any consumer-grade piece
 Ar> of electronics is a no-brainer to use.

As someone who worked in desktop support for many years supporting Windows, Linux and MacOS, I do feel that taking a novice computer user from start to productive is slightly easier on MacOS than the others.

Of course, it al depends on what their colleagues are using -- getting a new user up on MacOS when they are surrounded by Windows users is much harder since they can't easily get advice from the guy sitting next to them.

That said, I despise MacOS due to Apple's general "do it our way or piss off" attitude (that Microsoft seems to have adopted lately). I no longer own any Macs or Apple products because of my disdain for their inflated prices and walled garden approach to apps. Android isn't much better these days, sadly.

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