Mac users have been shown, through many scientific studies, to be on average more productive in their work and happier with their computer. They also learn more applications because the consistent working environment makes it easier for them to do so. Mac users require much less technical support on average than PC users. This also comes from many independent studies. Apple hardware also has a longer life cycle than the average PC - almost double, in fact. Again, check the studies.

So, with all these substantial factors considered, the total cost of ownership is much less for Macs than it is for PCs, even though the initial price can be a bit higher. And the satisfaction level is much greater for Mac owners.

You might as well say you’ve never understood anything about cars, and that a Chevy is just as well-built as a Lexus.

Apple simply builds a better product - hardware, software, and service. If you don’t understand that, it merely means you haven’t checked the facts.

let me just ask you this how would you be able to live life without a right mouse button? just try to imagine-… no stop because you CANT

right mouse button ftw

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Most Windows users have never used anything else. Most Mac users have used both Macs and Windows PCs and prefer Macs, especially Macs using OS X.

There are several abilities my Macs have that I wished my PCs could do as well. I can’t think of a damn thing, other than Solitaire, that I wish my Macs had that is part of my PCs.

Don’t get me started on security. Zero exploits in the wild for Mac OS X verses over 200,000 descriptions in my Norton AV software on my Windows PCs, says it all. Operating a Mac without the time wasted checking every operation for malware is a real pleasure.

Even Mac Office works better than Office for Windows, just ask Microsoft.

The real lesson here is not lowering the cost of brand switching but building a better product, paying close attention to all facets of that product, and having the customers beat a path to your door.

There are well-known facts in HCI (human-computer interaction) based on cognitive psychology and testing.

Many of the same facets that the Mac adopts, Windows ignores.

You can’t just say it’s all a matter of opinion. You also cannot take two general-purpose platforms and claim they are mutually exclusive in what they do!

Yes, the debate gets out of hand, but only in internet comments and in forums. And much as the internet *should* simply be another means of expression, it’s not. Why? Because there are plenty of cowards and spoilers who hide in the anonymity the web affords (affordance! one of the tenets of good UI) and act differently to how they’d act if they were communicating in person.

Nice try, though.

Allen Taylor