Apple versus everyone else!!

There has been a few articles of late about the competition between apple and google/windows as Steve Jobs biographer opens his mouth to defend his former bosses alleged opinions.

http://www.news.com.au/technology/smartphones/jobs-wanted-to-declare-thermonuclear-war-on-android/comments-fn6vihic-1226320470956

Lets look at the smartphone timeline first:

1. In 2000 Ericsson released the first touchscreen smartphone which included a PDA.
2. In 2001 Microsoft released its the Windows based smart phone (also touch screen)
3. Every other maker of mobile phones released a smart phone of some description.
4. Then Apple released the Iphone in 2007 7 years later than Ericsson.

Now given these facts, lets not follow the insane argument put forward by these silly Apple employee's that every other smart phone is a rip off the Iphone. The Iphone is simply an evolution of all the other technologies wrapped up in a closed OS. This does not mean it is better, after all the ringworm parasite is also on an evolutionary journey.  All other phone companies around the world have been revolutionising and are evolving their products too. The argument that one is the original and somehow undeniably better than the rest is an extremely childish argument that should be left in the school yard. 

Now Onto the OS:

The facts:

1. Sybian OS released in 2000 on the Ericsson R380.
2. Googles Android OS was conceived in 2003 and bought by the google consortium in 2005.
3. Apples touchscreen OS was conceived in 2005 (arguably not a completely original concept) and released in 2007 with the Iphone.

Considering there were already many varieties of the icon based OS, I can't see how some people can make the claims that Apple was first? Maybe someone can post a link for me to read with more detalied info on the topic?



Also in another article I notice that there is some speculation as to the macs vulnerability to viruses. I thought it was common knowledge that the more popular a computer OS gets the more likely it will become a target for virus and malware writers?  It has been said that 60,000 Macs around the world have been infected with a Trojan virus.  Even if this number was doubled I don't fully understand why that is significant. Lets consider  that according to Apple analysts, over 15 Million macs were sold for the 2010/2011 financial year.  If only 60,000 got a virus then why is this news worthy.  That percentage would be a drop in the Ocean.

Having said that I don't want to fuel the seemingly silly Idea that macs are superior. Going pound for pound, the difference between a mac and Windows (I refuse to call them a PC because nearly all small computers are PC's) is about $300 for the Mac OS.  Now that all macs run on intel 0x86 processors the only component that can't be compared in an apples/apples comparison is the OS.  If you think the Mac OS is better then good on you, if you prefer windows then that's great.   But the weight, battery life, speed, ram, hdd, optical drive (or lack of one) will perform almost identically between similar models.

Shaking my head at the fan boi mentality that always seems to confuses marketing hype for actual facts.