I think you're a little nieve if you really believe that.
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Why do people hate macs and mac users?
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I think you're a little nieve if you really believe that.
Love this though! Think I might print it on a T-Shirt
I really dont care about the whole hate thing going on. Which computer is better? And from whose view? I dig macs......plain and simple. I have have "my" reasons. I wont push them off on someone else and force feed it them. To each his own....
As for the guy purposely spilling water on your MBP....I would have dropped him where he stood.
As for the guy purposely spilling water on your MBP....I would have dropped him where he stood.
Why!?!?!?!
I hate when people just think apple and macs are the worst thing ever? I onced argued with a guy with and iPod Touch saying he loves the iPod and he whole apple. They just hate the software and not the hardware. It's kind of like world war 3. I get so f*****g pissed off. Enough said...
I hate when people just think apple and macs are the worst thing ever? I onced argued with a guy with and iPod Touch saying he loves the iPod and he whole apple. They just hate the software and not the hardware. It's kind of like world war 3. I get so f*****g pissed off. Enough said...
I have only had my MBP since August, and this is my first Mac ever, I got it for college. There are many Macs on campus, more than I thought I would have seen, yet there are still a lot of people who question why I'm using a Mac or just scoffing at me just saying 'Macs suck'. One of my friends dislikes Macs because he used one several years ago (pre-OS X) and didn't like it. One person I didn't even know started arguing with me about why I used a Mac, listing reasons he didn't like them that I didn't agree with or didn't care about. Of course, I also get the 'Macs can't play games' and 'Macs aren't worth the money' arguments. However, I never start any of these arguments, I don't care either because I use a PC at home as well. I find my 2.26GHz Core 2 Duo MacBook to be faster than my 2.66GHz Core 2 Duo PC desktop most of the time as well. I really wish people would stop arguing with me, it really getting annoying and frustrating...
I think you're a little nieve if you really believe that.
Love this though! Think I might print it on a T-Shirt
Obviously the Spell check sometimes glitches out.
Seriously though, I don't think enough Windows users are even comparing the Mac OS to Windows. They're too busy dealing with what they've heard, and their preconceptions of the OS and hardware to actually try it out for any length of time without just saying "it sucks" and going back to what they're comfortable with.
Which is fine, I've just never really understood the need to bitch and cry about what computer I'm using, how much you hate Mac users and how smug they are, etc.
I don't feel that I'm particularly smug, I just like what I'm using, and don't feel the need to walk over and start lecturing you about how much your Windows-based PC sucks, and how inferior it is to my Mac. But plenty of PC users do.
I don't see a hated of Macs themselves.
It's just some Mac users act like snobs and they don't further the cause of switching.
I love my Macs but I tend to avoid a lot of Mac users who believe their own little myths to the point they think they walk on water. Being enthusiastic is one thing, but looking like you belong to a cult is another.
It's just some Mac users act like snobs and they don't further the cause of switching.
I love my Macs but I tend to avoid a lot of Mac users who believe their own little myths to the point they think they walk on water. Being enthusiastic is one thing, but looking like you belong to a cult is another.
Heh, thats the thinking that made me draw this - http://jimmilerock.deviantart.com/art/iRony-15867689, back in 2005
.I don't really know anyone who hates Apple anymore. Even some of the hardcore "haters" don't dislike them. Everyone moved onto disliking Vista instead.
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I am a former Mac user. Mac users are fine people. It is Apple that I've come to dislike. For many years I used an upgraded G-3 (slow). A few months back it died. Presently I am unemployed and could not even think of spending $1200 and up for a new Mac. For years Mac has given Mac users few choices under $1200. I got set up with a Visa machine and a 19" flat screen for under $350. Macs are fine machines to those who can afford them and all the more power to them. I remember years back when Apple opened the system to third party developers. The clones were faster, more powerful and lower priced. And Apple pulled the plug. For now, I am finish with Apple.
I am a former Mac user. Mac users are fine people. It is Apple that I've come to dislike. For many years I used an upgraded G-3 (slow). A few months back it died. Presently I am unemployed and could not even think of spending $1200 and up for a new Mac. For years Mac has given Mac users few choices under $1200. I got set up with a Visa machine and a 19" flat screen for under $350. Macs are fine machines to those who can afford them and all the more power to them. I remember years back when Apple opened the system to third party developers. The clones were faster, more powerful and lower priced. And Apple pulled the plug. For now, I am finish with Apple.
That's a pretty amazing deal you got and with the power of all computers on the market, you will likely get your work done and have fun doing it with speed.
However, a current base model Mac mini is not a bad deal, has a superdrive, quite a few ports for its size, it's own dedicated graphics card, and a nice sized hard drive. Some say the RAM may be short on the basic model, but OS X is so streamlined you don't need the same amount to do a similar task in Vista. For about $750, you can get your Mac mini, a third party LCD, mouse, and keyboard and be nowhere near having to save up $1200 dollars.
I use a mini right now and it's a very reliable and quiet machine, and mine is a few years old.
I beg to differ that Windows users (majority) are happy. I think for the first time since Windows 3.1 (office/corporate users) that Windows users will be "Happy" in any sense of the word with Win7.
By majority the reason why so many users buy a PC with Windows OS pre-installed is because - like its history - that their familiar with the software & OS of what is used in the office at work (small, medium, large, or corporate business)! Simple as that. Users in the early 80's associated Pre-Press and photo manipulation and print press with Macintosh & other Apple PC's. However by 1995/'96 hundreds of thousands, or shall I say Millions of users where able to associate buying a computer with more popular names listed on the NYSE/NASDAQ and in the NewYork Times and similar papers: mainly Dell, IBM, etc.
The ability for an end user to associate a brand name, logo, with a PC that they use applications on with work is VERY important and critical to their home or entreprenual purchasing decision. They also where able to associate Dell PC's with 'quality' build machines that were quickly serviceable (corporate service contracts like Soroc) & low costs - which initially for many years did NOT trickle down to end users fees for service.
Apple with the iPod's and then the online iTunes Music (now Media) store - the press helped AMAZINGLY with both) - and now retail stores & iPhone got the brand name associated with "quality" products that where enjoyable to use - ease of use & wide range of features just like Windows & WM. The redesign of the iMac seems to be, well commone sense now because on the table from the front/side view was to evoke the emotions of looking at the iPod ~ almost as if IT, the iMac, was a companion to the iPod NOT the other way around. Once this was done and retail stores could be done where the experience and questions for mass shoppers that where just simply CURIOUS about the PC's because of iPod/iTunes was a perfect union.
I say until we see HUGE efforts by BOTH Linux, UNIX, and OSX (darwin, not simply Unix btw) in corporate offices (not just the back room server that many users NEVER see) but on their desktops - or in VMWare intranet site applications or Citrix emulations - Apple Mac users will continue to get flack.
Also, now is the perfect time for Apple to go strong in the corporate market as initial costs to upgrade versus the COI cost on investment over 1yr+ can be significantly cheaper on Mac OS X, UNIX/Linux OS'. Also with newer users in the corporate office the mindset of being able to learn a new OS is just perfect.
The iPod Touch/iPhone sells mainly NOT because of the hardware is top notch, but because the software/core OS and menu's just are simplistic and it works quickly and WELL versus the alternative = no compromise use perception by the end user. We're in the information age and spend WAY too much mental energy and time to learn and apply new skills, ideas and its getting VERY fustrating after the work day is done. You can see it in how many adults plug in to their iPods/mp3 players on the way home in rush hour vs adolescents. Some still read books/newspapers but I'm see a LOT more adults than teens listening or gaming on iPods/iPhones or smartphones/PSP's than teens are here in Toronto.
If a computer that helps kids record music, tweet, listen to music, parents to playback DVD's and create DVD's or photo albums for family members alof can be done easily or easier than work ... and low learning curve: they're ready for it. The 2yrs of sales climbing in North America is proof of ALL this.I see more acceptance of the Mac than ever before - back in the late 80's after the Lemons commercial, mentioning Apple or Mac was a 1 way trip to HR as it was considered offense or you ended up in a heated arguement that led you there.
no no no
maybe that pc mobile user was trying to help...you know, like when a pc laptop gets too hot maybe it's customary and necessary for them to have to dump water on it to keep it cool
my pc laptop gets so hot, but at least i can use it to heat the house during the cold holiday season
no no no
maybe that pc mobile user was trying to help...you know, like when a pc laptop gets too hot maybe it's customary and necessary for them to have to dump water on it to keep it cool
my pc laptop gets so hot, but at least i can use it to heat the house during the cold holiday season
This would actually make sense if it was a first gen macbook pro, that thing could set fire to your legs.
My PC laptop will set fire to the county, I mean country. Anyway, it gets hot enough to be included in the script to the movie 2012.
Being a PC tech and network engineer in the previous decade, I used to fix a lot of stuff and give advice, and when somebody asked me if their PowerBook was too hot, I would just tell them to feel virtually any PC laptop. And before Centrino, those PC laptops got hotter than anything out there. I have heard about rumors about a Mac laptop that got so hot it burned but that was supposedly at Apple Inc., not in some end user's lap.
The only saving grace is that my PC laptop of old, pre-Centrino, had a plastic body. If it was any type of metal, I would hate to see what it could do. The plastic body of that laptop and other PC laptops of the time, get hotter than most metal bodied laptops of today.
Anytime you hear about heat or battery issues concerning any Mac laptop, the PC side has something more heinous. It's good to get both PC World and Macworld concurrently. It puts perspective into things.
The problem at that time is that it was putting Apple & their Hardware+Software solution to the poor-house! If tried again Apple would essentially have to do some MAJOR changes:
* Sell all retail store assets (locations)
* Stop contracting out for hardware - sending ripples (small/large) - of PC hardware.
* Compete directly with Microsoft for which it would most likely loose. Apple OS lasts on existing hardware with each update for roughly 3yrs before new hardware is needed and updates cease (other than Safari). If this continued on its own without hardware made in-house; I really doubt Apple as a brand specific to the OS would survive for too long; unless HUGE re-organization of focus behind specific industry uses and the end user.
^ this can be argued but the past has proven under even a different direction licensing the OS is NOT the way to go; and recent success over the past decade has proven this.
BTW, I hope that you get a financially rewarding and successful job, as I myself am in the same vote. Yes I'd like for pricing to drop on all relative Mac hardware, yes I'd love for longer than Xmas season lay-away. Yes I'd like the products to be updated to fantastic hardware component choices every 6mths. Right now it doesn't matter to me because I'm unemployed.
1 thing is for sure, big changes next year IF I get employed soon enough is to make my hard earned dollar work for me. Either way if I have to save longer I will STILL own a modern Mac. It's better for me to learn 2 OS at this pinnacle time in my line of work than just simply 1. If I knew OS X like the back of my hand I'd have a job already and be earning quite a decent salary and helping those that have a choice within a company's tools - Lotus Notes client, Office, web tools, etc - than just 1.
I recently (last year) bought an iMac. After summer vacation, a friend came over to hang out. He saw the iMac he asked me "Oh, you got a new computer?"
I said "Yup." Then he asked "And... where's the computer?". I replied "Right there". Then he told me that it was just the display. I told him it's an apple all-in-one. And suddenly he went "Oh, you got a mac, you think you're cool."
I remained silent. So, he wanted to play a flash game and he couldn't understand the OS. I have my dock hidden and he just couldn't operate it. "Macs suck" he said. I replied with a simple "No, it's fine, it's just that you've never operated one, it's easy." And he became angry and ironic, saying "Oooooh, sooorry I insulted your aaawesome apple." and "It doesn't even have a quad-core processor" and "It can't run .exe's and games". I didn't say anything.
Some days later , I went to his place to play video games. His "awesome pc with the quad-core processor didn't seem to perform better than a mac. I didn't bug him about it. He started asking "Aren't the graphics awesome?" And I pretended to be excited. And next month, he visited my place again. This time, I had windows installed with bootcamp, along with eyetv. He started telling me "WOW that's cool! I'll buy a mac!".
I hate that people say "Macs are for noobs". Until the day I visited his home, the friend i mentioned above had his 1920x1280 display at 1600x1080. He seemed so excited when I changed it.
I said "Yup." Then he asked "And... where's the computer?". I replied "Right there". Then he told me that it was just the display. I told him it's an apple all-in-one. And suddenly he went "Oh, you got a mac, you think you're cool."
I remained silent. So, he wanted to play a flash game and he couldn't understand the OS. I have my dock hidden and he just couldn't operate it. "Macs suck" he said. I replied with a simple "No, it's fine, it's just that you've never operated one, it's easy." And he became angry and ironic, saying "Oooooh, sooorry I insulted your aaawesome apple." and "It doesn't even have a quad-core processor" and "It can't run .exe's and games". I didn't say anything.
Some days later , I went to his place to play video games. His "awesome pc with the quad-core processor didn't seem to perform better than a mac. I didn't bug him about it. He started asking "Aren't the graphics awesome?" And I pretended to be excited. And next month, he visited my place again. This time, I had windows installed with bootcamp, along with eyetv. He started telling me "WOW that's cool! I'll buy a mac!".
I hate that people say "Macs are for noobs". Until the day I visited his home, the friend i mentioned above had his 1920x1280 display at 1600x1080. He seemed so excited when I changed it.
I find a Mac unfriendly attitude in my Company as well. We can free choose between Thinkpads or Macbook Pro and the Thinkpad users have sometimes an aggressive attitude towards the Mac users. I always reply that they should leave me alone, as it was there own choice to go with the Win Laptop.
It clearly shows that its not about the money that the Mac user appearantly can spent.
It clearly shows that its not about the money that the Mac user appearantly can spent.
Can I just say that this thread is awesome.
My friend recently went on and on about how cool this facial recognition feature was on this Lenovo he got. He even mentioned something to do with fingerprints; I bet he was just trying to make the laptop sound really cool.
I just keep my mouth shut whenever my friends slag off Macs, however hard it is
My friend recently went on and on about how cool this facial recognition feature was on this Lenovo he got. He even mentioned something to do with fingerprints; I bet he was just trying to make the laptop sound really cool.
I just keep my mouth shut whenever my friends slag off Macs, however hard it is
Can I just say that this thread is awesome.
My friend recently went on and on about how cool this facial recognition feature was on this Lenovo he got. He even mentioned something to do with fingerprints; I bet he was just trying to make the laptop sound really cool.
I just keep my mouth shut whenever my friends slag off Macs, however hard it is
Lots of laptops (including ThinkPads) now have finger print readers, so I doubt he was lying.
Wow if people hate me because i'm a mac user i wouldn't have noticed. Because i don't put up with people questioning my purchases and making comments against what i decide to do with my money.
I wake up and go to work and work very hard and if someone has balls enough to ask me to explain why i purchase something? it's not going to go very well.
This is crazy we are adults and shouldn't be asking someone to justify or explain and defend their purchases.
I wake up and go to work and work very hard and if someone has balls enough to ask me to explain why i purchase something? it's not going to go very well.
This is crazy we are adults and shouldn't be asking someone to justify or explain and defend their purchases.