Comments on: Giving Mac Guy the What For

By: RJN

RJN — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 21:03:00 +0000

You get two birds with one stone today if you go to:

http://www.theagitator.com./

and see the video.

By: the friendly grizzly

the friendly grizzly — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 16:22:30 +0000

I agree with, Angin-San.

PC is Porsche: touchy, finicky, temperamental, always needs some tweak or adjustment or trip to the shop to resolve problems from all that "precision".

Mac is Saturn: twist the key, and go.

And I use both, but am migrating my home equipment over to Mac because computers are no longer a hobby for me; they are a resource for work, education, amusement. I have no time to be mucking about with patches, chasing bots and virae, etc. My home server will be Linux.

By: steve

steve — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 11:54:36 +0000

PC v Mac is hardly a “Ford v Chevy” argument. More like Saturn v Porsche…

Spot on...right down to the price differential. I fondly recall the 1984 commercial. I always thought the poor proles sitting in the audience were Mac users waiting for the next os release.

By: Anjin-San

Anjin-San — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 02:29:57 +0000

PC v Mac is hardly a "Ford v Chevy" argument. More like Saturn v Porsche...

By: Jewels

Jewels — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 02:28:57 +0000

As I sit here writing this on my mac, perusing OTB with my three button and a scroll wheel mouse, I can't help but think that anyone from either side that exhibits as much hate for either the Mac or PC side while simultaneously revealing to the world his grand lack of knowledge of said computer, is a fool.

Of course, I use Mac, PC, and even Linux, so perhaps my openness to all three makes me biased or something. Ha.

By: DC Loser

DC Loser — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 02:23:12 +0000

Look, I just want a computer that works and not give me problems I don't want to deal with. I've been all PC up to this point, but frustration with Windows and hardware/software integration issues are making me look hard at a mac for the next upgrade. I admire Apple's job in tightly controlling its hardware and software integration so when you buy a mac, you know all software for it will work as advertised. I'm not a power user, so I don't worry much about upgrading my computer except for additional memory or drive capacity. The PC's versatility is also its greatest source of frustration with multitudes of peripherals that may or may not work with your computer. Plus there's the Windows security issues that constantly pop up.

By: William d'Inger

William d'Inger — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 02:03:00 +0000

Basically, the PC vs. Mac argument is an updated version of the Ford vs. Chevy arguments I heard in the 1950s. Back then, the issue pretty much died out when Toyota and Volkswagen arrived with superior products. I keep waiting for something similar to happen with computers.

By: Musings from Brian J. Noggle

Musings from Brian J. Noggle — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 00:51:26 +0000

Charlie Brooker Sends Coded Message...

In this column, he subtly hints at how he feels about competing computer technologies.......