Have you ever purchased a Microsoft product? How about an Apple product? Maybe both? Which experience was simpler and most straightforward? My guess is the Apple purchase. Why? Because Apple makes it easy. You don't have to sift through a side-by-side comparison chart to find out if you need the student, home, business, business professional, expert home-based business, part-time business, upper-level executive, or in-the-business-of-building-homes-for-business edition of whatever it is you are buying.

I doubt anyone has ever been confused deciding which iPod to purchase. Sure, they may be indecisive, but not confused. It normally comes down to size and color…not a whole lot more difficult than buying a pair of shoes.

What if Microsoft had released the iPod? This video takes a satirical look at what that may look like.