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

[nigelw.livejournal.com]

From my POV, I don't like consoles (particularly for FPS games) because (a) I don't have enough buttons, and (b) I can't steer with a mouse. I *hate* trying to steer with thumb-joysticks or directional pads - it feels like trying to walk through jelly.

[morganjaffit.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but that just makes you a weird edge-case person (which is fine - we all are weird edge cases about something or other). For 95% of people, console FPS controls is just fine. Same as the Mac argument, really - how do you do right by most people, rather than how do you do right by people with hard-core needs.

Of course, the key to Blizzards success is it does both.