macdutchuser

I am fluent with MS Office and my employer pays for a corporate license. Therefore, my decision to use Apple’s software instead of MS’s has nothing to do with cost. Keynote is simply vastly superior to PowerPoint. I recognize that Excel is faster and offers more functionality than Numbers but for me, Apple’s spreadsheet software layout flexibility is way more important when looking at the data. I don’t use much word processors these days but I also prefer Pages mainly because how text selection works in Word. 

Good news. I love EDM and frankly Apple Music's selection hasn't been that great so far. This is certainly a move in the right direction.

Meanwhile, I the US the justice system is unable/unwilling to fine Samsung for what can only be described as flagrant copying and patent infringement...

This seems extremely premature... Even if Ireland collects the money, any EU country that feels lost taxes to Ireland will be able to reclaim that money from Ireland and trust me, they will. As a result, even if Apple loses their appeal, which is not certain at this point given the verdict handled by French courts in favor of Google against the French government, that money is not staying in Ireland.

Frankly, I dispute the fact that "the portable IIc failed to gain traction with consumers". It was great, solid computer and Apple sold plenty of those shiny little computers.