Mac Vs. Pc Commercials

[TogaMario]

I have a fremale friend who had a Mac laptop. It worked well for a year and a half, then the cd-drive failed on it, and a month later the system as a whole failed (blinky question mark upon startup). There was no way around it without using a CD. The CD-ROM was busted. She now had a not-too-comfortable seat-cushion.

Again, these are my experiences that tell me that there is no difference between a well kept PC and any kind of Mac. I'm glad the newer ones seem to be going about things with a little more stablility (as I experienced with the G5 and from what I can tell of other user posts here). Mobility is the only advantage to laptops that I can tell. Limited upgradability, easy to scratch up the HDD by accident, and no SLI are keeping me from ever buying one again (from PC or Mac manufacturers).

 

[Hypersmurf]

I have a fremale friend who had a Mac laptop.

Never trust a fremale with a laptop!

-Hyp.

 

[tonym]

Again, these are my experiences that tell me that there is no difference between a well kept PC and any kind of Mac.

No difference?! * sputter *

At less than 5% of the computer market, Mac is the underdog. Windows-PC, on the other hand, is the big dog that controls over 95% of the computer landscape. And the big dog wants to destroy Mac.

That is a big difference between owning a Mac and a Windows PC. Owning a PC is conventional. It is unremarkable. It is the default choice when one does not choose.

Owning a Mac is radical. It is like siding with Frodo against Mordor!

It is like siding with Luke and Han against the Empire!

Owning a Mac in a PC-world is revolutionary. It is defiant. Owning a Mac is saying, "I demand a choice!"

Frodo lives! Frodo lives!

Why do you hate freedom?



Tony M

 

[IcyCool]

Owning a Mac is radical. It is like siding with Frodo against Mordor!

It is like siding with Luke and Han against the Empire!

Why do you hate freedom?

Let's see, small groups of people looking for a revolution, or, failing that, looking to do as much damage to "the establishment" as possible. I don't hate freedom, I'm just against terrorism.

That and I don't like berets and beatnik poetry. Seriously, they cause me physical pain.

 

[Simplicity]

Actually, you can right-click on the new MacBooks and MacBook Pros without an external mouse. You just have to enable the setting in System Preferences. So go ahead!

There's one physical button. You can't "enable right-clicking" when there's only one button. You can enable some stupid hold your finger down and click. Or double-click = right-click. It seems to be the rage with Mac users. Maybe, Apple could set up some kind of Morse code for mouse-clicks. DIT for left click and DAH for right. Or maybe they could have some sort of DDR-like minigame you could play with your fingers to earn a right-click.

Wheras PC users just click a button that comes with all machines ON the machine. We can even double-click our right-clicks! Eventually, Apple will ditch the one-button idea, like they did with their proprietary CPUs. After that, they'll change their OS and everyone will start to wonder what the big deal was about.

 

[Simplicity]

Frodo lives! Frodo lives!

Why do you hate freedom?

Frodo doesn't come onto my TV and tell me lies about himself.
"Oh viruses never affect Frodo!"
"Sauron can't even use a digital camera!"
"Sauron's doesn't have any good programs!"
"I'm way cooler than a fiery eye above a mountain!"

I'm just glad this Frodo has finally shut up about RISC processors.

 

[tonym]

Let's see, small groups of people looking for a revolution, or, failing that, looking to do as much damage to "the establishment" as possible. I don't hate freedom, I'm just against terrorism.

Ya know, that's exactly what the Nazgul said to Frodo before stabbing him. Approximately.

By siding against Frodo, you have become the Nazgul in my analogy.

That and I don't like berets and beatnik poetry. Seriously, they cause me physical pain.

Pff. The beret and beatnik poetry that came with my Mac, I just threw away--the same thing my sister did with the freebies that came with her Windows-PC.

If I recall correctly, she threw away a photo of a borg saying "Resistance is futile" and a t-shirt that said, "Windows shoul [sic] be the only OS on our plant."



Tony M

 

[Ankh-Morpork Guard]

If I recall correctly, she threw away a photo of a borg saying "Resistance is futile" and a t-shirt that said, "Windows shoul [sic] be the only OS on our plant."

She only got the t-shirt and picture?! Pfft, a real Borg came with mine!

 

[tonym]

Frodo doesn't come onto my TV and tell me lies about himself.
......."I'm way cooler than a fiery eye above a mountain!"

The firey eye above the mountain is cool.....to orcs. It's no secret, orcs love fire because they like things that burn and melt, like villages and motherboards.

For your love of fire, you are the orc in my analogy.

Frodo lives! Frodo hates the unblinking eye!



Tony M

 

[tonym]

She only got the t-shirt and picture?! Pfft, a real Borg came with mine!

Is that what that thing in the plastic cannister was? All those parts you had to assemble?

Wow. I thought it was a bionicle.

Tony M