AnalogKid's Profile

"There is not anywhere near the amount of software available for Macs as for Windows. But does that matter? No. Not at all. Windows might have hundreds of thousands of applications, as opposed to the Macs tens of thousands, but how many applications do you need to do a certain task? One." Here's the problem I have with that statement... how many do I need to use? One. How many do I want to choose from before I pick what I'll use? As many as humanly possible. Software clicks with different people in different ways. Take MS Office for example - I've hated it since day one. Open Office works more like I think, so I tend to use it. Doesn't mean it's inheriently better, just that it works better for me. I don't want Steve Jobs or Bill Gates or Linus Trivol or anyone telling me, "This is the software we have picked for you to do this function." That's the biggest beef I have with a Mac. My second problem is cost - the Mac costs more, period, if you're capable of building your own computers. Yes, it IS cheaper if you compare Apples to Dells, as it were. But Apples to building it yourself? You can do it better at home. There's a lot to like about OS X. I'd like it better if they'd open it up more and encourage more vendors to write more software.