I offer six (6) articles on the
current state of Information Technology that I thought were worthy of discussion; and some get triggered over the "yabba dabba doo!" system beep.
Windows wasn't viable until v3.1x in 1992. It's features? A white cursor with a black border and a menu bar at the top of
every window, not just for the active one at screen top.
I've never owned an iMac for exactly the reason you describe. I know an [ex-]Guru. He's moved on to
Electrical Geodesics. The brain scan people.
Apple do in fact have stores.
pau&bernat: apple store_5th avenue_ny
As you can clearly see.