words you thought you’d never hear from me.
I think macs are awesome.
They are beautiful, powerful machines with specs and technology that would cause mere mortals minds to melt like the faces of nazi soldiers in Raiders of the Lost Ark. Again and again they set the precedent for each new generation of technology. In short they are some of the fastest, slickest, and most powerful machines on the planet and they do what they do so simply.
What’s not to love?
And if it was all about technology, then that would be the end of it. If it was all about microchips and processors and branding, then I’d have had one years ago.
But the truth is I don’t hate macs. I hate apple.
I hate their faux montra of creativity. The folks at apple don’t care at all about creativity. Why can’t you build your own mac? Why can’t you install whatever software you want on the blasted machine after you purchase it? Same with the iphone? You paid money for it. You own it.
I hate it when Steve Jobs pretends that certain software or hardware isn’t needed on a mac product because we can’t grasp how awesome the products are and how crappy everything else is. He did it with the second mouse button. He did it with Microsoft Office. He’s doing it now with the physical keyboard and Adobe Flash for his portable devices, trying to get us to believe that those are “PC era antiques” that have no place in his new world order. Steve Jobs shouldn’t decide that, consumers should.
I hate the argument that Macs are just “better”. No. They aren’t. You can build your own PC. You can make a super computer if you want that can process in circles around any given Mac. Yes, there are cheapo, piece-of-crap PC’s out there and they will crash, and it is going to suck. But that doesn’t mean all PC’s crash, and all PC’s suck. There’s just no argument there. So, just stop.
I hate the price tag. We bought a PC for the church that oozes with excess RAM. Yes it runs Windows Vista. But it’s the fastest computer I’ve ever used. I created a high-res collage the size of a small car for Megan Skinners’ graduation on it and it never hung up once. Insane. If we would have bought a mac for the same price, it would have been a very standard iMac.
Read a story the other day about a product exactly like the ipad they’re making over in India. Guess how much they are selling these babies for? $45. When I read that I was shocked. But then again… I wasn’t.
When you buy a mac, you aren’t paying for the device itself. You’re paying for that little apple logo on the back.
I hate their little “I’m a mac” ads. Those are just laughably outrageous. In the end all it amounts to is “apple is so kewl.”
It means nothing.
It says nothing about their product.
The message is: Mac’s are for cool kids. PC’s are for nerds. And not the cool nerds like on Big Bang Theory either. Nerds that are forty and still live with their mom, and use their crappy old PC for the two things it’s good for: 1) doing work and 2) stalking people on facebook.
That’s right. Microsoft doesn’t do cool. Nope. They don’t do fun stuff. Not. At. All. Unless you’ve ever heard of a little thing called the xbox.
I hate the small, chrome and white world they are building. In Steve Jobs mind, the world would be better if everyone owned a mac that he built, built all their websites, and posted blogs via his OS, listened to music recorded via garage band, purchased through iTunes, and played via iPod.
It sounds like it’s leading up to a future world where we all drive the same car, drink the same beverages, and wear the same gray track jackets.
If you want to live there, go right ahead.
It’s easy to take cheap shots at “PC’s” because PC’s aren’t owned by a specific corporation. The world of PC’s is made up of thousands of developers and creators, all from different companies, ranging from millions of employees to single programers, producing different products and machines, with original software and programs. That sounds more like “creativity” to me than millions of shiny white monitors with glowing apple logos.
I hate the way they reign over their app store. They decide which apps you can download and the ones you can’t. I’ve heard many stories about developers creating apps and Apple refusing to make them available because the app is too similar to an existing app owned by Apple, and the new apps are either cheaper to download or just plain better than the Apple ones. Sounds like freedom for creativity to me.
I was so about to buy an iPad. I’ve just never seen anything like it before. And truthfully I would love to have one. Then Steve reminded me what Apple was all about by tech-blocking Adobe.
If you aren’t familar with Adobe then let me introduce you: they are the pinnacle of creative media. Photoshop. Illustrator. Acrobat. Premier. After Effects. Fireworks. Dreamweaver. InDesign. All top-notch products. Enter Steve Jobs and his “thoughts” about the future of Flash. If you drink the Apple-flavored-Kool-Aid, then I’m sure that sounds normal to you. If you don’t, then you understand the complete load that is. I cannot support this kind of “thinking” with my money nor would I fill my life with idols to this self-indulgent demi-god.
Because in the long run, Apple isn’t about creativity. They would love for you to think they are. But they ain’t. They’re about the almighty dollar. And yeah, everyone is. But when making a buck trumps accessability and over-all freedom, then that makes you a sell-out. And if I paid top dollar for a mac book or a ipod touch that’d make me a sell-out too.
Great products.
Really, super tempting sometimes.
I’m just not ready to sell-out yet.
words you thought you’d never hear from me.
I think macs are awesome.
They are beautiful, powerful machines with specs and technology that would cause mere mortals minds to melt like the faces of nazi soldiers in Raiders of the Lost Ark. Again and again they set the precedent for each new generation of technology. In short they are some of the fastest, slickest, and most powerful machines on the planet and they do what they do so simply.
What’s not to love?
And if it was all about technology, then that would be the end of it. If it was all about microchips and processors and branding, then I’d have had one years ago.
But the truth is I don’t hate macs. I hate apple.
I hate their faux montra of creativity. The folks at apple don’t care at all about creativity. Why can’t you build your own mac? Why can’t you install whatever software you want on the blasted machine after you purchase it? Same with the iphone? You paid money for it. You own it.
I hate it when Steve Jobs pretends that certain software or hardware isn’t needed on a mac product because we can’t grasp how awesome the products are and how crappy everything else is. He did it with the second mouse button. He did it with Microsoft Office. He’s doing it now with the physical keyboard and Adobe Flash for his portable devices, trying to get us to believe that those are “PC era antiques” that have no place in his new world order. Steve Jobs shouldn’t decide that, consumers should.
I hate the argument that Macs are just “better”. No. They aren’t. You can build your own PC. You can make a super computer if you want that can process in circles around any given Mac. Yes, there are cheapo, piece-of-crap PC’s out there and they will crash, and it is going to suck. But that doesn’t mean all PC’s crash, and all PC’s suck. There’s just no argument there. So, just stop.
I hate the price tag. We bought a PC for the church that oozes with excess RAM. Yes it runs Windows Vista. But it’s the fastest computer I’ve ever used. I created a high-res collage the size of a small car for Megan Skinners’ graduation on it and it never hung up once. Insane. If we would have bought a mac for the same price, it would have been a very standard iMac.
Read a story the other day about a product exactly like the ipad they’re making over in India. Guess how much they are selling these babies for? $45. When I read that I was shocked. But then again… I wasn’t.
When you buy a mac, you aren’t paying for the device itself. You’re paying for that little apple logo on the back.
I hate their little “I’m a mac” ads. Those are just laughably outrageous. In the end all it amounts to is “apple is so kewl.”
It means nothing.
It says nothing about their product.
The message is: Mac’s are for cool kids. PC’s are for nerds. And not the cool nerds like on Big Bang Theory either. Nerds that are forty and still live with their mom, and use their crappy old PC for the two things it’s good for: 1) doing work and 2) stalking people on facebook.
That’s right. Microsoft doesn’t do cool. Nope. They don’t do fun stuff. Not. At. All. Unless you’ve ever heard of a little thing called the xbox.
I hate the small, chrome and white world they are building. In Steve Jobs mind, the world would be better if everyone owned a mac that he built, built all their websites, and posted blogs via his OS, listened to music recorded via garage band, purchased through iTunes, and played via iPod.
It sounds like it’s leading up to a future world where we all drive the same car, drink the same beverages, and wear the same gray track jackets.
If you want to live there, go right ahead.
It’s easy to take cheap shots at “PC’s” because PC’s aren’t owned by a specific corporation. The world of PC’s is made up of thousands of developers and creators, all from different companies, ranging from millions of employees to single programers, producing different products and machines, with original software and programs. That sounds more like “creativity” to me than millions of shiny white monitors with glowing apple logos.
I hate the way they reign over their app store. They decide which apps you can download and the ones you can’t. I’ve heard many stories about developers creating apps and Apple refusing to make them available because the app is too similar to an existing app owned by Apple, and the new apps are either cheaper to download or just plain better than the Apple ones. Sounds like freedom for creativity to me.
I was so about to buy an iPad. I’ve just never seen anything like it before. And truthfully I would love to have one. Then Steve reminded me what Apple was all about by tech-blocking Adobe.
If you aren’t familar with Adobe then let me introduce you: they are the pinnacle of creative media. Photoshop. Illustrator. Acrobat. Premier. After Effects. Fireworks. Dreamweaver. InDesign. All top-notch products. Enter Steve Jobs and his “thoughts” about the future of Flash. If you drink the Apple-flavored-Kool-Aid, then I’m sure that sounds normal to you. If you don’t, then you understand the complete load that is. I cannot support this kind of “thinking” with my money nor would I fill my life with idols to this self-indulgent demi-god.
Because in the long run, Apple isn’t about creativity. They would love for you to think they are. But they ain’t. They’re about the almighty dollar. And yeah, everyone is. But when making a buck trumps accessability and over-all freedom, then that makes you a sell-out. And if I paid top dollar for a mac book or a ipod touch that’d make me a sell-out too.
Great products.
Really, super tempting sometimes.
I’m just not ready to sell-out yet.
Posted 1 year ago Notes
