"The (Windows) system is so complicated...that it has become unusable...even by geeks like me. (My system crash has been) a nightmare in which even the experts couldn't solve my problems, leaving me at the mercy of an impenetrable and unpredictable system."
(Stewart Alsop, longtime PC column author and Wintel supporter.)
"Windows has become a bloated, unwieldy product only experts can use without confusion, crashes and endless compatibility problems."
(Windows magazine Editor-in-Chief Mike Elgan's "Open Letter to Bill Gates" May 1998)
"We often have little choice but to put up with shoddiness in PC products. Who in their right mind would tolerate these sorts of problems with cars, TVs, or telephones?"
(Cathryn Baskin, Editor-in-Chief of PC World magazine, March 1998)
"Because there is such a gap between (using) the PC and the Mac platforms, converts come across as having a messianic quality. �It's like having a pain suddenly disappear. You're so happy the pain's gone you want everyone to be as happy as you are."
(Ryan Lanctot, in a response to the Alsop article above)
"I wonder if in part why so many people are angry at Microsoft is not just because their products frustrate them so much, but also because this frustration is ignored. The computer makes people feel like they are dummies, when in fact it is the computer that is stupid."
(Rosalind Picard, Associate Professor of Media Technology at MIT, April 1998)
"(People ask me) 'There are many PCs that are less expensive than a Mac. Isn't it smarter to buy the cheaper one?' You know, that same argument was used to sell a lot of Yugos and Hyundais in the 1980s, but nobody was calling for the death of Mercedes-Benz."
"There might be less software on the Mac side of the aisle, but a lot of what's produced for Windows isn't all that good. �Crap does not survive in the Mac market."
(James Staten, an analyst with Dataquest)
"Every time you get a dialog box you don't understand, you ought to get a nickel from Microsoft, and every time it crashes, you should get a dollar. That would make Bill Gates homeless and me a rich man."
(Ben Shneiderman, University of Maryland computer science professor)
"PC users brag about what the media has said about their computers; Mac users brag about what they've done with their computers."
(Neal Porter)
"I wrote an ad for Apple Computer: 'Macintosh - We might not get everything right, but at least we knew the century was going to end.'"
(Author Douglas Adams, on the Y2K problem)
"The Macintosh may only have 10% of the market, but it is clearly the top 10%."
(Douglas Adams)
"With two young children, I told them it was important to buy a computer the kids would be comfortable with, could learn from, and could use easily with no hassles involved (Can you say 'Mac'?). �I also told them that while PCs were good machines, their problem lies in the fact that they are difficult and confusing, aren't easy to set up, aren't geared toward new users, and weren't very cost effective over the life of the computer."
"Being a Mac user is like being a Navy SEAL: a small, elite group of people with access to the most sophisticated technology in the world, who everyone calls on to get the really tough jobs done quickly and efficiently."
"Don't worry about the Apple Macintosh computer; I understand the Pilgrims' world market share was about 8% in the beginning, too."
(David Pogue)
"I have yet to witness an incident where the PC bailed the Mac out of a problem."
(Aaron D. Lewis)
"I'm a better person, I'm a more creative person, my reach is greater, my grasp is greater with an Apple computer."
(Actor Richard Dreyfus)
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"The box said "Windows '95 or Better"... so I got a Mac."
"Friends don't let friends use Windows."
"Life is short. Use a Mac."
"If builders built buildings the way Windows programmers wrote programs, then the first woodpecker that came along would destroy civilization."
"When it comes to computers, unlike any other product I can think of, the prestigious or right or smart thing to do is portrayed as buying the same thing that the rest of the world does. What other product can you name where people are supposed to say, 'Gosh, I want to be the same as 95 out of 100 people'?"
"Do you always buy the market-dominant product simply because of that market dominance?"
"Saying Windows is better than Macintosh is like finding a potato that looks like Jesus and believing you've witnessed the second coming."
"The fact that [Windows] is widely used means nothing more than that it has been promoted and marketed more effectively than its competitors. Most purchasers of personal computers, including the corporate purchasers who made Windows popular, are not experts, and usually make product selections primarily based on initial cost and a considerable degree of herd mentality. These criteria have nothing to do with standards or technical superiority."
"We're supposed to look at our hard disk with a web browser? Like, somebody asked for this?"
(David Pogue, Macworld, February 1998)
"An ancient eastern proverb says: I complained because I had no shoes; then I met a man who had no feet. For the 90's: I complained because I had no PowerMac; then I met a man who used Windows."
(Cloyce Sutton)
"Meade's law: A PC user will dissipate between 20% and 40% of their time keeping the machine running where a Mac user spends 2%."
"I don't do .INI, .BAT, .DLL or .SYS files. I don't assign apps to files. I don't configure Peripherals or networks before using them. I have a computer to do all that. I have a Macintosh, not a hobby."
(Fritz Anderson)
"Usually Mac users are able to solve most of their problems without any help from us."
(BellSouth ISP Tech Support)
"If Bill Gates had a dime for every time a Windows box crashed ... ... Oh, wait a minute, he already does."
(Chris Ward)
"Wouldn't dream of touching a PC unless it was for satirical purposes (like dropping it off an overpass)."
(David Linabury)
"[Microsoft] is the fox that takes you across the river and then eats you."
(Pete Peterson, former WordPerfect executive)
"I'm not one of those who think Bill Gates is the devil. I simply suspect that if Microsoft ever met up with the devil, it wouldn't need an interpreter."
(Nicholas Petreley, InfoWorld editor)
"The idea that Bill Gates has appeared like a knight in shining armor to lead all customers out of a mire of technological chaos neatly ignores the fact that it was he, who by peddling second-rate technology, led them into it in the first place."
(Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy)
"As of tomorrow, employees will only be able to access the building using individual security cards. Pictures will be taken next Wednesday and employees will receive their cards in two weeks."
(an allegedly true memo Microsoft Corporation in Redmond, Washington)
We recently received a memo from senior management saying: "This is to inform you that a memo will be issued today regarding the subject mentioned above."
(another allegedly true memo from Microsoft, Legal Affairs Division)
"When the Wintel world can't keep up with something requiring far less than 4% of the market resources to develop, that's a pretty sad set of technologies. And it's irresponsible to support it in the market place."
"That the world's market has chosen Wintel products is nothing short of a global tragedy. The market has poured many many times more resources into Wintel development for years, yet their technologies are nowhere near as refined as those of Apple."
"Everyday on our Compaq and Dell machines at work I waste wretched minutes on tasks that would take thoughtless seconds on my Mac at home; Windows requires far more tedium, research, deciphering, and guesswork to get similar things done."
"The largest component of the entire computer industry is tech support, training, service, and maintenance, thanks to the shoddy designs hoisted upon us by MS. These industries all recommend Windows and NT products to businesses and gov institutions naturally to enhance the need for their business. This represents a looping, snowballing misallocation of global resources from r&d and maintenance through productivity. It is irresponsible to support it."
"In a world without walls or fences, what use do we have for Windows or Gates?"
"We won. �Every computer in the world is basically a Macintosh now."
(Steve Wozniak, inventor of the Apple Computer)
"The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher regard those who think alike than those who think differently."
(Nietzsche)
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