I noticed that lately, both Mac and PC users are becoming a little heavy handed with their words and bashing one another with little reason…
From the Guardian, UK - February 5th 2007:
Aside from crowing about sartorial differences, the adverts also make a big deal about PCs being associated with “work stuff” (Boo! Offices! Boo!), as opposed to Macs, which are apparently better at “fun stuff”. How insecure is that? And how inaccurate? Better at “fun stuff”, my arse. The only way to have fun with a Mac is to poke its insufferable owner in the eye. For proof, stroll into any decent games shop and cast your eye over the exhaustive range of cutting-edge computer games available exclusively for the PC, then compare that with the sort of rubbish you get on the Mac. Myst, the most pompous and boring videogame of all time, a plodding, dismal “adventure” in which you wandered around solving tedious puzzles in a rubbish magic kingdom apparently modelled on pretentious album covers, originated on the Mac in 1993. That same year, the first shoot-’em-up game, Doom, was released on the PC. This tells you all you will ever need to know about the Mac’s relationship with “fun”.
Is all this really necessary?
The answer: yes
But only yes for marketing. So while everyone continues to acknowledge the supremacy of a product they bought for their OWN use, we all continue to perpetuate the marketing scheme of the century, a battle that neither side will win or lose.
Cut the crap and stop bickering. Stop helping both sides market their product piece of junk. If you really think that either product would be the ultimate solution to the world or to design, development, business, science, then I’d likely say that you are seriously deluded!
PC users: Honestly, no one has all the time in the world to tinker with their computers not to mention has the ability to overcome their fear of technology. Not everyone wants to deal with Bill Gates and his buggy products. Even with Linux, democratization of technology is a complex ideal. Unfortunately not everyone can grasp that ideal, let alone has the time. That’s the reason for the Mac’s existence.
Mac users: If you seriously think that the best computer in the world is developed by a company that monopolizes the industry through a single design concept derived from other companies, does not permit anyone else in the world to build something similar and for that reason, charges a premium price for it … then what can I say? You’re willing to spend the money … but do you really think that one organization can develop the ultimate product? I would disagree…
In photography, we tend to agree that while you have continual progress in technology … regardless of the camera you are using, it is a mere tool. If you don’t know how to use it, then what is the point? Same goes for any computer.
The Moral of this Story: Stop helping computer companies market their products. I think they can do that themselves!
I remember the movie Brewster’s Millions … and his excellent idea. Monty Brewster gets himself into a political election and he asks the crowd: What are you gonna vote?
The answer: none of the above
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