Have you ever noticed how Mac users can never stop talking about their Mac’s? Everywhere I go, there’s another person with a Mac preaching about how much better Macs are than PCs. They regurgitate lines directly from Apple’s marketing campaign, like “it just works.” I have the following rebuttals to this argument.
If everything on a Mac just works, then why does a website called “Mac fix it” exist? Here are a few choice topics on macfixitforums.com:
-Login window stuck!
-lower caSe “S” key not working!!
-Menu bar keeps flashing
-I can’t drag and drop!
Along with numerous amounts of other problems. Looks like your Mac’s aren’t perfect after all. Which leads me to my second point.
I don’t know why Mac users get so defensive when you mock their choice of hardware . I mean, Apple is a company that has built its entire user base around the fact that its users can’t do simple things like turn their computers on and finding the start menu. Most Mac users can’t even talk without using their hands. User base aside, I will never own a Mac. It’s not so much that I’m a PC loyalist. I’m not. It’s that I’m not stylish enough to own one. Most iPod commercials feature guys with long hair, chicks roller skating, and people wearing fedoras. I have dandruff, and I buy most of my jeans from a grocery store. (Just kidding) I feel like in order to have a Mac, I need to be an artist or in a band.
After an Apple conference, Mac fans were elated. One person was quoted as saying “I’ve had a Macintosh now for a total of 35 days, and I’m really excited to be part of the Mac community.” Part of the Mac community? It’s a computer, not a social movement. I feel like Apple is not just selling computers, they’re selling a way of life, and I’m not ready to be that heavily invested in a product that is trying to take over the world.
