# Superiority of Apple

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superiority-of-apple/706402>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [December 5, 2014, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superiority-of-apple/706402 "2014-12-05T12:39:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2014, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superiority-of-apple/706402/61 "2014-12-07T04:18:36Z")

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> [@thelurkinghorror](#):
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> If we are generalizing I can bitch about Apple arbitrarily changing the scroll direction in Lion (I understand the justification, but like in Win8 it makes sense on a tablet but not if you are using a mouse).

You know that’s a settable preference, don’t you?

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**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2014, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superiority-of-apple/706402/62 "2014-12-07T04:38:31Z")

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> [@beowulff](#):
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> You know that’s a settable preference, don’t you?

Yeah, but it’s on by default and anyway a very minor annoyance. But some people don’t like it. The analogy is to Windows 8, if that’s what the quoted was complaining about. Apple/Microsoft made a change because we’re in the age of tablets and phones, but for many users the changes are unnecessary and obnoxious.

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**Author:** ![Little\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2014, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superiority-of-apple/706402/63 "2014-12-07T05:00:13Z")

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> [@beowulff](#):
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> A MacBook Air with 8GB of RAM can run Windows using Parallels just fine.
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> [For example.](http://betanews.com/2013/12/04/running-windows-8-1-under-parallels-better-than-boot-camp/)

Thanks beowulff! Lotza ram, yes?

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**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2014, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superiority-of-apple/706402/64 "2014-12-07T05:29:10Z")

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> [@Little\_Pig](#):
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> Thanks beowulff! Lotza ram, yes?

The more, the merrier!

(I have 16GB in all my machines)

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**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2014, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superiority-of-apple/706402/65 "2014-12-07T18:34:58Z")

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I’m sure the “real” story of Intel forcing Apple to use their chips is great, go ahead and tell me.

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