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ok ok... Xerox Star, a computer or copy machine... uuggg... either way you lay it out on the table... the bottom line is that ultimately Steve Jobs, the Woz and Apple were the people that actually brought this idea of a windows GUI to both personal and business computers successfully...Xerox was ready to dump the idea completely.... Apple was already on that road... so they had some help from other innovators, big deal... the point is that they did it with style, with heart, and in my book did it because they were inspired to do something innovative. I have respect for people and a company like that.

...the real world? you mean like those reality TV shows? Thats the real world isn't it? Hey soon you will be able to download all the reality you want.... right from the iTunes Video Store .....mmmmmmmwwwwaahhhhhhahahahahahahahahaha.....

Hahah...my "mac robe"...well im not an idiot...yes i do know that Zerox had a windows "CONCEPT" for a digital screen on a copy machine....Not for a personal computer....i didnt want to "digg" into this that far, but since you brought it up..... ZEROX didnt have the VISION NECESSARY to take it too the next level and as such, was ready to can the whole idea. It was APPLE that saw the potential and took it to the next level.....ummm...not Microsoft. They were busy figuring out how to steal?....ummm...DOS.

I find it funny actually that a lot of people never knew that Apple was the first to come out with a windows based OS. It was actually a huge breakthrough and all over the news. Today, really its like only the hardcore Apple users that know this. I honestly believe that it was all the money Bill Gates spent on marketing Windows 95 that caused people to believe that Microsoft was the original. They also went after Apple when they were vunerable and sort of took a strong hold on copying features in the Mac OS. I know there is a lot more here to the story, but all details aside, after all, im only one many opinions here, but i think a lot of people would agree that Apple would more likely spend their money on Research and Development then to spend it on marketing. This of course goes back to when Apple was a real underdog. I realize that today, business is booming for Apple with the iPod. I think its well deserved and it makes me excited to see where Apple goes next, considering they probably have some room to move. I think its good that Apple has a small percentage of the market share. Really its all the Artists, Musicians etc... all the creative people that widely use Macs... And it makes sense that they do. They Think Different! As does Apple. As an artist myself, Apple made it possible for me to do bigger and better things...not Microsoft. Its pretty ironic when i hear people say things like..."but the Mac seems so complicated?!". It's really like....Woah?! Complicated?! The Apple platform was always elegant and simple. Hello?! One mouse button. It was Microsoft that, in their horrible attempt to copy the Mac OS without infringing on copyrights and patents, in effect ended up with a complicated OS. Once people got used to that, its like for people to understand that the Mac is simpler to use is like beating a dead horse. Most common thing ive heard a PC user say when showing them simple things on a Mac, like burning a CD or Creating a slideshow of my photos...."huh?!......thats it?!....thats all you do?!". Replys like that used to send me off on rants similar to this one, but these days i usually just say......"Ummm...Yup. That simple." Can you imagine what would happen if everyone knew all the bigger things the Mac is capable of. Im almost glad most don't. Id rather see Apple always be the underdog. Always be a little hungry. Its when your down that you shine the best. I'll end my babbling here, sorry if i seem talkative or overprotective of Apple, just can help it really.