Wednesday, May 17, 2006
Original Sin
Everytime that Apple Computers announces a new product, all the Apple fanboys in the chatrooms I hang out in act like Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO, has come down from heaven and healed all the sick and rid the world of all diseases.
It makes me sick.
Yesterday, Apple announced the new MacBook, the slightly more affordable alternative to their MacBook Pro. That announcement, like all announcements from Apple, got the fan boys drooling like a pack of thirsty hound dogs on a hot day.
I'll let you in on a little secret about the Mac versus PC debate: the real reason that people like Macs is because they are idiot proof. I think it is nobler and more challenging to use a computer that requires the user to have some technical know-how to keep the computer running properly. Securing, maintaining, and troubleshooting a PC can be a difficult but rewarding experience, something that Mac users rarely experience, because Macs rarely give you trouble.
Where's the fun in that?
I am tempted to simply avoid the chatrooms from now on whenever Apple makes a new product announcement, because I'm just sick of hearing it. I try to point out to these people that their PC bashing is simply a cover for their lack of expertise, but they just don't get it.
Go ahead and waste your money on your precious Apples, fanboys, but realize this: the apple is the fruit most closely linked to original sin. When Adam bit into the apple that Eve had plucked from the Tree of Knowledge, Adam became the first Apple fanboy, and it has been downhill ever since.
I'm going to go cuddle with my Dell computer now.
- Bernie ¶ 5:03 PM
Everytime that Apple Computers announces a new product, all the Apple fanboys in the chatrooms I hang out in act like Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO, has come down from heaven and healed all the sick and rid the world of all diseases.It makes me sick.
Yesterday, Apple announced the new MacBook, the slightly more affordable alternative to their MacBook Pro. That announcement, like all announcements from Apple, got the fan boys drooling like a pack of thirsty hound dogs on a hot day.
I'll let you in on a little secret about the Mac versus PC debate: the real reason that people like Macs is because they are idiot proof. I think it is nobler and more challenging to use a computer that requires the user to have some technical know-how to keep the computer running properly. Securing, maintaining, and troubleshooting a PC can be a difficult but rewarding experience, something that Mac users rarely experience, because Macs rarely give you trouble.
Where's the fun in that?
I am tempted to simply avoid the chatrooms from now on whenever Apple makes a new product announcement, because I'm just sick of hearing it. I try to point out to these people that their PC bashing is simply a cover for their lack of expertise, but they just don't get it.
Go ahead and waste your money on your precious Apples, fanboys, but realize this: the apple is the fruit most closely linked to original sin. When Adam bit into the apple that Eve had plucked from the Tree of Knowledge, Adam became the first Apple fanboy, and it has been downhill ever since.
I'm going to go cuddle with my Dell computer now.
- Bernie ¶ 5:03 PM
