Apple...

I have been selling Apple computers for about 6 months now and have been officially using them since my first iBook G4 four to five years ago. Amazing machines and they have truly come a long way.

I have just accepted a new position with a new company selling Apples that is willing to give me the ability to train to service them or do corporate sales for Apple computers.

That being said, I used to hate them with an undying passion. At first, mostly because I didn't understand them. Also, however, because I knew a few die-hard Apple fans that gave me that cult-ish feeling, I decided that I would stick with my Windows machines and deal with my problems. It is too bad that I didn't know then what I know now. For one, I would have invested in Apple stock. More importantly, I would have always had a working machine that was more appliance than computer.

The Apple Inc. has changed a lot since the days of the "cult". They are now truly one of the best products out there and, in my opinion, have the best support. I think their success, however, stems from the fact that they don't just make software or hardware. They make both to work together perfectly and say there aren't any holes or issues in the system. When my parents are going to get a new computer, I am going to make them get an Apple.


I have used all three main operating systems: OS X, Windows, and Linux. In my opinion, the OS X from Apple is the strongest. While not quite as wide-spread through-out the market, OS X is the most user-friendly, the most stable, and the most supported OS made.


Linux is awesome. But, you have to be willing to spend the time. The newer distributions of the system are pretty easy to install and use but there are always little hick-ups that need to be taken care of and you have to go find the solution on the web. It is more of a time issue though since there is a lot of support and information on the web about Linux. All-in-all, I think Linux is pretty amazing and I am planning on removing Windows as the main system on my old Dell and using Linux as the main. I want to then use Windows on a separate partition for games. That's really the only reason I have ever kept a Windows machine around.


Windows is a joke. Now more than ever. Microsoft could have had the whole market with Vista. Instead, since they couldn't really finish the system as they wanted to, they got an operating system that is just some new features layered on top of XP. On top of that, many XP programs just do not work on Vista. It is about 40% do not work at this point. Even their own Office 2003 will not work correctly on Vista. Like I said, Microsoft could have had it all.

I am not to sure what is on horizon for Apple. There are so many rumors flying about, it is hard to tell the real from the fake. I usually just wait and see. All I know is that there is definitely going to be some exciting things this year with OS 10.5 Leopard coming out. Can't wait to see what changes and what happens.