Just a few days shy of the 50 years, it is time to consider what Microsoft has meant to me over the past few decades.

I have to say that it is overwhelmingly not a positive experience which is a shame because we all know how instrumental the company has been in the rise of technology, especially in those early days.

I used to own PCs, but eventually moved to Apple 12 or 13 years ago (I think?) and I haven’t looked back. The stark contrast to using my personal MacBook compared to my work IBM laptops is huge and even if I was using my MacBook for work I am sure the experience would be much more preferable.

Microsoft owns many parts of the tech world with Windows, Outlook, Teams and a myriad other solutions, but I don’t like any of them.

Apple understands that the ‘how’ is as important as the ‘what’ and to this day I find every single Microsoft solution clunky, tricky to use and often frustrating. There are only two Microsoft products that I have ever used, hardware or software, that I believe are ahead of the rest. Excel and Xbox. That’s it.

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