Comments on: Defending the Mac

By: Joe Bloe

Joe Bloe — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:53:25 +0000

I’ll tell you the reason I love using a Mac over Windows. With Windows machines, even ones that beat the minimum specs, you continuously have stoppages in productivity while the computer does something. You are constantly frozen, locked out or waiting to do something, while the OS stymies your attempts to get things done. The hourglass icon is a constant fixture. With the Mac, however, I see NONE of these stoppages, even over long periods of computing with lots of programs running. The OS is never in my way, telling me I have to wait for something. When I do see the pinwheel icon on the Mac, I’m surprised because it’s been so long since I’ve last seen it.

Macs just work.

By: Onyx

Onyx — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 04:06:02 +0000

I am a programmer…SQL…MS world. For years, I watched my graphic designer husband operate a Mac and thought it worked seamlessly, but I could never really convert. Years later, some friends of mine gave me a MacBook because they knew I was interested. I really wish I had converted earlier. I’ve had it for two years now and it runs as smoothly and efficiently as it did when I first bought it. Usually when purchasing something, it loses it’s “new” feel….never with an Apple product. I love my Macbook and I still love my iPhone. The only issue I ever had was a faulty battery charger cord. That’s it.

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By: joerg

joerg — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:04:44 +0000

you nailed it!No problemo Dude!

By: Adam

Adam — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 09:43:00 +0000

thats a good one for the haters.
The person “stomping around” blaming the Mac sounds like every PC user I know.
If theres a Mac in the room, its the Macs fault the internet wont work.
I still have a PowerBook 540c that came out in 1994, that still works like the day I got it.
Now it is oh so very slow (compared to todays standards), but nevertheless it still works.
Great story man!

By: Frank

Frank — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 02:31:50 +0000

I am a Mac user, going on two years now. I’m also a Linux person but I’ll keep that out of the conversation. The only reason I bring it up is to point out that I was already fed up with Windows.

I love my Mac, most of the time. I certainly don’t miss anything from windows but occasionally I do miss a few things from the Linux world. However, being that OS X is based on FreeBSD I can still do many unix like things. For instance I can really use CUPS the way it was intended. Backups with rsync and cron jobs make for an easy way to keep data. Even though I love my Mac I could never drop Linux. I’ve not used Windows in over 5 years and I’m happy.

But I did have one problem with my iMac. My hard drive died 13 months after I bought it. I didn’t spend the money on the Applecare. I didn’t feel like I really needed to. I did take it apart and put in a new hard drive. It doesn’t take a genuis to figure it out.

I always recommend a Mac first. Then after the groans and moans I’ll give other advice, but I always start with the mac recommendation.

By: redwall_hp

redwall_hp — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 06:15:57 +0000

@Avvid: You could start by looking for statistics as to how many people still use G4/G3 machines, and dig up the dates those machines are from. When I read Macworld I still see people talking about their G4 Powermacs that they still use for their small business, or the G3 iBooks that they keep on their coffee table or in the kitchen.

By: Avvid

Avvid — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 15:45:01 +0000

Great story!

I can attest to the same. I’m on my third MacBook Pro (only because I always want the newest) with the ORIGINAL installation of OS and Software, which would be impossible with Windows. My previus MBP’s are still in full production/swing with my employees as I hand them down when I upgrade.

I’m trying to convince our COO that Macs in the workplace also have a solid ROI compared to PC’s over the INITIAL purchase cost. Been surfing for a while trying to find a good example – anyone have a good link?

By: Alexis

Alexis — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 08:15:57 +0000

good story…I feel the same way…I have running for my mother an iMac G3, and I gave my sister my old iMac G4 & iBook G4 both running Leopard and still kicking good…

when people talk about the expensiveness of a Mac…I say BULL SHIT…because in the time it takes a Mac to become obsolete/unusable you would have to have bought at least 3-4 PC’s

think about how much money that will cost you over the length of the life of the computer or lack of life

then talk to me about price

By: Follow The Herd

Follow The Herd — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 01:12:03 +0000

Most people stick with PC because thats what they know. I.T. folks get defensive about P.C. vs Mac because it might mean extra work for them or because it might mean they lose control or something.

In the end it is really just herd mentality. When enough people have used the iPhone or used a Mac, then you’ll have people saying,,, Stupid PC!

By: redwall_hp

redwall_hp — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:12:26 +0000

A few days prior, one of her friends came by the house and couldnâ€™t connect his PC to her wireless network. He stomped around the place, blaming the â€œstupid Macâ€ and switched around a few cables until he finally gave up. After he left, she contacted me to fix the problem. â€œAll my friends are telling me the problem is with my Mac, and that youâ€™re an idiot for getting it for me,â€ she said.

It sounds like her friends are the idiots…