Are most Aspies Microsoft people.

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i used to use and relatively enjoy Microsoft windows as a preteen, but now that I can have nicer things I only use apple products if I have the choice. However, it seems most Aspies prefer windows and its complexity. A guy I hung out with in high school acted as if somewhere on the spectrum and he said apple is for people who like easier operation and he preferred windows, as do many. It's probably unusual that I have asperger's and don't do well with complex devices. I was much more of a computer geek in middle school than in hs and beyond but once it was no longer a special interest, I lost some of the knowledge I had of it. I use iPod, iPad, and Mac. I want an iPhone but have a droid currently because my parents picked it out. I am actually the opposite of a windows fan. I think it sucks. No offense but my mom uses pcs and she has one that's fairly new but it gives way more trouble than a Mac would. She did recently get an iPad though so now I don't have to share with her and my dad anymore. She uses that more often because she can't navigate a computer properly. But she was die hard into nooks before hers broke. Anyway just wondering if most Aspies like windows and if Mac fan Aspies are the odd ducks.

I am "forced" to use Windoze at work, while I run Linux at home.

I had Linux (Ubuntu) on my old windows machine as a 2nd OS before it broke and I switched to Mac.

I resent Microsoft and its Windows. I also don't appreciate Apple too much. I wish I knew enough to install and use some flavor of Unix/Linux OS, but, despite having been a tech writer many years ago, I don't know enough about it all to benefit from it without making a mess of things. Same feeling with TAILS (multiple confusing third-party apps to download properly).

One time I tried downloading a tor network OS To my flash drive but it didn't work.

Yep. Having written very high-tech instruction manuals, I consider the TAILS instructions useless in that they rely on the user being a code-head with preexisting knowledge about the matter. As such, I don't really want to delve into the realm of switching operating systems. It might make sense to code-heads, but I get torqued working with confusing and useless instructions (see Win8.1).

Wish I could be of more help.

As far as computers go, Apple has consistently offered vastly superior operating systems. Their hardware is better too. The design is miles ahead of any of their competitors.

The simplicity in hardware and GUI layout makes sense from a design perspective. Under the hood, the OS X operating system is just as capable, if not more so (it's unix based).

I used to be on the development team of Gentoo Linux and that was probably the most complex installation process of any operating system (compiling the whole thing from scratch).

Alex, I agree 100% with what you are saying about Apple. They also run faster and are less frustrating to use than a Microsoft/Windows-based product. What do you think about Android products, as I find that they are more customizable, but can be laggy and fragmented at times?

The last windows Operating system that I've used is Windows XP. Linux distributions I've used are Ubuntu and Scientific Linux. I've had a Mac since 2010. I'm not really sure that I like the fact that the newest Macbook pros come without a CD-ROM drive, that you instead have to buy as a separate utility. Other than that, I still think that Macs are generally better than other computers and that Mac OS is better than Windows operating systems.

Indeed, all around. I went from using the first Macintosh computer in Utah (as an alumnus, Woz sent a unit to us in late 1983) at the University of Utah Department of Science dean's office and I was chosen to get it up and running ("if David can figure it out, then anybody can"). I became one of the evangelical followers immediately and ended up writing all my tech guides and user manuals on Macs, HPs, NeXTs and DOS/Windows units while living in Silicon Valley in the 1980s. Then, about eight years ago, I admitted to myself and others that I had grown tired of paying four times the price of a good Windows unit for the sake of getting a Mac unit, however better built the Mac might be. This fact, along with the bizarre decision-making skills of Jobs (like selling iOS back doors to the NSA), caused me to leave the Apple world and never look back. Basically, I have the same complaints about Apple as Woz does.

I agree with Alex. I used Windows for a while but very quickly changed to Mac. I have an iMac, Macbook, iPad Air and an iPod Touch. They may be expensive but the fact that the software and hardware are designed and produced by Apple means that the whole system is integrated. They aren't prey to viruses (at least at the moment) and are super reliable, elegant and fast ... and yes, very cool. If something goes wrong you get free technical support from knowledgeable advisers. When I had a Microsoft computer there didn't seem to be a customer service system at all.

(BTW I'm not being paid by Apple to say this )

it's funny that windows lovers make the following argument: "Only reason macs have less viruses is because they aren't as popular." Even if that were true (it isn't), would you feel safer in the inner city where crime is rampant, or in the suburbs?

Hehe. Yep. Still, I am able to see the bad half of the Apple as well as the good half. I went through several Apple scandals both professionally and personally. What Apple has been doing the last several years has been scary. Luckily, Tim Cook appears to be changing that direction.

I have to use Mac at work, but I have windows personal laptop and linux desktop.
I hate Mac.

Not exactly sure, I am more used to windows...and from what I gather Mac/apple whatever products tend to be out of my budget range, anyways. I used to have an i-pod, like one of the old ones when they first started getting popular, but it was a gift.....lost it eventually, but now just use a memory card in my phone for music on the go...phone is an LG android, not going to bother trying to figure out the exact model but it has a slide out keyboard, makes texting go much smoother than it would on a touch screen without that.

Though I know when I've tried using Mac computers I find them more confusing than Microsoft, but that could also be its just a different system and not one I am used to...maybe I would end up finding it less confusing. But doubt I will be in the budget for it anyways. Its also annoying how they're not compatible with anything outside of the brand....even I-tunes runs weird on a Microsoft so glad I don't deal with that program anymore since losing the I-pod, and not ever replacing it because the damn things never go down in cost don't know why but last I looked even the old model I had is still being sold full price which makes no sense since its outdated compared to electronics now in fact i don't think any of their products ever go down in price...which is weird but perhaps they feel the would make less money if they had reasonable prices.

Aren't as popular?....are you kidding me everyone and their mother loves apple, or so I seem to have gotten the impression. I mean hell it almost seems like some people even take it as far as judging your character based on if you've upgraded to the great apple product line or not. So not sure why people would think its not as popular, its just as popular if not more-so. I myself would be intrested in this linux or whatever but sounds like it could be too complicated to set up...I have heard rumour that Microsoft sometimes manufactures viruses so people have to pay for more software, but don't know that its exactly true.