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I Hate Macs
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I think the whole Mac vs PC thing is way overdone. I'm a fairly new Mac user and although I do like the Mac better and don't see myself switching back to PC (why would I when I can use it on my Mac), there's no need for me to bash PC simply because I prefer Mac.
I have seen the light. As soon as I post this, I'm taking a "persuader" to my PowerBook.
Wait, that's not a light...
Wait, that's not a light...
eji - It's because they're not as common over here. Most people have the fear because they've just never seen one, and don't know what to expect. Everyone I've showed my Powerbook to so far on the course has either been impressed, or at least admitted that they're Ok.
One of my friends used to like them because they weren't Windows, but because he's an AMD fan he now hates them, no matter how much I try to drive home that at the moment, Core 2 Duo is the best option for Apple's plans.
One of my friends used to like them because they weren't Windows, but because he's an AMD fan he now hates them, no matter how much I try to drive home that at the moment, Core 2 Duo is the best option for Apple's plans.
I totally cannot understand the point of hating a Mac or a PC. To me, they're tools in my toolbox. It's like saying "I hate phillips-tip screwdrivers, slotted-tips are way better!" They do pretty much the same thing, just in a slightly different way. Neither one is better than the other, and they ultimately serve the same purpose. But I will admit that I find my Mac a bit more pleasant to use. 
That's what my wife tells me. I'm just always amazed by how folks from the UK tend to regard them with angry suspicion, or if they're having a good day, completely discount them as an alternative to Windows-based computers. They also vehemently cling to the myths (one-button mouse, no right-click, and no software is available for Macs) that any self-respecting computer user of any OS persuasion has long since abandoned as being dated or downright untrue.
In a candid joke, an English friend -- who actually claims to be computer-savvy, but has stated with complete confidence that no three-way video chat app exists for any OS, and that printing to PDF without Adobe software installed is utterly impossible -- said, "I guess I just don't like what I don't know." And he seemed perfectly content with that.
The one reassuring factoid among all this is that Douglas Adams, as British as they come, was a proud Mac zealot.
EDIT: Oh, and I just noticed that Stephen Fry is also a Mac user. As is Ricky Gervais, whose iMac sits on his desk in most of his podcasts. So I suppose the *important* Brits use Macs.
Oh, I understand the humo(u)r. I'm one of the minority of Americans who feels more comfortable with the British sense of humor, and I've bemused and offended people by putting it into practice. But I don't think Brooker was being entirely lighthearted here. He admits some of his jibes were unfair, but his animosity is real. And with the way that some Mac fanboys act as well as those awful commercials (which I don't care for, either), who can blame him?
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Still, he's better than Zoe Williams. I refuse to buy the Guardian simply because I know that some of my money will be going to fund the bilge that she comes out with every week.
I can cope with Zoe, but who is that horrific bint who's just started a couple of pages in the Saturday magazine? I usually read it cover to cover, but I have to skip her because she makes me all angered of a Saturday.
I can cope with Zoe, but who is that horrific bint who's just started a couple of pages in the Saturday magazine? I usually read it cover to cover, but I have to skip her because she makes me all angered of a Saturday.
Russell Brand writing in the Sports pages is enough to get me angry on a Saturday. And to rub salt in the wound, his subject is usually nothing to do with sport
I seem to remember they actually won an award for it. Probably the Observer awards or maybe the Manchester Evening News ones
Actually they won a webby for their website. However the authors clearly an ass, in this he's obsessing and ranting more than usual and actually isn't being very entertaining (he used to write for PC Zone, a gaming magazine fwiw). It's not like Ford drivers get into a hissy fit because Peugeot say there cars are the 'drive of your life'
I want the few minutes of my life I wasted reading that back. This guy (funny or not) is a horrible writer, he did not use any legitimate evidence to back up his claims on why he actually hates Macs. It read like a rant by a 9 year old on a Pokemon forum.
Lets summarize what he basically said/implied to spare other people from wasting their life:
1.) Apples commercials are so offensive to his personality it caused him to write that article.
2.) Since he learned how to use windows and now heard Macs are easy to use, he believes that everyone who uses a Mac should of had to suffer through learning how to use windows.
3.) He hates Macs so he refuses to open his mind and broaden his knowledge by learning how to use MacOS X.
4.) He cant stand the fact Macs = Style to some people therefore he hates Mac users who think they are any better than PC users.
5.) He blames Macs for the Global Warming.
Lets summarize what he basically said/implied to spare other people from wasting their life:
1.) Apples commercials are so offensive to his personality it caused him to write that article.
2.) Since he learned how to use windows and now heard Macs are easy to use, he believes that everyone who uses a Mac should of had to suffer through learning how to use windows.
3.) He hates Macs so he refuses to open his mind and broaden his knowledge by learning how to use MacOS X.
4.) He cant stand the fact Macs = Style to some people therefore he hates Mac users who think they are any better than PC users.
5.) He blames Macs for the Global Warming.
Yeah, because you know, it's impossible to plug in a regular generic 2 button USB PC mouse and use it on a Mac also. I mean...two button mice ARE NOT SUPPORTED on Macs! Control-clicking is for SUCKERS! I gotta have my right click!
/sarcasm
What a tool.
What "evidence" is needed for "claims" in a column that the writer himself dismisses as piffle?