Why apple is so popular

[Odd]

J wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 07:18, Odd <iodine at runbox.no> wrote:
> 
>>> 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
> 
> Macs generally don't crash, unlike Windows or even sometimes Linux.

MacOS crashes are not that uncommon. Though it has the advantage
of Apple having full control of the hardware it runs on. In return, that
means less choices for the consumer. Linux and Windows support
a vast amount of hardware, and that will of course lead to a greater
risk of crashes. Though I'm not so sure MacOS crashes less than
Linux.

> Though stability in Linux, which was great even way back when, 
> allowing for uptimes that were unheard of on a windows platform, is 
> even better today.  Still has a ways to go, but Ubuntu has made great
>  strides in making a stable, user oriented environment.
> 
>> or user-friendliness.
> 
> User friendliness means ease of use and ease of use of the things
> that one would generally plug into a computer.  Not having the
> ability to use a given popular peripheral subtracts from
> user-friendliness of any given system.

If so, the OS X and Windows are even more user-unfriendly. Linux
supports far more devices than OS X. And through Windows' changing
driver model, with forced obsolescence, there is a substantial amount
of devices not working. According to your logic, Linux wins in
user-friendliness.

> Sound cards are just devices, but there was a time when you had to 
> jump over backwards and lick your own elbows to get most sound cards 
> working in Linux.

We're talking about the situation today, though.

>> It's a device.
> 
> It's a popular device for graphics design and art.  I own one myself 
> and on Windows, it's just plug and play.  I plug it in and get to 
> work.  The same should be true for any Linux system.  We've already 
> conquered the base system.  Now we need to get the peripherals
> working as close to flawlessly as we can.

Sure. But the situation is the same for all three OSes. If they don't
support a device, they don't.

-- 
Odd