Why are apple computers so unpopular?
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unpopular? Apple is most common with graphic artists, media, and sound editors. They are very stable and fairly dependable when you have a time frame and a deadline. As for why the other brands are more commonly known in the sousehold, well that's because apple target marketed to mostly businesses and MS was targetting the home user. More consumers in the home market, while there are only so many businesses in the other market.\nSo, to most users of technology, Apple isn't popular. But talk to people in the media, and professional fields. and you'll see Apple is a major player. Plus, it's the system of choice for many foreigners too... I know programmers that won't touch anything MS unless they had a contract to do so, yet at there homes they only use linux, and osX
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go with the dell. MS systems are cheaper in the long run and despite the multitude of short comings they reboot after a crash I have a few apple friends and they are always rebuilding their system. that's fine for geeks not so good for students. If your using it for photo editing I'm told nothing beats a mac.
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I've been using an AppleMac for about 3 years now; before that I was a PC user. Here's a list of reasons why I'm glad I switched:\nMacs crash *much* less often than your average Windows machine.\nViruses, trojans etc. are much rarer for the Mac.\nIn my experience at least, Macs last much longer than PCs.\nMacs are great to look at.\nThe operating system is very intuitive and much simpler to understand than Windows.\nThe community of Mac users (especially online) is great. When you meet someone else who has one, you just feel instantly connected to them.\nThey're much better than PCs for graphics and image editing.\nApple are not the subject of any anti-trust lawsuits, unlike Microsoft.
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They are very stable right now and yeah they do run great. that said i make a habit of never buying the first revision of anything just incase. I think the biggest thing that troubles me about them is bootcamp. I mean how screwed is this they no longer support os 9 but they will run windows.
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I bought my MacBook Pro just a few months ago, and the price has already dropped, and the clock speed has increased.  It's just something to be expected. However, I have respect for Apple not dropping their prices on all their PowerPC computers.  This holds the value on the resale market that PCs only wish they could have! :)\n\nnote:\nwindows is not "pre-installed".  After downloading the free Beta called Boot Camp, you must supply your own copy of Windows, which is like $100 or something.
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I would pick apple.  In my experinces, I've had far less problems using mac os x than with windows.  Sure, there is more software for windows, but all of the major names work with mac os x (even micrsoft office).  The operating systems are about equal in terms of ease of use if you're a person who is moderately good with computers.  One thing about mac os x is that you don't have to worry about viruses as much and you wont have to worry about spyware or adware at all.  I went mac 3 years ago and I highly doubt if I will ever go back to windows.  For me it just works better.  You'll get some people who are die hard mac fans/microsoft haters and some who are microsoft fans/mac haters.  I think both operating systems have their advantages and disadvantages.  For me mac os x advantages outwiegh it's disadvantages.
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Apple users want to be different, and they succeeded by isolating themselves from the world. Apple is closed, unlike windows is open source, that how people can see its security flaws. Apple does want you to buy macs but they are too closed minded in only wanting apple software to run on their computers, they used to be the biggest computer making company (only computer company) but windows beat them in basicly every aspect and captured 90% of the market in the world. Apple was always restriced to dedicated Mac users, thats why their computers dont sell well, on top of that their computer specs are pretty bad in comparsion to windows computers of LESSER cost.
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Mac's in general are more stable then windows that's for sure!! OS x is an excellent OS.
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Check out the pricing on Macbooks. They're the Intel replacements for the iBooks and they're much more powerful, with  Core 2 Duo processors and more RAM, hard disk space and other features. They can even run Windows natively if you need that.\n\nIf the iBook price is anywhere near the price of a Macbook, get the Macbook.
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i tryed to send you a email but some how it did not go through so i am "answering" here. you are very ignorant about macs. i have worked with a lot of pcs both fast and slow, and never had any thing but problems with them. all pcs are junk compared to macs. macs never get viruses, have the best hardware in the world, and have been rated the best computer of any price. they last long, have all good software, pcs have a lot more software but most of it is junk and if you got rid of all the bad stuff there would be less for pc than theere is for mac. i know what a good computer is and you dont. i will never use a pc again. my mac is the best computer i have ever had, and when i need a new computer i will get a mac. PCs STINK.
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i like compaq(same components as HP but cheaper) because i'm a student so i have a small budget. i think macs are sh1t. i have to use them at my school for math classes. I CANT STAND a 1 button mouse.
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if you know nothing about them, get a mac.  People are still using their 3 and 4 year old macs without ever cracking open the cases.
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I use a Mac, I used to use a PC but I found Macs to better cater to my personal needs. In general Apple is a very self contained company, Mac computers are made by Apple and only Apple so they are able to assure the quality and safety of their products. Unlike PCs which are made by a lot of different companies so quality control is often up in the air. Macs are almost (keyword is almost) virus-proof. Lately they have found a few viruses that can cause some issues on a Mac but Apple is determined to search out and find programs that can harm Macs and find ways to protect their product. That being said, many "career types" find Macs useful for all of the new editing programs, overall reliabilty and flexablity compared to PC's. The editing programs (some of them are even built-in) allow you to do some amazing editing of music, images and video feed. They are also converting a lot of the very common programs on PC that users are fimilar with to Mac (especially Microsoft programs in particular, like Microsoft Office.) There is even a new program called Virtual PC which you can install on your newer Macs and you have the power to have Windows on Mac and install "Windows Only" programs on Mac. It even allows you to switch back and forth between Mac and Windows interface when necessary. Its very powerful program with a lot of potential. One of the downsides to Macs is that they are a bit behind in the games department but with the power of Virtual PC that probably shouldn't be a issue for much longer.
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Macs are like limousines to the PCs. they're usually more expensive (except the Mac Mini), and they don't suffer from the same frequent problems (viruses, crashes) as Windows machines. if you are big into gaming, you might have issues with some games not having Mac capability--but the most popular games work for Macs too. i don't know what the guy's saying about "internet" use or home use--i've never had any problems using the Net with my Mac. most people who use Macs professionally are artists, graphic designers, writers or academics. however, Macs are designed much more intuitively for the average user (the kind of people who don't know how to fix computers, but just want them to work well at the touch of a button).
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Well, their marketing position has been 'cutting edge', 'sophiticated' and borderline elitist for some time.  Their products (especially computers) have been priced higher than comperable PCs (in terms of processing power, so as to not turn this into Windows vs. MacOS diatribe).  This price difference was to maintain this elite status.  So yes, in that way they are concieted.  However, they are a larger company than Sony (by market capitalization), despite the fact Sony releases more new products in a month than Apple does in a year, so I guess they've earned some bragging rights.
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I'll say that OSX is more advanced that Windows.  I however think that PowerPC processors are inferior to the x86 architecture now.  Sure at one point PowerPC processors were faster than Intel equivalents back during the Pentium II era.  But that is no longer the case and Apple has been unable to produce a 3GHz+ G5 chip and they have been unable to produce a G5 laptop processor as well.  Do you think they are switching to Intel processors because they want to.  No.  They are switching to Intel processors because they consume less power per clock cycle and they do more work and run cooler than the G5 processor and the will be using the Pentium M in their laptops.\n\nOSX is better, the G4/G5 processors are not.
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1st Part --  the MAC User doesn't annoy me but the attitude sometimes does.  Somehow it's superior to work with a device that is "plug and play" and not have to know anything about the machine rather than be required to know much about the computer in order to modify it both hardware- and software-wise.  Why is it superior when no knowledge is required?