<p>How is that lost in translation. You specifically mentioned that Apple had a higher stock price than Microsoft so therefore they must have a better business.</p>
<p>So I had to show you that stock price doesn't matter.</p>
<p>Another financial thing, look up the P/E ratios of the two companies. You probably already know, but for clarification. P/E is price to earnings. Low is good because it means the earnings are a higher percentage of the price.</p>
<p>Apple has almost double the P/E ratio of Microsoft.</p>
<p>It was a factually incorrect statement on purpose and meant to be humorous it my dorkish way. There are many factors affecting stock prices; I do understand that. Your statement stated that "If you ever just do business with Macs, you'll fail." I took the quote out of context, intentionally, and interpreted "do business" as doing business with Macs (replaced with Apple). This new interpretation means one who does business with Apple (the company) or having business relations with Apple or conducts business with the company. Obviosuly those people who conduct business with Apple (buying their computers, etc) are not all failing. Hence the double entendre. Entendre is the French verb for "to listen"; a literal translation would be "two listenings" or in regular english, two intepretations, and hence the ambiguity that Icarus mentioned.</p>
<p>When you have to explain a joke, it's usually a bad one; I'm prone to telling bad jokes; but my bad jokes humour me.</p>
<p>Whew, now to go back to the original intentions of this post (I've been deviating a lot lately)...</p>
<p>That's not why I like them. That's why I'm saying they are more useful. It's what most people are trained on in college, and it's where the most jobs are available as well.</p>
<p>i've never heard of anyone who uses a mac only to be 'alternative'. pcs may be widespread, but that doesn't make them more useful. some people find ease of use to be an insult to their intelligence, but i actually prefer things to run effortlessly while i get on with my [coding, graphic design, you name it].</p>
<p>If P/E is low it does not mean that it's necessarily better. Sometimes it's better off when it is low while other times it is better off when it is relatively higher. It just indicates how the stock is valued compared to the earnings of the company. You don't want a P/E of 1 or a P/E of 50, but there are many good ratios in between.</p>
<p>whoa, this thread went totally whacko.
texas- give it up. there are other operating systems besides your precious windows. and pretty much ALL of them are more stable and don't have bill's harsh restrictions. these OS' are compatible with windows, especially Apple, which has made "switching" extremely easy, and they are more than capable of holding their own as far as power is concerned. If these operating systems weren't viable at all, then why would Germany be switching entirely to Linux? Perhaps they don't want the next internet virus that seems to fry every windows computer it comes in contact with? perhaps they never want to see another blue screen of death for as long as they live?</p>
<p>just keep in mind that there are other ways of computing. they are better, they are more stable, and they will slowly crush windows until bill gates is begging outside of Macworld.</p>
<p>sorry, what i meant to say was that you can do cross-platform work. you can transfer files from mac to pc and pc to mac without having to worry about the OS, so having mixed macs and pc's in a workplace is nothing to worry about. ergo, OS X and Linux DO have a place in the business world, and those who prefer them, for many reasons, should not be hampered by their pc-toting peers.</p>
<p>my own personal experience has opened my eyes to OS X and Linux and, however subjective it may be, I find that working without constant fear of crashing is beneficial to my mental health.
OS X and Linux are unix-based and do not have the gaping back-door security holes that cause windows to be a target for spyware. perhaps it's just that windows has too large a user-base and is always targetted by viruses that desire the greatest possible impact, but windows has a reputation for being a less stable operating system.
Apple also updates their security in Virex daily, and their operating system is refreshed each year, while windows users had to put up with a sloppy XP SP2 update and a never-ending wait for Longhorn.
i'm sorry if it feels like i'm trying to instill my pc-hate on you people...it's just i've never had a good time with windows.</p>
<p>I guess we all have different issues with the OS's and types of computers and other related things. I have never had trouble with Windows or my PC crashing or anything of the sort. My father is one of the "big cheeses" of a computer company, so I've always had the best of technology.</p>
<p>I can see the problems people would have with Windows if they're on dialup connections and original Pentium processors. I do know some things about Macs, but certainly less than PCs, still I am not sure that having a Mac is going to help people have a better computer. Because of the Microsoft monopolizing issues, unless you have plenty of money to pour into a top of the line PC, it's not gonna work. Macs are generally more expensive though, but maybe the bottom line of those is higher than that of PC.</p>