Thursday, December 13, 2007

mac rules

Now I believe Apple Inc makes the best computers. They make computer into electronics category, not machines. You power it on and use it, it is that simple. Forget about virus, memory leak and check your hard disk during reboot. I don't hate Windows, actually it does a good job for computer game industry, but a lot of people do. Some of these people turn to Linux for the control which Linux systems give to them. Once you touched Linux, you have entered another side of the computer world, called "open source". That means everything is free under Linux, but installation of software is pain, pain and pain. If you go to some freelance websites, you will find a lot of people are paying for some scripts to help install software. Simply put, Windows is good for personal pleasure, but not the best solution for business server; Linux is vice verse. Mac balances both worlds, after it switched from PowerPC CPU to Intel CPU and installed Linux kernal under its own Mac OS. That means its user has access to the whole world of open source, while enjoy the convenience and multimedia functions of a traditional Mac. I like the new imac, which integrates a whole computer within a monitor, at a price just above $1000. Impressive. But, when determining which computer to buy, more often than not people will consider its function first, style comes only after that. I wish Apple could use the money earned from ipod, iphone and stock market to develop some more killer functions of electronics. For example, I want to talk to blog, not type, is it possible? Another request, for Google, could you buy a satellite from government and provide cheap satellite internet connection at a cheap price? say to beat the nazi comcast, who charges installation fee? 

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