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Originally Posted by beepbeep
This is screendump from one of our Wintel servers. It's online 24/7, last time I had to reboot it was beacuse of UPS change. It never goes down, I can replace it's failed discs on the fly. 300+ users, 80 printers and god knows what more. It costs as much as typical hi-end Mac and it can do sooo much more.
Frankly, I see Mac's as niche products. It's like comparing a VW Beetle or Toyota Prius to F150 Truck. It's nice and it has built-in flower vase but in the end, when you need something done, you use the truck.
The funny part is, Mac's are nothing more nowadays than styled PC's that boot OS X. There will always be a niche for Mac's (mostly for computer-challenged customers) but as somebody said before: if all Mac's stopped, the world would keep spinning as usual and couple of Art directors would be pissed.
If all PC's stopped....yeah baby....that would be a meltdown.
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Excellent post!
To answer dd.'s
legitimate (not trolling)question:
I don't think that people hate Apple/Mac product anymore than any other piece of electronic gagitry...: but people are often disappointed in Apple product when they follow those diehard loyalist fanboi's enthusiasm all the way to the Apple store, only to find out that for every advantage Apple may seem to have, there will be equal, or more, disadvantages.
The closest thing to "hate" that I can see is not for the product but rather for the pious behavior of the Apple fanboy. It's that over zealous pushy sell job that is so annoying. Apple products are just a sideways alternative... a different mix of features. Sure, I will listen to and investigate the next Apple offering. as I do for so many other tech toy mfg's. But I will apply an "exaggeration factor" from the Apple hype machine and fanboys..
