Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 31st Jul 2009 12:13 UTC
With Apple doing really, really well, and with Microsoft having its first sets of negative figures since the company's founding, Microsoft CEO points his arrows towards Cupertino. In a talk to members of the press and analyst community, Ballmer talked about Microsoft vs. Apple.
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2005-07-06
That's the thing about anecdotal evidence. People are more likely to express negative feedback then positive feedback.
If you look at the overall statistics and customer satisfaction surveys, Apple is ranked pretty darn high.
For my own personal, anecdotal evidence, I've owned and built many PCs over my lifetime. I've only ever owned two apple systems, one which I just bought recently.
I've also helped maintain many labs of computers at a school for a few years, and the Apple computer labs generally had significantly fewer hardware failures.
But I'm not willing to say that one type of hardware is generally better than another. Every company has their "stinkers" -- products with design flaws that affect the reliability of the hardware.
For me, I'm happy with both. My answer when someone asks me which one they should get is, "The right tool for the right job. It depends on what you want to use it for."