Why apple is so popular

[Knapp]

On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 12:18 PM, Odd <iodine at runbox.no> wrote:
> Knapp wrote:
>> On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 7:09 PM, user1 <bqz69 at telia.com> wrote:
>>> Talked to my son in usa to day.
>>>
>>> He said, that the main reason apple is so popular in USA is:
>>>
>>> 1. The hardware is very stable and has a very good quality without hardly
>>> any problems.
>>>
>>> 2. The Graphic is nice to look at.
>>>
>>> 3. Ease of use.
>>>
>>> 4. Very few viruses.
>>>
>>> So my conclusion is that linux is as good as apple except for the
>>> hardware, which are all kinds of mixed brands and qualities.
>>>
>>> My laptop (not apple) has been to be repaired twice.
>>>
>>> My son has had two laptops (not apple) discarded, and he i now using a
>>> netbook, which is hardly usable, everything is too small.
>>>
>>> So what is needed for the linux community is a very stable and good
>>> quality hardware which works together.
>>>
>>> Sorry if this is a little off topic, but it is an important subject.
>>>
>>> Please DO NOT make this a flame war, but think about it.
>>>
>>> I really want to make linux the BEST :-)
>>
>> Sadly Ubuntu is not as stable as Apple and it is not as user friendly.
>> I just added a Wacom tablet to my computer. I have had all sorts of
>> problems with it.
>
> I don't see what this has to do with Ubuntu's stability or
> user-friendliness.
> It's a device.

A device that is very common but the company will not make drivers for
Linux but they have been kind enough to give the devs ALL the hardware
info that they need which is way better than most firms like Logitech
that just leave us guessing. But the driver is not done nor stable and
locks my system down hard, forcing a reboot about one time a day. I
know it will be fixed but If I had an apple or MS then this would not
be the case because they support those systems. This gets repeated a
lot in Linux and often with the Hardware companies being outright
hostile to Linux or at least not helpful. It would seem that MS is
often behind this problem.

>> I, being a programmer, can overcome this but the
>> normal user? Other problems, my webcam will not work as well with
>> linux as with MS or Apple do to the company not writing software or
>> drivers for it
>
> MS does not write drivers for webcams other than their own.

Yep, but they sure do get the drivers they need written for them! This
is for many reason, market share being a big one and MS heavy
handedness being the other.

>> and my Logitech multibutton mouse is a real pain to
>> make work with all the software(Yes the basic 3 buttons work), And
>> lets not even talk about sound. Linux is full of little problems like
>> this. It is a great system but it is not that newbie friendly. I think
>> that this, " remove the paper cuts" project is the right way to go and
>> should get a lot more attention!
>
> You seem to be talking about 3rd party peripherals. If you check,
> you'll find a lot of those that do not work at all, or satisfactorily
> with Windows or MacOS. In fact, Linux supports a lot of stuff that
> was obsoleted by newer versions of Windows not being compatible
> with drivers written for older versions of that OS.

Yep, they want to force the users to upgrade. MS=Evil Corp, at least to me.


> In any case, it's a good practice to actually check if the OS one is
> using actually supports the hardware _before_ buying it.
>
> --
> Odd

Yep, and wouldn't it be nice if everything in the stores had little
stickers saying Linux compatible? This is users friendliness. Linux
just does not have it and likely never will. Don't get me wrong, I
would rather not have a computer than give up Linux but it should
would be nice to solve all these paper cuts!

I sure wish that my HD Logitech camera could uses its focus in Linux
and HD Video with Skype but it can't!

-- 
Douglas E Knapp

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