Dear Editor:

This letter is in response to Marianne Steffey’s disparaging and terribly misinformed comments regarding Apple computers in her Oct. 10 column.
I’m not sure where she got her information that Apples “crash all the time.” OS X is one of the most stable operating systems in the computer industry today, and my iMac has not suffered any sort of system crash since I have owned it.
I’d like to have seen my PC do that.
Every WinTel PC I have ever owned has been a crash-fest. Windows always manages to corrupt itself after about a year of use and must be replaced or re-installed, which can cause major system problems.
What else makes an Apple better than a Dell?
They come pre-loaded with programs to do just about anything that a student could possibly need to do on his or her computer – a Microsoft Office suite, web browser and mail programs, a powerful address book program, MP3 ripping/playing/ burning software, an encyclopedia, a money manager, calendar software, a photo album and editor, two full games (and we aren’t talking Solitaire and Mine-sweeper), and that isn’t even a full list.
But, iMovie is the coolest program I have ever seen. You can hook up a camcorder to your computer and import video clips from the camcorder to the computer, where you can edit, rearrange and play around with them.
You can even narrate or set them to music, then put them back on the videotape or even burn them to a CD or DVD. Does your Dell do that right out of the box? Didn’t think so.
On the hardware side, my iMac makes virtually no noise when it is running. Why? Because it doesn’t have a processor fan. It doesn’t need one, because it doesn’t bring the processor to its melting point like Intel. Yet it is still just as fast or faster than any PC I have ever used.
I could go on, but I think you get the picture.
Don’t get me wrong, I used to be an Apple-basher, too. But then I saw the light. Where Macs are concerned, you really shouldn’t knock them until you try them. They’ve gotten a bad reputation among the WinTel user community, but it’s a reputation that is certainly not warranted or deserved.
Apple is often errantly viewed as a second-class citizen in the computer industry. Ask anyone who has used a Mac on a regular basis, and they’ll tell you who really has the “superior technology.”Kari Ratliff

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