Oh, I would also like to muse on another computer brand that used to have similar issues, too.
Remember when Macintosh first came out? Barely anything worked with its operating system. I know, because we bought one of the first computers back in the day. I loved that computer, but it was like trying to catch fish in greasy water working with it outside of the usual. You had to (and still have to) buy CDs that are made specifically to run with Mac, many websites on the internet didn't run properly on Mac...the list just goes on.
I know a lot of people had dissed Macintosh for various reasons. If someone were to ask me which brand I would choose over the other, I would have to pick Mac. I'm saying this because, despite the various problems (but nothing serious), Mac always ran beautifully and there were very few bugs that I encountered. I also noticed that Mac was not as (all computers are mind you) susceptible to viruses/bugs as Microsoft was; in fact, I had less issues of my computer being infested with Trojan horses than with Microsoft. I know it is probably because these viruses are not made to attack Mac systems, but still, I've known about five Microsoft computers who have either -
A. Died on us completely.
B. Killed itself in some way
C. Was assassinated by some monster virus
D. Just wouldn't work
...and so far, none of my Mac computers (which have been...1...2...3...4. Four) have done the same thing. It's not the computer for everyone, and certainly some people need to have Microsoft for either work, etc. But, Mac is a great 'I wanted it so I bought it' kind of thing. They only exception to a Mac not working was AFTER my father dropped it on the subway...WITHOUT its protective casing. Great...