Why apple is so popular

[Odd]

Knapp wrote:
>> I disagree on both counts.
> 
> Getting drivers to work is a moving target, you expect it to stop 
> moving?

Nope. But Linux is far better these days about drivers than before.
Notice that Linux was the _first_ OS with support for USB3. So I
think it'll become better, not worse. More and more companies
are seeing the benefit of writing drivers for Linux, or giving the
technical details needed for the community to do it.

> As for Linux having more drivers, sure it does but when it comes to
> the average consumer, I think we should be only counting drivers for
> things that you can buy new in most stores today. Having drivers for
> 1980s hardware

Wow. Talk about exaggeration.

> is cool and helps 3rd world countries and stuff like that but does
> not count for much to most people in 1st world countries unless they
> are very poor or just like old stuff.11
> 
> If I were to make an OS rating system based on hardware. It would be 
> percentage of drivers that work without major problems that were made
>  in the last 2 years. Basically, what percentage of current hardware 
> works, plug and play. I fear that Linux would loose this contest. 
> hardware that is older that 2 years just does not count for that much
>  is most peoples eyes.

Doesn't have to go further back than 4 years, with the launch of Vista,
which broke the driver model from XP.

>>> 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!
>> So get a camera that works.
> 
> Wonderful Idea, right up there with jump over the moon and go and see
>  how much water is there.

I think exploring the universe and going to the Moon and Mars is the
best way for sustained economic progress. So we disagree on that too.

> There are NO cameras that work, work being can auto focus and
> transmit with HD in Skype or any other program for that matter. I
> have a Logitech Quickcam Pro 9000 Web camera, 2mp autofocus. Take a
> look at what it can do under MS Windows! Now show me one that can do
> that in Linux. Really I would love to have such a thing but I asked
> here before I got this one and it is the best for Linux but it can't
> touch what it can do in MS. I truly wish this were not so!

Could be you're right. But it's quite the leap from that to say "Linux
just does not have user -friendliness and likely never will".

> BTW sound still sucks under Linux. 8 out of 10 problems I have with 
> Kubuntu are related to Pulse Audio. Then try and do low latency, 
> NIGHTMARE, but at least possible these days! Linux has done a great 
> job at getting Wifi working well though. I still have a lot of 
> problems with lap top installs!

What redeeming features does Linux have then, that make you still
want to use it?

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Odd