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# They don't let you do anything you want to do because you know about 'computers'
But for your thick internet fwapper/twitterer/git/DTPer they are a godsend!

And even though I hate to admit it, they are infinitely more stable than windows.
please don't lecture me on linux, I don't like it, it smells funny on my hard drive.
(I helped save b3ta! tim1701 I have no board signature!!!!!, Wed 5 Oct 2011, 15:17, archived)
# They're only more stable cos you can't install anything interesting on them.
And I hate the way you can't just use an iphone / ipod like an external disk and copy onto and off it, you have to 'sync' through fucking itunes. My gfs iphone broke and it took me hours trying to work out how to save the messages off it for her.
(I helped save b3ta! 2 Can Chunder Word to your mums, I came to prod bums, Wed 5 Oct 2011, 15:29, archived)
# I must say though, I've got W7 on two machines and it's yet to have a massive hissy.
Trouble with Windows is it has to try and be all things to all people, whereas OSX says you will do it our way or not at all. Quite a lot of Windows instability comes from the programs people try to run on it (speaking as someone who was trying to run a piece of software written for Windows 3.1 on W7. It didn't work).
(I helped save b3ta! Smallbrainfield, Wed 5 Oct 2011, 15:32, archived)
# so dumbing down the masses further is the way to go?
(I helped save b3ta! artifus is doing it all wrong, Wed 5 Oct 2011, 15:34, archived)
# I don't think that's the point though.
The point is that in general people shouldn't have to be part time IT Support personnel in order to browse the internet. Which is what it can be like running some operating systems. Besides, most people seem to be happier with Windows or Android anyway, preferring to sacrifice simplicity of use for a cheaper way of computing, so despite all the noise and attention they get, they're nowhere near market leader (apart from in tablets, but probably not for long there either).
(I helped save b3ta! Smallbrainfield, Wed 5 Oct 2011, 15:38, archived)
# only thing that ever made my xp machine crash was apple software
HAHAHA

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(I helped save b3ta! discomeats This canoe, Wed 5 Oct 2011, 17:38, archived)