Q: What I will always love about Apple:

... Your People.

For the umpteenth time, I have received SUPERB Customer Service through Apple Care, for my phones, iPads, and Macs. In California, Washington DC, London, Rome (Italy) and now Montréal.

You got me, Apple, forever.

OK, as I wrote recently, I do not like many things that have been done to the GUI for the Yosemite OS & iOS 8.

However, I think you are very smart customer-driven people who could easily do a Commemorative SteveJobs-Tribute Iteration based on the last gorgeous OS, which was Snow Leopard. I would even pay you extra if you would allow me to choose to use those amazing trompe l'oeil effect buttons (application icons from the Forstall era). Maybe it's a bit Norman Rockwell for some people, but Norman Rockwell happens to be a great Artist, quintessentially American, and as we simplify our living environment, go for the tiny houses, smaller meals, simpler fashion, it is really, really satisfying to be able to hold a visually-rich, graphically-textured, exquisitely detailed Interface in the palm of my hand... To work from a desktop image that is not only so superbly delivered, but stimulating to contemplate.

Contemplative moments deliver higher productivity, as all good executives know.

So thank you, again, Apple, Inc. Keep on at it.

Have yourselves a magnificent fourth quarter, and an immensely satisfying Yuletide, Christmas, holiday season, winter break -- whatever it means to you, I hope you are surprised and rewarded most pleasantly for all your earnest efforts.

Your delighted customer,

Maria Ashot