Tuesday, February 16, 2021

Apple Mac is to Microsoft PC as Snowboarding is to Skiing

Skiing is easy to learn, tough to master. Snowboarding is tough to learn, easy to master. Snowboards have certain inherent advantages for looking awesome going down (go either direction, quickly). Skis can fly,  and you don't get your pants wet.

That sums up Mac vs PC. All the Apple hardware is basically proprietary, and usually a great effort is made to provide excellent audio and video, along with strong performance. PCs open architecture was the story in the late 1980's when these products were new. It still is, and to some degree that's why there is so much you can do with a PC. Managed systems work well too in PC environments for business - as a platform, and with the software Microsoft themselves make (groupware). 

Ultimately, I made a lot of money betting on both companies, but more on Microsoft - it gave me a nice $1/2 million in 2/2021 from less than $10K since 1992. Nice bet. Helps the retirement nicely.

Good luck picking such a thing today and buying into it. But you should try.