BTW, Macs are Awesome.

[thorfinn]

Oh hi. I forgot to mention. Macs are awesome. Your next computer should be a Mac, assuming you just want a computer where you can do general average day to day stuff and Get Things Done.

If you want to do a specific weird thing (yes, hardcore computer game nerds, that mostly does mean you), then alright, you have special needs, and probably need more thought than just buying a Mac will necessarily get you. You already have the mad skillz needed to go do that. This message isn't for you.

However, for everyone else, if you just want to get connected to the internet, do email, browse the web, maybe do some word processing, download pictures off your digital camera, maybe upload some pictures to the interweb, even have automated hourly backups done for you... then absolutely just get a Mac already.

Oh, and if you're a unix tech-head, you really want a Mac too. Just think, a real Unix OS with a consumer grade UI on top.

See: http://morganjaffit.livejournal.com/34058.html

He says it better than I do.

Comments

[thorfinn]

*nod* Like I said, "special needs". As soon as you want to do something not-very-common, yes, you're going to have issues. But also, you totally should know what you want instead, in that space... and you do. :-)

And yes, the fan culture is a bit nutty - some of it is "recovery shock", I think. Coming out of the Win32 world into Macland, for most users, is a bit like taking painkillers for the first time when you've got a serious chronic pain issue. The relief is so startling, they feel the need to beat everyone else into doing it.

[ltempt.livejournal.com]

It's the iPhone crowd that really niggles away at me. They seem to walk around with the iPhone always in hand, in front of them, and waving around. They seem to wave them around non-stop, pausing only to talk about the wonders of Steve Jobs. I mean, I've had people pull out the iPhone in the middle of meetings and start waving it around and they completely lose track of what everyone else is saying and come in at the end with "But .. I've got an iPhone!". Followed by pulling out a cloth and polishing the screen intently for a minute and then waving it around some more.

One of our salescritters bought the stupid thing and he'll actually shut down in mid sentence to wave the iPhone around.

I'm wondering if there is a correlation between lack of multitasking on the iPhone and a lack of multitasking in iPhone users. Certainly they don't seem to be able to own an iPhone and interact with society at the same time.

[thorfinn]

*chucklesnort*

I fully intend to get one at some point, but not as a penis extension. :-)

[ltempt.livejournal.com]

As a penis extension, they'd probably bit a little too pointy on the edge and oddly shaped.

Oh, you meant .. nevermind.

I'm not sure I get what all the fuss is about. But I'm a member of the Nokia E71 club.

[whitebird.livejournal.com]

I got the iPhone 3G when it came out, and really, I couldn't be happier. I don't wave it about as was described, because, well, phones are rude in meetings. I might pull it out to add a calendar event or something, but I'd do the same with my Palm.

It's just a pleasant little device and it mostly does 90% of what I had my Palm do, and way more than 100% of what my previous cellphone did. And the camera in it isn't all that great, but it's a lot better than my previous cellphone camera, so I stopped bringing my little Optio point and shoot around wherever I go.