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In reply to the discussion: Microsoft FAIL, Microsoft to reverse course on Windows 8 [View all]Chan790
(20,176 posts)Unfortunately, I will never buy Apple. I refuse to even comparison-shop their products. I've used them...I hate them. I hate their OS, I hate their design philosophy and I loathe how they organize things.
Ubuntu Linux is great if you know enough about computing to be the sort of person able to fix frequent issues from small problems; it's an OS for computer professionals. It's not user-friendly for the average low-information computer user...it'd be more so if it came with WINE already set-up and functional.
Most people just want an OS that works for them out of the box and has no hassles.
Currently, there isn't one on the market. Not OS X. Not Win 8. Not any flavor of Linux.
It's an open market if someone wanted to throw together a simple and functional OS that runs all Win-compatible software without modification or the need for complex emulators which require a substantial amount of program-specific tweaking every time you install new software.