Apple.

[Recursion]

Microsoft do a lot more for education than Apple. Two examples I'm using right now are their licensing options specifically for Schools and their free Live@Edu solution for schools (Basically free MS Exchange hosting).

As Steve Jobs said, they're a "mobile devices" company.

[Jordy]

Whilst it's not close to my love of Google and Microsoft I'm quite a fan of Apple. It certainly brings a lot of innovation to the industry, a lot of the stuff they come up with is new and even if it isn't, they've succeeded (single handily in my opinion) in making MP3 players, Smartphones and Tablets popular.

I always get a feeling of quality with their products too, everything seems to work and it's relatively simple yet quite powerful at the same time. Their support is also top-notch from experience, despite this I would not invest in a Mac computer as I just don't think they're good enough value but on the whole I like Apple.

[Oleh]

I am not a fan of apple at all. Hate their products (i have an ipod touch, but who doesn't nowadays) but i made a personal promise not to purchase an apple product which doesn't fit in my pocket.

My friend on the otherhand is overwhelmingly annoying with what he does.

He has an itouch, ipad, iphone, imac and soon a macbook.

I would happily go out and buy an archos media player apart from the fact... no fun games.

[Homosexual]

I like their products but won't pay the substantial price for their computers. Anything else, though, and I will.

Currently running a Hackint0sh, but after a few years I might buy a Mac.

[Matthew]

I like apple products, though I'm not really fussed about them as a company.

[LMS16]

Very crappy company. Profit is all they have in mind, nothing else. All they want is your money, thats typical but as someone else said, nothing they build will last, if anything, they will be built to break the day after your warranty runs out.

Ive always said I wont buy any apple products, but I dived in and bought an ipad, hate it, Im selling it soon.

You pay ALOT of money only to be limited to what you can do, its *REMOVED*!

Hate apple, love microsoft and I dont know about google

Lew.

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[Jsoh]

I like apple as a company and I have a few products from them, not hugely fussed about them, they give a good service and I like steve jobs he clearly loves what he is doing.

[LMS16]

I like apple as a company and I have a few products from them, not hugely fussed about them, they give a good service and I like steve jobs he clearly loves what he is doing.

Love steve jobs? You pay like £200+ for an apple product and hes even limited them so no 'porn' can be accessed on them or something :S Hes all about 'We dont want children accessing porn', well, create parental controls, simple!

Funny thing is, Steve Jobs only earns $1/year from Apple

Lew.

[Jin]

I can see the benefit of both PC's and Apple. However for the consumer level I don't agree with Apple products apart from iPod and iPhone (though I am not a fan of the iPhone).

I believe apple products are bloated in their price in terms of the specification of their product, the after sales issues are by far the most expensive to fix, if your PC breaks down you simply replace a part.

If your mac breaks down, you send it to a "professional" so not to void your warranty/ pay about half the value of the product in repairs/ buy a new product.

I also disagree with the attitude of most apple product users, it's almost like a cult.

But yes, I must say that in certain aspects their products are great in aesthetics and technical design.

Vents under the keys and in between the screen and laptop. Genius.

Magnetic Power connector. Genius.

Light up keyboard. Thank god.

[HotelUser]

Love steve jobs? You pay like £200+ for an apple product and hes even limited them so no 'porn' can be accessed on them or something :S Hes all about 'We dont want children accessing porn', well, create parental controls, simple!

Funny thing is, Steve Jobs only earns $1/year from Apple

Lew.

You can access porn on Apple products, I have no idea why you think you can't