Michael Arrington Quotes

I've been using the Mac solely for years, and got very comfortable with it.

Microsoft certainly makes products for the Macintosh.

Not to go too far, but Microsoft is probably used by most people out there.

I remember endless Apple v. Windows debates in the early '90s when I was in college. Macs were better machines, everyone said; the whole Office thing was a huge pain. It was difficult to transfer files between operating systems, and generally speaking, if you wanted to do Office stuff, you needed a Windows machine.

Iran is a complete Windows country when it comes to the Office automation side.

I have a PC. My sons have a Mac and swear by it, but I have a couple PC's.

Windows is the best place; it's the home for the very best Microsoft experiences.

If I could get Office on a tablet, I'd throw my laptop away.

It's so exciting to be able to talk about Office 365. I can only describe what Office 365 is in sort of two words. You could say technically it's three words. But Office 365, ladies and gentlemen, is nothing but a Google butt-kicker, that's all it is.

At my first job in the mid-to-late '90s, almost every product was from Microsoft. Everything was designed to work together - Windows for workgroups, shared M drives, etc., etc.

If you like overheads, you'll love PowerPoint.

I use Windows; '98 second edition and it works very good for me. You know, I just started on the computer about 9 months ago and am fascinated with the possibilities. I don't know what I would do without it now.

It wasn't until the Apple Macintosh that people understood what true hardware-software integration was about. It took one company to line it up: low-cost hardware, cool graphics, third-party products built on top of it, in an all-in-one attractive package that was accessible to consumer marketing.

Windows 8 is key to the future, the Surface computer.

Why is it that I notice so many brilliant scientists using Macs for their personal computers; why does the Lawrence Livermore & Berkeley Labs buy millions of dollars worth of Macs?

I have worked on PCs and on Macs and, while I have my preferences, I don't find it crippling to work on one rather than the other.

When Steve Jobs toured Xerox PARC and saw computers running the first operating system that used Windows and a mouse, he assumed he was looking at a new way to work a personal computer. He brought the concept back to Cupertino and created the Mac, then Bill Gates followed suit, and the rest is history.

I use the iPhone and iPad every day, and I no longer touch PCs at all.

I would buy a Mac today if I was not working at Microsoft.

We were developing an innovative Personal Information Manager called Chandler but a couple years ago I took off from that to do a project writing down my memoirs essentially, reminiscing about the development of the Macintosh.

I've never owned an Apple product. I like the fact that PCs are open architecture and not locked down like Apple products. I feel that Macs are also unjustifiably overpriced.

Yandex originated from a company called Arkadia, which created two search programs under the DOS operating system in 1990.

I'm a PC guy.

Not to brag, but I do think I've gotten pretty adept on PowerPoint... except that I can't figure out how to use Excel!

It's often hard to remember that the personal computing era is still quite young. It only dates from 1977, with the arrival of the first mass-market PCs.