What the grandparent said doesn't exclude Apple as a company giving "the best solutions to [a user's] problems". If anything, it can be an enabler.
You say "i care about the company that give me the best solutions to my problems".
Well, hundreds of millions had the same concern on mobile, and they settled on Apple (and others on Android), not Microsoft.
And that was because Apple could (partly thanks to its lax approach on backwards compatibility), be able to shrink down OS X as needed for mobile (and now wearables), make the transition to x86 and later ARM for mobile (and in the future ARM for desktop perhaps), and so on.
In general, they can move forward faster, break things if needed, etc.
Then there are other concerns. I don't want my OS to be burdened with ancient code (and vulnerabilities etc). I don't want developers to stick to ancient versions and not integrate new features etc (Apples forces their hand to -- those that can't be bothered are eliminated). And I don't want a mix of new, old, medium-old UIs on my Mac, like I get on Windows (depending on which decade of native UI framework, widgets, etc they use).
Running outdated code on a bloated operating system doesn’t benefit me.
But on that note: the Surface tablet is considered the best hybrid PC in its class, and that includes Apple devices. The XBox has sold several tens of millions of units in each generation.
Oh, and here's the kicker: Microsoft's hardware is universally superior to Apple hardware in the same class. You can still use Microsoft hardware from the turn-of-the-century. Even Zunes still work (though you need to connect them as MTP devices instead of using the Zune Store). I have an HP Windows Phone that still works, and still handles call better than an iPhone.
I don't know anyone who still has an Apple laptop, PC, or other hardware more than 10 years old. Apple products simply aren't built to last more than a handful of years before they fall apart because you're using them wrong.
Surely you're not suggesting that OS X is somehow more secure because it doesn't provide as much backwards compatability?
>It’s also nice to have other Apple products that MS could never produce because they worshipped at the alter of backwards compatibility.
It is looking more and more like Apple cannot produce products other people can, not the other way around. Most of their recent product announcements(2017 and after, especially) have begun to look quite disappointing in my eyes.
It is looking more and more like Apple cannot produce products other people can, not the other way around. Most of their recent product announcements(2017 and after, especially) have begun to look quite disappointing in my eyes.
If that were true, you would see Apple’s products trending downward when other competitors are trending upwards.....
It does not sound like you have any legitimate information about how Windows compatability increases vulnerabilites beyond vague statements. Trust me when I say that no one here thinks Windows is terribly secure, just that Mac OS X isn't secure at all either, and doesn't provide backwards compatability on top.
>If that were true, you would see Apple’s products trending downward when other competitors are trending upwards.....
Is this not the case? Lowered product buys have been offset by higher prices, but the craze of Apple products of the early to mid 2010s is over; I have also only heard negative things about their recent products too. The failed keyboard on Macbooks, how buggy the recent OS release has been, both of my roommates who have iPhone Xs are thinking about switching to Android after being plagued with constant hardware and software issues. Of course, it is possible I live in a bubble, but most people I know who have Apple technology complain a lot more about their tech than I do.
While everyone admits that Mac keyboards are horrible, Mac sales are so small compared to everything else Apple sells, it doesn’t really hurt their bottom line
both of my roommates who have iPhone Xs are thinking about switching to Android after being plagued with constant hardware and software issues.
Anecdote is not data.
It does not sound like you have any legitimate information about how Windows compatability increases vulnerabilites beyond vague statements.
Let me tell you a little story about how the half dozen different ways to represent and encode a string in Windows led to a security issue in IIS where you could just encode a DOS command in a browser window and have it execute remotely....
https://www.sans.org/reading-room/whitepapers/threats/paper/...
Or a DCOM vulnerability in 2019. No one uses DCOM anymore.
10 year old code is insecure as opposed to the just-written code that replaces it?
Exactly. Even though breaking backwards-compatibility is annoying for users, Apple doesn’t do this out of sheer spite.