Jerry Goldsmith Quotes

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

People are very confused about how to do things on a computer, but generally, if you hover your cursor over things, it will tell you what it is.

Macintosh felt like a system. As I learned more, I felt like I was able to guess how new things would work. I felt like the bugs in my programs were more my bugs and not things I misunderstood.

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.

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.

Software is now so complex - requiring so many gazillions of tiny files all over your computer - that most consumers don't want to bother to know what's really going on.

I've been using a computer for quite some time, and I don't understand everything.

I'm a Mac user. I think it depends on how you were brought up, and I was introduced to Apple quite early. They're certainly the best for visual stuff and film-directing.

For many years, even as users became more sophisticated, personal computers took too much effort to use without problem-solving, keeping alive the yearning for greater simplicity. Microsoft's dominant Windows platform, in particular, was a home for all manner of bugs and problems that required IT people to straighten out.

Any version of Windows is going to have lots of great new things that people use and things that are tough.

My perspective is this: my allegiance is to the best product for my needs. For a computer, this means Macintosh. For phone and tablet, this means Android.

I don't know how to turn on a computer.

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

I've tried plenty of telephones. I tried to get into the Samsung Galaxy and the Blackberry, but the iPhone is just too easy to use. The camera takes clear pictures and the phone itself looks great. Like all Apple products, it kind of just makes sense.

I'm a techno moron. I need help just to plug in my video camera.

One of the problems with computers, particularly for the older people, is they were befuddled by them, and the computers have gotten better. They have gotten easier to use. They have gotten less expensive. The software interfaces have made things a lot more accessible.

Document preparation systems will also require large screen displays.

With concerted effort, I can follow written instructions, but don't ask me to simply grasp how to operate a smartphone.

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?

Windows is probably the most important product in the entire PC industry. Everything we do in terms of supporting touch, new hardware, accessibility has incredible impact.

Any product that needs a manual to work is broken.

Gee, I am a complete Luddite when it comes to computers, I can barely log on!

I spend a fair amount of time on my computer, but I don't hack into anything. I have to open the manual and follow instructions.

You don't have to know how to build an automobile or a television set or a laptop to know how to use it.

OS X is sweet: it's simple and intuitive, and I think GNOME shares a lot of values with it.