why are we all so into mac?

[jhood077]

i want to know why we all are mac heads no matter what they make we all love it, well i do.

[wizzerandchips]

stylish, easy to use, and your right we do buy everything they bring out ,and some of us never looking at the competition, Is there any ?:D

[Daveway]

Some years ago I fell on my head. I woke up in my uncle's office and the first thing I saw was his G4 iMac....

So beautiful...

[iBookG4user]

Well it's because I want to use something that's reliable, easy to use, good for Graphic Design, and has a great UI. The Macs also look great too, which is a plus.

[Aniej]

love the comprehensive unified set of features that exist in each application, love the looks, the OS is killer, progressive and innovative management.

[mad jew]

It's 'cause we can't get laid.

[BigPrince]

iLife

[thekiller]

because it's pretty and NO VIRUS!

[holamiamigos]

because we have nothing else to do

[DZ/015]

We're losers. Period.

[Vertig0]

One word: aesthetics.

I want the technology I use to look good, and no one does it quite like Apple. Since the latest MBP will be my first foray into the Mac world, we'll see if I also fall in love with the OS and what not.

[doctor pangloss]

no stinking worms and viruses.

And I think Bill Gates is a sniveling weenie.:D

[Jim Campbell]

i want to know why we all are mac heads no matter what they make we all love it, well i do.

Because the alternative is so counter-intuitive that working with it is like typing with broken fingers: slow and painful. Here's an example from my Windows-based experience just two days ago:

With my boss off work, I've had to bite the bullet and update a spreadsheet that provides data for our Exec Committee. The Excel file produces graphs, which then need to be dropped into Powerpoint.

I haven't done this for a while, and wasted well over an hour trying to get the Excel sheets into Powerpoint - highlight the required cells, copy, paste ... you'd think. But, no. This causes Powerpoint to helpfully try and re-jig the layout of the cells to accommodate its different page size, making the whole thing unreadable. I vaguely remembered that -- when I last did this many months ago -- I had a 'Paste Special' option which enabled me to paste the Excel content in as a bitmap image, which I could then scale in Powerpoint without any problems.

Except that I didn't get a 'Paste Special' option, only 'Paste'.

After 90+ minutes, a lot of swearing, and multiple attempts at this apparently simple procedure, the solution became clear only by accident.

You actually do need to highlight-copy-paste, but you don't get a 'Paste Special' option if you highlight then copy with [CTRL]-C. You also don't get a 'Paste Special' option if you highlight and use the little 'Copy' button on the Excel toolbar.

Oh, no - you only get to 'Paste Special' when you highlight the cells and then right-click in them, selecting 'Copy' from the contextual menu.

Why? In the name of all that's holy: WHY!?! Why offer three different means of performing the same task, but have them behave differently depending on which method you use?

And that, ladies and gentleman, is the Windows experience ... day in and day out, an unending parade of tiny, frustrating, pointless little niggles that each serve to make the working day just that little bit more annoying than it really needs to be.

Cheers

Jim

[Schroedinger]

here's my take: It's not the same for everyone, there are several camps.

1. The "It just works camp" - these are people that don't demand a lot from their electronics, but they want it to do it well. In this category are my sisters, who both got mac laptops after they got tired of me fixing their dells. They don't care about file structures or chipsets or Unix, they just want it to work and now that they've had that experience, they have a prejudice toward apple products.

2. The "I've been around the block camp" - People that are in stark contrast to the one above, this group has used windows, os x, and linux. They choose Apple b/c their values align with those of Apple. Those who have different values are right now on their respective windows or linux forums. It's like people that always drive Hondas or BMWs b/c they know what they are getting and they like it and they have experience with Toyotas and Fords and the like.

3. The "I think this makes me hip camp" - Although this probably bothers most of us on these forums, I'm sure there is a significant number of people who have turned into Apple fanboys b/c it buys them cool points. Macbooks and iPods stand out as cool products and if you have one, then you too are "cool." They get a thrill out of telling people their Dells suck. I've got a little cousin who falls in this camp. Two weeks after he got his iMac he was talking down to every PC user he met, but he is 12 so I'll cut him a little slack.

4. The "Been here since the Apple II camp" - People that have been with the company and it's products so long that nothing else matters anymore.

[kymac]

because its american nature to place yourself above the rest. and we obsessive over apple because it brings us above everyone else who suffers the pains and struggles of the windows world. because we use apple, we are the best. i mean, why obsess over something thats not amazing? apple pride! haha

[Cyberthato]

the first comp at home was an IBM (text mode 16 color display), my mother hated it and exchanged it for a CS (40 Mb hard drive and 1Mb ram) it was excelent, 256 grayscale display, ans I could open word, excel and whatever the other MS program was AT THE SAME TIME with the help of something-swith. I was a Child but stayed in love with my mac.

Now I'm the happy owner of a MBP, IMAC, iPod and am succesfully turning my gf into the dark side. she no loger hates macs the way she used to, she even has a red nano =)

in short I love it just because I'm a fanboy. And I'm proud of it

[Igantius]

As an aid to creativity.

When I was 18, just before I left school, I started writing professionally. For a few months, I worked in one magazine office before starting uni. It blew my mind how just three people with three Macs could produce a national magazine, which was even sold in a few overseas cities – and also just how user-friendly the machines were.

Macs are my weapon of choice for number of reasons. A major one is that certain preferred tools of mine aren’t available on other platforms.

[bertpalmer]

I suspect that for most people it's because of Apple's advertising campaign. Also the success of the iPod and to be different and somehow unique because they aren't using Windoze.

[cnybud]

For me, I found the system that works without me having to spend too much tie trying to keep it running. I turn it on, it works. I don't have to tun it on update my virus, firewall, adware, blah blah, i just go to work.

Now I could do that with linux as well, but hey OSX is more polished far easier to learn.

[FleurDuMal]

Because Sony almost ruined my life (twice).

[Queso]

I like the Mac interface because it just lets you get on with things. I regularly have to use Windows and it just seems to be constantly getting in your way, which makes it a hassle to use. The Mac isn't like that.

[AdeFowler]

It's an intangible drug ;)

[Genghis Khan]

1) No drivers...ever
2) All in one software and hardware
3) quality
4) User Interface
5) pretty


in that order:cool:

[Dynamyk]

Round the circle.

Started with a Mac, now I definitely will finish with a Mac :)

[nnick]

Oregon Trail on the Apple IIc in my elementary school library!!!

[holamiamigos]

here's my take: It's not the same for everyone, there are several camps.

1. The "It just works camp" - these are people that don't demand a lot from their electronics, but they want it to do it well. In this category are my sisters, who both got mac laptops after they got tired of me fixing their dells. They don't care about file structures or chipsets or Unix, they just want it to work and now that they've had that experience, they have a prejudice toward apple products.

2. The "I've been around the block camp" - People that are in stark contrast to the one above, this group has used windows, os x, and linux. They choose Apple b/c their values align with those of Apple. Those who have different values are right now on their respective windows or linux forums. It's like people that always drive Hondas or BMWs b/c they know what they are getting and they like it and they have experience with Toyotas and Fords and the like.

3. The "I think this makes me hip camp" - Although this probably bothers most of us on these forums, I'm sure there is a significant number of people who have turned into Apple fanboys b/c it buys them cool points. Macbooks and iPods stand out as cool products and if you have one, then you too are "cool." They get a thrill out of telling people their Dells suck. I've got a little cousin who falls in this camp. Two weeks after he got his iMac he was talking down to every PC user he met, but he is 12 so I'll cut him a little slack.

4. The "Been here since the Apple II camp" - People that have been with the company and it's products so long that nothing else matters anymore.



is it possible to be a 1.5?... haha. thats me

[wyatt23]

here's my take: It's not the same for everyone, there are several camps.

1. The "It just works camp" - these are people that don't demand a lot from their electronics, but they want it to do it well. In this category are my sisters, who both got mac laptops after they got tired of me fixing their dells. They don't care about file structures or chipsets or Unix, they just want it to work and now that they've had that experience, they have a prejudice toward apple products.

2. The "I've been around the block camp" - People that are in stark contrast to the one above, this group has used windows, os x, and linux. They choose Apple b/c their values align with those of Apple. Those who have different values are right now on their respective windows or linux forums. It's like people that always drive Hondas or BMWs b/c they know what they are getting and they like it and they have experience with Toyotas and Fords and the like.

3. The "I think this makes me hip camp" - Although this probably bothers most of us on these forums, I'm sure there is a significant number of people who have turned into Apple fanboys b/c it buys them cool points. Macbooks and iPods stand out as cool products and if you have one, then you too are "cool." They get a thrill out of telling people their Dells suck. I've got a little cousin who falls in this camp. Two weeks after he got his iMac he was talking down to every PC user he met, but he is 12 so I'll cut him a little slack.

4. The "Been here since the Apple II camp" - People that have been with the company and it's products so long that nothing else matters anymore.


i am clearly #1 & #2.

tho, for #3... i suppose i'm cooler because i chose apple. not that i chose mac to be cooler. :p just a consequence of having an eye for nice design.

[g7by08believeit]

how else am i going to get chicks?

[Sweetfeld28]

I like Macs, because:

1. I have been on a Mac since middle school. My friend dad also works for Apple, he was our HS campus Rep.

2. Because I like the Look and Feel, of the Mac Hardware, as well as the Software.

3. Drivers, I hate drivers. I don't know how many times i have worked on friends PCs, and they can't find the driver discs.

[FF_productions]

I've been using Macs since I was 3-4 years old when we got a Performa.

It makes life easier for me, and there is no alternative to it (trust me I've used windows for years).

[jeremy.king]

It is because my pantry is stocked chock full of this.

http://greg.abstrakt.ch/1998/humor/img/Koolaid.jpg

[gkarris]

here's my take: It's not the same for everyone, there are several camps.

1. The "It just works camp" - these are people that don't demand a lot from their electronics, but they want it to do it well. In this category are my sisters, who both got mac laptops after they got tired of me fixing their dells. They don't care about file structures or chipsets or Unix, they just want it to work and now that they've had that experience, they have a prejudice toward apple products.

2. The "I've been around the block camp" - People that are in stark contrast to the one above, this group has used windows, os x, and linux. They choose Apple b/c their values align with those of Apple. Those who have different values are right now on their respective windows or linux forums. It's like people that always drive Hondas or BMWs b/c they know what they are getting and they like it and they have experience with Toyotas and Fords and the like.

3. The "I think this makes me hip camp" - Although this probably bothers most of us on these forums, I'm sure there is a significant number of people who have turned into Apple fanboys b/c it buys them cool points. Macbooks and iPods stand out as cool products and if you have one, then you too are "cool." They get a thrill out of telling people their Dells suck. I've got a little cousin who falls in this camp. Two weeks after he got his iMac he was talking down to every PC user he met, but he is 12 so I'll cut him a little slack.

4. The "Been here since the Apple II camp" - People that have been with the company and it's products so long that nothing else matters anymore.

1 - 20%
2 - 20%
3 - 50%
4 - 20%

Wait, that's 110%.. well, Dells do suck (HP's are good though) :p

[Me1000]

100% #2!!:apple: :apple: :apple:

[SC68Cal]

Oregon Trail on the Apple IIc in my elementary school library!!!

I remember those days. Brings a tear to my eye.

I was a Linux guy looking for a new computer. Roomate was an OS X guy so I gave it a whirl.

[Lixivial]

Because I was raised on the Macintosh, and during the dark ages of Apple I became familiar with Linux (Windows, too, though it's less relevant to my reasoning).

In my opinion, Mac OS X is the perfect blending of simplicity and power, commerical software and open source. There's nothing else like it on the consumer market that bridge these typically great divides. It has something for everyone, and in my book, that's quite a tall order to accomplish. It's also a programmer's dream: no other machine on the market can (legally) capture as much of the market as an Apple machine can now that they've gone Intel.

[Chooser]

Little bit of #1, for the most part they do work and let me get my work done. Number #2 because work forced me to use other operating systems. Number #3 well I dealt with the stone throwing and name calling, that I don't care if I'm hip or not. Number #4 yep this is where it all started for me.

[grafikat]

I spend 50 times as much time updating my DH's PC than even THINKING about updating and virus protecting my mac!

[morphineseason]

I'll admit, it was the "look", the GUI, and lack of viruses that turned me on to Mac. As a recent switcher, I can say that I'm happy that I switched over. I enjoy the ease of use, stability, and overall the lack of problems. I've never been a "PC gamer" so I didn't really need that in a computer either, just the raw power for things that counted for me like graphic design/video editing/etc.

[CANEHDN]

We're nerds to n^th power.

[Legolamb]

'cause it allows you to be nerdy and sexy at the same time:cool:

[AJ Muni]

Because we are dorks. Cool, smart, thinking different dorks ;)

[Cindynjgirl79]

For me it was the iPod. I got a pink mini when they 1st came out. Got applecare with it. Compared to the phone help from hp, applecare was astounding! I had so many problems with my pc it was insane. There were times on the phone with hp tech people that there were tears. :( Big spooler problem. I also think that the iPod is the gateway drug to apple! (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=303553&highlight=ipod+the+gateway+drung+to+apple)

When the 60GB video came out, had to have it! Got applecare on that one too. Thank god because this happen to it (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=301277). After that I was sold on anything and everything mac.

Back in Dec. I got a MacBook and haven't touched a pc since. Well once to set up my wireless router.

[Str8edgepunker]

For me, I'm in pretty much all of the Schroedinger camps. I have always loved how macs work, back to the dark days of an SE/30 (Now I am REALLY dating myself. :D I was only 4.) so I've been using them all my life. But when it came time to get myself a computer for whatever reason, I went with some pc laptops at the time. I say some because I went through 3 different laptops from toshiba, compaq and hp (yes they were different companies back in the day). Each of them had problems that manifested within days of owning them. I finally cut my losses and convinced my dad to buy me a titanium powerbook that we got on the 10.2 jaguar launch day and other than having a hinge break under warranty and some other odds and ends, I was very happy with my computer. It still works great to this day. It just does what I want it to do with barely a fuss and that's why I'm mac for life.

[cnybud]

I guess i should also say that the reason i am a Mac guy now is that Commodore has not put out a laptop ;)