To be fair, I have relatively few software problems with my XP PC now. But it's not being used in the way my iMac is -- and when I *did* bash a PC hard, I had endless trouble.
I observe that my mother and father both have very substantial problems with their PCs, and less techie friends who have PCs have really severe problems.
But I think the key points are those made below by mirukux -- the tinkery settings on macs are much better hidden from non-savvy users, so people screw stuff up less. On the software, I think it's a bit more subtle; Mac developers are encouraged to behave in a more constrained way, which leads to a soothing consistency to applications.
That's very true - by having everything be as consistent as possible, the Mac user experience certainly seems to be more consistent and friendly than the Windows one, from my understanding. Giving total control to one company seems to have its advantages.
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I observe that my mother and father both have very substantial problems with their PCs, and less techie friends who have PCs have really severe problems.
But I think the key points are those made below by
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