A computer is a heartless machine that only knows how to do what it’s told.
It’s not your pet, and it’s not your significant other. It’s not even that weird cross-eyed guy you see on the bus that attempts to sell you his booger collection.
That’s why I could really care less about the petty differences between Macintosh operating systems and Microsoft operating systems.
Whether the button to get to the Internet is called Internet Explorer and has a lowercase “e” as its icon, or whether the button is called Safari and has a compass as its icon is really inconsequential.
All I care about is if the mindless brute actually functions. I don’t want to have to perform any carriage returns when I type my term paper.
All the techies out there just need to put their pen protectors back on and go watch an episode of “Battlestar Galactica,” because I can’t understand your twisted computer vernacular.
You can RAM that lingo up your CPU, and just byte me.
When I said I was writing this, some techie just goes off on how Mac is better than PC, even going as far as to explain it with diagrams written on the board.
The arguments for and against both are always the same. PC has more viruses, but there’s more available software for it. Mac is incompatible with a lot of software, but has a more chic look and is more user-friendly than PC. There aren’t as many Macs as there are PCs, but Apple has had a steady incline since the release of the iPod and iTunes products.
These arguments have been going on among American oligopolies since the dawn of laissez-faire capitalism. Pepsi vs. Coke and Ford vs. Chevy debates will continue on until the end of time, (or until one of the two goes out of business), because it gets down to the issue of personal preference, and the Mac vs. PC is the same way.
One thing I will say against Mac: Their mouse generally doesn’t have a right-click button. It’s kind of annoying that you have to go to the top of the screen every time you need to do something.
Macintosh is kind of like Microsoft’s pot smoking older brother that’s actually smarter than Microsoft, but isn’t able to keep a job as long as Microsoft can.
Macintosh came up with all the good ideas first but was too lazy to do anything with them, so Microsoft stole them and called them his own, tossing Macintosh out on the street because he wasn’t needed.
Now, Macintosh put down his Chong bong and his sack of Purple Kush for good, made up with his brother, and now they warmly compete with each other on the New York Stock Exchange.
So don’t let the geeks trick you into buying what they want. Let them bicker among themselves, and make your own personal choice about your personal computer.