Mac-lash: Why PC Users Love to Hate Apple Computers
If you're not browsing using any of these, you might be using Safari, the browser packaged with Apple's Mac OSX operating system. Everybody using the Safari and Macintosh OSX can tell you how awesome their Mac is, but you might be tuning them out.
Apple Computer Corporation hit the scene in 1976 with the sale of the Apple I Personal Computer. It was hardly what we would today call "user-friendly." The Apple I was simply a motherboard with RAM and basic text-based video card. No monitor, no keyboard, and not even a case.
Since 1976, Apple Computer Corporation (now Apple Inc.) has come a long way! My Macintosh PowerBook G4 has been going strong for over two years and still works as well as the day that I opened the box. I no longer worry about my computer crashing in the middle of writing my research papers, or having a "hiccup" when I just happen to be ready to save my video project. My Dell Latitude never gave me the speed or reliability that I have in my PowerBook.
The "blue screen of death" is not even part of my thought process when I'm working on my Mac. You might have to save your document every 15 seconds, but I don't even think of it.
If you're typing away at your HP or Toshiba notebook computer, you may be thinking to yourself, "He's really pushy when it comes to his stupid Mac!"
That's the predominant attitude in the PC world toward Mac users. Why?
Perhaps it's because of the pretentious commercials for Macs which portray PC users as boring, geeky uptight business people while Mac users are portrayed as less geeky, down-to-earth, relaxed individuals.
Maybe it's true that iPhoto is one of the best, easiest to use photo editing programs on the planet, but you might not want to hear that. It makes you feel bad, right?
Sure... iTunes has spread to even the PC world because of it's fantastic interface, usability, organization, and quality, but Windows Media player is okay, too. Right?
Wrong.
So many PC users become defensive about their Dell Latitude laptop or HP Pavillion notebook or Sony Vaio desktop. They have invested into a relationship with their computer, and they don't want me or anyone else telling them that my Mac could make your Dell cry for mercy.
Why do PC users feel badly toward Mac users? It's probably because their computers are garbage... they just don't want to admit it.
Published by Benjamin Elmgren
Benjamin Elmgren is a political science student from Detroit, Michigan with a clear opinion and perspective on many political, cultural, and spiritual issues. View profile
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6 Comments
Post a Commentwell you think macs are good, but they are 100% crap. they dont have supported softwere no games and noone in the right state of mind would buy those rip off[over priced] garbage made in china. i had an apple a1342 and it ran osx 10.6 and it is crap. i was forced to use that crap instead of my acer extensa and i tell you it reaked. get out of my life apple. well it wont i still am forced to use that stupid mac book.
I started using apple computers in the 3rd grade (1978). They were basic machines then, at first a black and white monitor with stark white lettering. It played 2 games at least what the school had. Odel Lake and Orgeon trail.
They were my first contact with a computer. Through out my pre-college school career it was an Apple. At home I had Atari, Timex(Sinclair 1000) and Commodores. I lost my happiness with Apple when their basic programming language had commands that could not translate to other computers. The world is for PCs. Apple computers are for the most part for people that want a computer that do not expect to have anything go wrong. I have never expericenced a blue screen (of death) so much that I am annoyed with it. Apples are not anywhere near as customizible as PCs and software is extremely hard to get. Anytime Apple changes their OS, the software companies move to the new OS created. Also Apples in my experience require replacement too quickly. I like to run
They both use the same hardware. How's the lifespan going to be different? Did you just pull that out of your ass?
Ok. First off, I am a PC user (for now, anyway), and I think that Mac and PC users both have valid arguments. Most of the ones in this article are horrid.
"Everybody using the Safari and Macintosh OSX can tell you how awesome their Mac is, but you might be tuning them out."
Not really. The only place I've herd people go on about there Mac is on TV and the radio. I have to say, it's really annoying. You're also one of the
"The "blue screen of death" is not even part of my thought process when I'm working on my Mac. You might have to save your document every 15 seconds, but I don't even think of it."
You obviously never used a PC that much. The BSOD rarely happens to me at all. The only time I can remember is running a web server while playing a graphics intensive online game simultaneously. The only reason you probably got a BSOD is the crap they put on pre-built computers and out dated drivers (witch are incredibly easy to install)
"My Dell Latitude never gav
Hmm.. the above comment was spoken like a true PC user. No offense.
He doesn't like the look of the OS? Dumb argument, but fine, whatever. Not a big deal.
He doesn't like that Macs are not as configurable? In other words, that Apple has actually made a computer that works the first time you turn it on, rather than requiring it's users to fiddle with it from top to bottom before it'll do what you want it to? Is that what he meant by un-configurable? If he likes building an erector-set computer, no one's stopping him; just please quit mocking those of us who'd rather just have a computer that doesn't require us to put it together once we get it home. If I wanted to do that, I'd buy a computer at Ikea.
He thinks Macs are overpriced? I'm sorry but that's just crazy. Consider that the average PC lasts about 2 years, while the average Mac lasts about 6, if I buy a $1500 Mac, and he buys a $1000 PC, by the time mine is ready to be replaced, he'll have bought 2 more PCs, for a grand t
Benjamin Elmgren:
I have been using PC for over 15 years. And yes I know how to use AND config Mac computers. Firstly, I do not like the look of Mac OS. Secondly I do not like the fact that Macs are sold what-you-see-what you get; that's why Macs are easy to use. PCs are easy to configure to your needs. Thirdly Apple rips off customers with its hardware and Macs are way over priced. For the money I could buy an iMac laptop ($1400), I would get a good quality ThinkPad T60 laptop. Also Macs are lacking built-in connectors (DVI, modem jack, Express card slots, media card slots, HDMI, etc) but you can buy them for extra - great, isn't? Now the new Mac desktop: it is a piece of garbage because of the hardware; it is basically based off a notebook mobo, SODIMM, 2.5" hdd or 1.8" hdd (whatever Apple uses) and laptop processor, and it is not as powerful as an HP/Dell etc desktop tailored towards multimedia use. And it is over priced. Why Apple has only two lines of desktop and laptops? My fr