Accomplishing a very similar task easier generally indicates that it is better.

yeah your rite. iOS totally sucks balls yo.

I'd prefer my rented phone from Apple than to be kicked onto the street and shit on by Android OEMs after buying my phone. They couldn't care less about you the moment they have your money.

it's fun

funny. .

"In general, iOS is easier to hack than Android."

fun to troll the comments.

ya iCloud backs up everything online automatically

Easier does NOT NECESSARILY equal better. Here and in most situations for a majority of people, it probably does.

"I only had to recharge three times, and afterward, I could fry an egg on the back of the phone and have a tasty snack for my movie experience!"

Easier to do does not necessarily mean less powerful.

Easier to accomplish a very similar task generally indicates the process is better.

Not all people wish to be bothered with choosing between DC processors and 3D cameras and screen sizes and whatever else Android OEMs feel compelled to shoehorn into their phones to create bullet points/drain the battery. It's nice not feeling the stress/disappointment of knowing your phone is outdated mere months…

Macs just start up and work right away, doing... not much. But for what little they're capable of doing, they do just fine.

why did this article make you quit reading Lifehacker?

"You're comparing jailbreaking ONE device to HUNDREDS. Of course it's easier"

Time Man of the Year is/was determined as the person who had the most influence upon the world at the time. Hitler, Stalin, and now Zuckerburg, all pretty much qualify. It's not the most beloved person or the most favorite.

Do NOT dual boot Windows and OS X. It can work, but your bootloaders will be at each other's throats, and Windows won't like you at all.

If you really do travel quite a bit, you should invest in an Airport Express, and you can get one from Apple for $69 refurbished [store.apple.com]

Save and buy. Trying to install OS X on your existing PC can work, but as a former hackintosh enthusiast, very very unreliable and frustrating. You'll need to buy a second hard drive, new sound cards that will work in OS X, and endless trial and error, backing up, reformatting trying that one new .kext to see if it'll…