Comments on: Two down, one to go

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 17 Mar 2005 13:13:12 +0000

Gary, I’ve seen this happen too many times. Somebody posts something about anything Mac-related, and the site gets swarmed through MacSurfer. Naturally, the results are both surprising and rather unfavorable in the end since it results in a “religious” war. Sorry, but just take solace in the fact that it really has nothing to do with you.

My eMac is cool, but I can’t upgrade it.
My ThinkPad works well, but it’s ugly inside and out.

I want to stop wanting new computers.

I suppose I should be thankful I don’t have this problem with women.

By: Pete

Pete — Thu, 17 Mar 2005 05:00:10 +0000

LOL. This is hilarious.

By: Geof

Geof — Thu, 17 Mar 2005 03:56:12 +0000

Jesus Christ.

By: Clue Giver

Clue Giver — Thu, 17 Mar 2005 02:01:06 +0000

Man aren’t we all sick and tired of hearing moronic articles from butt wads like Gary. Hey Gary stop fucking whining and go do a virus scan on your Windows shit box. There is no point correcting these ass holes they are either incapable of learning or too stupid to learn, in any case it isn’t worth any effort.

By: Jose L. Hales-Garcia

Jose L. Hales-Garcia — Thu, 17 Mar 2005 01:39:06 +0000

Gary was quoted as saying:
“They need to get off their high horse about how superior the Mac OS is. It was superior”

I think you’re overreacting to the marketing hype which all companies do.

If you’re into programming, science, and digital lifestyle applications then you will find Mac OS X is perfect. It can’t be more simply put: it has the power of UNIX and the ease of Macintosh.

The abilities in Mac OS X are far ahead of anything Windows can do. Here’s one example of something you can only do in Mac OS X…
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,64129,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_4

By: Neal

Neal — Wed, 16 Mar 2005 23:01:13 +0000

Gary, you’ll have to forgive your readers for coming to the conclusion that you are somewhat dim-witted when you state that your #2 reason for not wanting to buy a Mac is “The mouse has only one button.” and then you point out that you already have in your posession the mouse of your dreams, a five-button mouse which is comatible with any Mac you might choose to buy. Heck, if you bought a Mac Mini, you couldn’t even complain that you were being stuck with a useless one-button mouse, since it doesn’t come with a mouse. In other words, your #2 reason for not wanting to buy a Mac is nonsensical.

Neal.

By: turboparrot

turboparrot — Wed, 16 Mar 2005 22:06:01 +0000

“Oh. My. Frickin. God.”

What, aren’t we all “friends” here?

By: turboparrot

turboparrot — Wed, 16 Mar 2005 22:01:24 +0000

“The only thing Iâ€™m really amazed by is that within a matter of hours, somehow, the issue of menu bars on the Mac OS, of all possible things, has generated more traffic than this site has ever seen.” â€” Gary

That’s exactly what I mean. The internet is a wide open forum. Throw your somewhat weak (by your own words) opinion out there and watch what happens.

Mac users may be guilty of being overzealous, however they are sincere.

As far as your original posting. Why did you feel you needed to express it? What did you mean by “I want to want one”? I assume that there must some appeal for you. What was it?

By: Geof

Geof — Wed, 16 Mar 2005 21:41:24 +0000

Oh. My. Frickin. God.

I now actively don’t ever want a Mac. I now, in fact, actively hope that Bill Gates buys Apple just to kill it.

By: redobsess

redobsess — Wed, 16 Mar 2005 20:56:27 +0000

Hey Gary,
I found your link via Macsurfer – how/why it got posted there, can’t say, but at least that answers where some of the posters might be coming from.
I’m a mac zealot myself, but I don’t take too kindly to other mac users who feel the need to abuse someone because of their opinion. However, it should be noted that most mac users are mac users by choice – they’ve used PCs, and for one reason or another have chosen macs. Almost unanimously, we’ve decided “macs are better.” We come to that conclusion understanding BOTH sides of the platform wars. Heck, most of us still HAVE to use PCs in the workplace (I do, I work for a school district – 85% mac, the rest PC). If I had to support strictly PCs, I’d run to my nearest University and re-enroll for a new major, like maybe pottery.
Anyway, the biggest thing I’ve learned from all the hostilities that stem from the PC vs. Mac debate is that it’s never clearly stated that using a mac is DIFFERENT than using a PC. Yes, some things just don’t work the way you’d expect them to after being a long-time PC user. The reason why the mac platform induces such zealotry is that when you do finally learn and understand the processes of using a mac, you can really, really, feel how much better it is. It makes a person wonder how they could ever have done it another why – or even more, why in the world isn’t it this easy in Windows?

Sorry for the long rambling post, but if you ever truly decide to try a mac (the mini is a great start) to be honest with yourself, you’ll need to “forget” how it’s done on a PC and take the time to “discover” the mac way of doing it. It’s a great reward.