Posted on 08/27/2011 1:05:29 PM PDT by TomServo
Ping...
“Made in China”.
Ever notice that the anti-Mac crowd is a lot more vocal, than the pro-Mac crowd?
To quote Tom Clancy “Never ask a man what kind of computer another man uses. If he uses a Mac, he’ll tell you. If he doesn’t mention it, why make him feel bad”.
It simply works ...
What phone is made in the USA?
Sum it up in 3 words:
Cult Of Personality
so this guy has gone from macmad to googlehappy ?
Another Apple v. Whatever thread? Sigh. I liken these arguments to Ford v. Chevy v. Dodge. What does it matter? Get what you like ... something that works for you ... and forget the rest. No need to argue.
Not me!
They are ALL made in China.
As for Apple... I made the change two years ago and it is the best thing I have ever done so far as productivity and ease of work is concerned. I am and independent engineer, I make a living working with a computer not working on one.
Knock on wood, two years and never a crash. The only problems I have ever had are Microsoft and I think those are intentional bugs by MS.
I now got an iPhone after trying to make the Blackberry Storm and curve and Casio Commando with Android (a really nice phone) work with my system... they don’t. When you start the purchase with patch this and that and this... forget it.
I had so much trouble with PCs that I put everything on portable hard drives in anticipation of the day I threw the thing out in the yard... I did throw it out in the yard one day... with extreme prejudice. Boy, that felt good!!!
Now, when forced to do windows crap I do it with Parallels, not perfect but it works OK. Works best when you turn all the Mac stuff off, probably a memory thing.
Apple is not about Steve Jobs, it is about an architecture and quality products. The keyboard, drive, case and all on my laptop endure being lugged around in a brief case almost every day. In and out of the bag, link to projectors in client offices and link to their networks pretty much just plug and play. Apple engineers did all this in the 2.8 years Jobs was gone and did it just fine.
Apple is like are recovery jobsless.
Now I have a new work laptop with Windows 7. I almost never touch the 7 environment because the software I need to use isn't compatible. I am running it all through a virtual XP instance because 7 is compatible with virtually nothing.
I love my Macbook Air, love my iMac, love the iPads and iPod touch. I have always found iTunes to be a bit more complicated than it had to be.
Except in theses arguments, one side is laughing at the other, and the other is screeching in indignation at being laughed at.
I agree. I’ve been dealing with MSFT for decades; my next PC will be a Mac.
Why? Because when I get the opportunity to use one; it’s like a cool breeze on a hot day. It just works, it works seamlessly, without patches, without work-arounds, without hangs. And what seems like the logical next step; almost always is. The more practical settings are set by default - I don’t need a PhD understanding of graphical interfaces to do basic editing.
I watched a presentation for iDVD; and I was infuriated. I was so mad I saw red - literally. Ever tried to make a home DVD using Windows software? iDVD and iMovie made this as simple as humanly possible. A 10 minute video, with music, credits, family shots - done in an Indiana Jones theme took me 15 minutes. 15 MINUTES!!
I spent 10+ hours fighting DVD Studio and Windows DVD maker; and would up with something that looked like Crap. What truly innovation has Windows made in the last 15 years? What does Office 11 have, that Office 95 didn’t have? (Aside from re-learning to use the ribbon?).
Not really. There are lots more pro-Apple threads here for instance than anti-Apple threads. But we see what we want to see as a defensive mechanism.
So much passion! So many anti-mac sentiments!
I’ve owned a 128, a 512, a II+, a Quadra, a G3, a Powerbook 1600c, I think two G4s, and a 150c. Also I think a “560c.” Awesome computers, all.
Now I drive high-power gaming towers on 7 getting all sorts of creative work done and I don’t really miss having to spend three times as much on a basic computer.
I don’t crash. Even Vista never crashed on me.
Macs are great and so is “Windows.” I think it has a lot to do with how you care for and optimize your equipment, and what sort of software you prefer.
Sorry, I meant anti-”PC.”
(I still like to use the word “Clone.”)
But, consider, how many Pro-Windows threads do you see? Not too many.
The Pro-Apple threads are people talking about the advances OS X has made (made even more stable by sitting on top of a Darwin Unix kernel), or an upcoming Apple hardware release. When the iPad was announced, the 'experts' derided it as a stupid concept, a product destined for the trash. I pre-ordered mine at 5:15am on the day it was first available. Some people do not understand something, until you smack them in the head a dozen times with the product. I saw it's potential the moment it was demonstrated - and had my cash in hand within 2 weeks from that day. I still use my iPad 1 every single day.
The anti-Mac threads; are not opposed to a breakthrough, or advance OSX - they are an attack against Apple users, or Jobs personally.
That's the difference.
And, every new version of something MS comes out with moves just about everything on the menu!!! I was once a whiz at Excel but not so much now since I don’t have to use it as much and most things have changed. More, they remove functionality. I once could 3D graph... not any more. Why? No answer from MS, somebody there decided to change it.
My iPhone... very few directions needed, just plug in and follow four simple steps to activate it. I can see I’m going to need a backpack battery though. I am grandfathered with unlimited band width and keep the thing on some kind of radio station or Pandora almost all day. It is the productivity tool I needed for ages. Apps are almost endless and cheap. Really don’t need to spend much though since many are free and useful. It is also going to need screen protectors and a case because I carry it all the time.
Every time I have to use a PC I’m reminded why I hate them.
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