First of all, it is not true that "Apple developed object oriented computer (sic)" because i) there is no such thing as an object oriented computer, and ii) Apple's operating system is not object oriented at all. I have heard people say that Macs are object oriented, but this is just a display of ignorance.
Second, you say that "If they have ever used DOS/Windows in the past and gone to Mac they'd never go back." Well, I did just that. I was forced to use a Mac at work and it was horribly slow. I confess I even tried to buy one, but gave up when I found it cost more that $5k. Later I was given a PowerMac. I was expecting great things, but in practice it was much slower than my own 486/66.
Apple got in this trouble because it concentrated on silly gadgets like the Newton and Pippin and lagged behind in OS technology. System 7 cannot do preeemptive multitasking and does not have memory protection. System 8 will only partially implement these when it is finally delivered in the 21st. century, if Apple is still around. Apple did not deliver and it is going to be extinct like the dinosaurs. This is the deserved fate of an elitist, consumer-gouging company run by people with big egos and little technical competence (it did not start that way, though). OK, Mr. Gates also has a big ego, but he knows what he is doing. |
