Posted on 05/25/2005 4:51:39 PM PDT by Panerai
This is my first column written on a Mac - ever. Maybe I should have done it a long time ago, but I never said I was smart, just obstinate. I was a PC bigot.
But now, I've had it. I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore.
In the coming weeks I'm going to keep a diary of an experiment my company began at 6 p.m. April 29, 2005 - an experiment predicated on the hypothesis that the WinTel platform represents the greatest violation of the basic tenets of information security and has become a national economic security risk. I do not say this lightly, and I have never been a Microsoft basher, either. I never criticize a company without a fair bit of explanation, justification and supportive evidence.
I have come to the belief that there is a much easier, more secure way to use computers. After having spent several years focusing my security work on Ma, Pa and the Corporate Clueless, I also have come to the conclusion that if I'm having such security problems, heaven help the 98% of humanity who merely want a computer for e-mail and multimedia.
Even though I'm a security guy going on 22 years now, my day-to-day work is pretty much like everyone else's. I live on laptops and use my desktops at home and the office for geeking and experimenting. My two day-to-day laptops (two, for 24/7 backup) are my business machines. I don't need them to do a whole lot - except work reliably, which is why I am fed up with WinTel.
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Thought they would be going for a Durango D-basic.
Resistance is futile...
The software that runs my business won't run on Macs.
The (few) games I like won't run on Macs.
WinXP Pro is stable on 6 systems at home and work.
No wonder Macs are at 1.5% or so.
Once you go Mac, you never go back.
Good lemming! Don't think too hard, just follow the leader!
A PC and a Mac, why dump one for the other if you can have them both?
Nothing wrong with a Mac...
except (for me),
I like to upgrade frequently (without buying a new computer).
Many of my favorite programs (including FS9) are not available for the Mac.
High price of components due to single source.
High price of hardware/software for the Mac.
For some, it is a fine piece of equipment...although a bit overpriced.
Do you watch the DVD-Rom portions of the bonus features? I will usually watch the other stuff but have never bothered with that stuff.
Stability is in the mind of beholder. Windows can be crashed in a blink of an eye. Mac OS X has been very stable, since the Beta days (I have used all, but 10.4).
If you really need to see those DVD portions, you could run Virtual PC. Most of the good games have been ported to the mac.
MYOB is a very good software for running a business and even comes with a quality manual that is x10 better than Quickbooks.
I am able to work from home because my home PC can communicate with the PC at the office. If I had a Mac, I would not be able to do this, and I'd have to waste my time driving to work every day.
I have no doubt that the current generation of Macs are good computers, if the iPod is any indication - they just don't suit my present needs.
Sometimes I do. There's lots of fluff, like websites, but sometimes something useful.
I have been working on macs, since '95 and have found that they last longer software and hardware-wise (with a few exceptions). School labs full of macs last for years even after that much abuse and they push them to the extremes.
I'm not talking bookkeeping, I'm talking about running the business. I looked at what was available for Macs, and it truly, truly sucked - amateurish and years behind the Win-platform products, even most of the proprietary-hardware stuff.
I like the blue screen of death, at least you know there is a problem, MACs however just die without warning.
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***Once you go Mac, you never go back.***
Once you turn back from the Mac you'll quite being slack!
How do you like that Jack!
or...
If you like the Mac you must be on crack!
Crosslinked to my general-purpose browser, OS, malware, and computer post:
Browser Wars, take two
various FR links | 12-22-04 | The Heavy Equipment Guy
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