You must be 11.

Seriously, the animated cartoon posing as a movie wasn't a "movie". Animated feature would probably be doing it a large favor.

I'm well aware of what an app bundle, or really any kind of packaging in OSX is. I was only addressing the aspects of Windows and the registry and the perceived lack of transportability of windows programs. None of those things need occur in windows, it's just shitty developers toeing the MS line or worse, not knowing any better.

The first Transformers movie sucked badly. Really badly. The first Star Wars movie was considered pretty awesome then, and has weathered the years pretty well (think about how many other special effects laden movies are treated well 45 years later). The second Star Wars movie was awesome, and is still considered good. I don't know about others, but the third movie was a major let down, bordering on the ridiculous, and seemed targeted at an age range half of the previous two movies. The prequels were... unmentionable, other than to hold them up to display how additional experience, wisdom, and financial capacity have exactly 0 bearing on the quality of a movie.

a) it's crappy developers that force the registry hell on you. There's no reason to use it, nor any requirement to use it.
b) There's no problem building a single EXE with all required DLLs (or there didn't used to be.)
c) there's nothing preventing you from shipping a zip (because windows still doesn't understand a tarball) which has everything packaged up nice and neat (ie, a bundle)
d) multiple users can use an app that you drop into the appropriate places, some will require that when you drop it there, you have to elevate your privs, but that's pretty standard
There's no excuse to have installer hell. Just say no.

I wasn't commenting about you specifically, just using your post as a segue. Sorry if my post implied anything other than that. For what it's worth, I did and do play around with Android across the 2.3 through 4.4 versions, and I can't say I prefer any of them over the Apple ecosystem. If your desire is to tinker with them, absolutely, but if you just want a phone that mostly works and doesn't require learning 5 different ways to get through various menu navigations, then no. Especially if you're dealing with non-technical older people.

Google Voice doesn't recognize your Android version, please upgrade...

We really need an edit option: Sept 2014, not September 2013....

Aw gee, and after all the talk about how Apple was a horrible company for "abandoning" the iPhone 4 users in September 2013 (phone released in 2010). Oh, "abandoning" means that the iPhone 4 merely doesn't upgrade to the latest iOS full version release, it's still supported AFAIK under iOS 7. Queue the Android shills in 3, 2, ...

We grew things in 6/7, in 8+ we cut them up.

actually, the hardware is better. Decidedly better. Samsung would kill to be able to have the same touchscreen. Have you actually used a Galaxy S4? I have. They suck hardware wise in comparison. Just because you make a paper mache tiger doesn't make it like a real tiger except from a viewable distance.

I hope "Macs" do not get touchscreens. The last thing I want on my 4K+ screen is a bunch of fingerprint smudges.

Apple is a platform company, and always has been. The user experience is driven by software running on applicable hardware. Apple started as a hardware company, and has always focused on having a reliable platform. A Jobs snippet taken out of context doesn't mean much.

On this, just about everyone will disagree. Their hardware is different, performs within published specs, and lasts better and longer than any competitor. Putting windows on a MacBook Pro gives you the ultimate windows laptop, lighter, faster, and longer battery life as well as longer lasting hardware. Putting OS X on non Apple hardware can result in a relatively fast solid system at a lower cost than comparable Apple hardware, but rarely better functioning, at least until the latest soldered on memory garbage on minis at least.

And you knew this, so why do you state they're a software company?

Just remove parties from ballots, you'll have the fixes percolating through in no time. No parties, no party vote. Two party system? Done.

Automatically on Yosemite, turns out that install system and security updates was checked. No more. I don't like things happening to my system automatically.

They're trying to patent something called yield management. I do believe a wikipedia article about an age old process invalidates any legalese patent language you try to wrap around the idea.