Responding to a Mac Basher

Ignore and move on.

 

Exactly, who cares what this douche bag says

 

Tell him he's an idiot and hasn't a clue what he's talking about and then don't bother with him

 

What is this, 1999? Do people still have these silly arguements? Ignore it and move on.

 

Welcome to the Internet. This debate has raged on since the mid nineties (if not earlier), and it will never end. Ever. Nothing they say will change your mind, nothing you say will change their mind.

Great way to kill an afternoon though

 

Just tell him he's simply uneducated because he's never taken the time to gain the experience and do things that are sensible, like plugging in a 2 button mouse, or learning how powerful keyboard shortcuts can be when they MAKE SENSE not like in windows... ALT+F4, YAY LETS ALL REMEMBER THAT!

Or you could take the opinion that he's an unintelligent troll and be done with it.

 

Hes stuck using a Mac because his PC is too hard to get set up at work

 

"If used properly, the new .44 AutoMag can remove the fingerprints"

 

If I remember correctly it also corrects stupidity and ignorance.

 

And in a decisively permanent manner at that!

 

I really hate it when people curse OSX because after years of using Windows, things don't work how they expect them to. Best to just ignore them and continue to enjoy using OSX yourself.

 

Ask him what kind of virus scanner he used on his old PC. And spyware scanner. Or adware scanner... Maybe he liked those so well he used them all??

And I'm surely curious how he found out OS X is a Windows ripoff. Was it his sharp mind?

 

We Mac people have manners so we ignore the idiots and we move on with my great lives.

 

One button mouse? What model is he using. the ones that came with the colored iMacs years ago? My mighty mouse (which is now the standard mouse for macs) can be set to right click with the right mouse button.

Also all he's complaining about is the lack of a couple of keyboard shortcuts. I'd gladly put up with that if it meant having a computer that doesn't need to be virus / spy / adware checked, a computer that boots and shuts down faster, a computer in which deleting / installing things is just so much easier and it's harder for programs to leave traces on the computer after being uninstalled (since no company is motivated to write windows uninstallers that work well), and whatnots.

But yeah, I'd ignore him. Some people like to make life hard for themselves, just so that they have an excuse to complain =D

EDIT: Oh, and I had to crack up when I read the part about OSX being a Windows ripoff. Then at the very latest his cluelessness becomes evident.

 

i'd laugh

 

Folks,the guys problem is that he isn't used to use a computer that can do so many tasks and don't have to curse it two thousands times!!!!

 

he appears to be complaining simply because it's not the same as windows; there's no point having a discussion about that.

 

I'd say "damn, you are so right, makes me wonder why I preferred OS X despite knowing windows for the past xx years. Thanks so much dude!" and move on.

 

I love how people still bring up the 1-button mouse thing even though the standard apple mouse now has 5 usable buttons.

 

lol...i used to have this argument with people at uni

now they all have macs


ah well...just get on with using your mac...you and i know that using a mac is so easy, so why not enjoy it i am...and cannot see myself using anything less than a computer running tiger (leopard is awesome, but tiger is also awesome, and i don't mind using it)


EDIT: YouTube 'Triumph of the Nerds'...it's a 3 hour documentary in 18 parts...quite cool actually

 

I had the same problem when I got a Mac, I was a Windows user, infact still a Windows user, but not so much now, anyway I just got used to Macs, I mean Spaces is pretty cool, although I don't know why Msn for Mac still isn't Live...

Its really quite pointless to argue about Macs vs Pcs, you don't really get anywhere, both are good to me

 

I am new to the mac and I have to say that the hardest thing for me is everytime I ask someone how to do something I am given a slew of keyboard commands. I am used to point and click... I feel at times like I should just use CLI.

I mean no offense to the mac users here and I am not trolling. It is just something I will have to get used to. I can see how windows converts might have an issue or two though.

That being said, I do like my new macbook alot.

 

^ you will get used to it . you are given lots of keyboard shortcuts as they actually make sense in OS X and relate to each other i.e. quit "command+Q" and close "command+W".

CLI commands are sometimes given to troubleshoot a problem quickly or to add a "hack".