Comments on: why i prefer windows to macintosh

By: Leftsider

Leftsider — Tue, 23 Aug 2005 01:25:46 +0000

when X doesn’t mark the spot

gapingvoid: why i prefer windows to macintosh How’d I miss this one? I’ve always feared that my…

By: Pope

Pope — Fri, 24 Dec 2004 06:27:28 +0000

*Yawn*
Wow, nothing to see here. Another trolling for hits “I Hate Mac” diary entry. Enjoy your temporary fame, Hugh, I’ll go back to using my computers.

By: mi

mi — Tue, 14 Dec 2004 00:40:49 +0000

A lot of people say Macs never crash.
My Mac crashed two days ago.
I’ve just finished reinstalling everything I need to do my work.
Except for my work, which has been destroyed.
iPods also crash. Mine has crashed 4 times in the last year. I have lost a lot of music and a lot of money sending it back to be repaired.
I am bitter. Very bitter.

By: Jon Abad

Jon Abad — Thu, 09 Dec 2004 15:54:00 +0000

Hugh,
I just wanted to let you know that I agree with your Apple metaphor. I like how “why I like windows” got turned into “I hate apple” by all these folks.
Wow.
I’m 24 and certainly haven’t spent as much time with mac heads as you have but some even manage to rub me the wrong way. What’s wrong with “to each their own”? Why do they feel compelled to tell me I’m wrong with the choice I’ve made?
Oh well. Keep up the good work, as an IT guy, i like getting these peeks into the head of a marketing guy who’s not satisfied with marketing as it is.

By: Sharp-eyed Blog

Sharp-eyed Blog — Wed, 08 Dec 2004 16:56:18 +0000

Flamebait 101: Windows vs. Macintosh is good for the comment count!

gapingvoid: why i prefer windows to macintosh There’s lots of fun stuff in this post. As someone who’s suffered through a lab full of Dell PCs, I’m amazed that it’s possible to have one not aggravate a person after 5…

By: Ari Paparo Dot Com

Ari Paparo Dot Com — Sun, 05 Dec 2004 05:02:30 +0000

Pointless Bitterness Re: Apple

GapingVoid lists his reasons for hating Apple. My favorite: After you reach a certain age you start resenting being told…

By: hugh macleod

hugh macleod — Thu, 02 Dec 2004 18:10:02 +0000

“Wow, Russell Beattie’s theory about blogging about Apple to get traffic is proven yet again!”
Yeah. Spooky how effective it is.

By: Alex Lam

Alex Lam — Thu, 02 Dec 2004 17:06:02 +0000

Wow, Russell Beattie’s theory about blogging about Apple to get traffic is proven yet again!

By: DesignGurl

DesignGurl — Thu, 02 Dec 2004 00:16:37 +0000

First Mac I worked on was a Lisa; the whole concept appealed to me, a total right-brainer. I now go back and forth from a PC to a Mac throughout my day. I prefer the Mac hands down (partly because my Mac, running OSX, doesn’t crash a tenth as often as the windows-based PC at work). For some strange reason, I always feel like DOS (a pox upon humanity) is happening in the background when I use a PC.Maybe it’s just all in my head — I know those stupid c-prompt commands are still rattling around in my brain….
Oh yeah, and as geeks go, Steven Jobs is way cooler than Bill Gates (like I really need to point that out).

By: joe

joe — Wed, 01 Dec 2004 22:53:18 +0000

I use Wintel as work…because I have to. I use Macintosh at home and in my home business…because I want to. There’s the rub–Wintel is about need, and Macintosh is about desire. As Alan Cooper explains the difference, “I need time off…but I want to go to the Bahamas.”
I’d rather meet my desires over my needs at any time. Too, as a UX/tech writer, anything I need to do I can do with my Mac, be it Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Photoshop, Canvas, or Internet. Too bad short-sighted biz-types just can’t see that.

By: Christian

Christian — Wed, 01 Dec 2004 20:43:34 +0000

Mac sucks! Great entry. Woe to those who suck at the Jobs great, corporate teat.

By: Marlon

Marlon — Wed, 01 Dec 2004 20:32:35 +0000

I like you cartoons but I always wondered why they weren’t funny. Owning a Dell goes a long way toward explaining why you still doodle on cocktail napkins for a living.
Bitter much?

By: chris

chris — Wed, 01 Dec 2004 05:22:50 +0000

This thread deeply amuses me, for some reason or other. You’re conducting some sort of experiment, aren’t you?
Some vague and subjective comments on your blog illicit 40+ comments implying (for whatever reason) “you’re wrong” on behalf of Apple. And that’s without even trying.
If you’re right about the future of advertising (such as it is) being conversation, I fully expect Apple’s PC market share to explode over the next few years.
I’m not sure you’re wrong, either. Although I am somewhat doubtful over its general replicacy (if that’s a word).

By: M. Able

M. Able — Tue, 30 Nov 2004 21:59:23 +0000

Owned both; work with both. Mac problems almost non-exsistant. Windows, problems every day. Worms, virii, junk e-mail, pop-ups, spam, you name it. Sounds like working with people smarter than you made you self-destructive and resentful of your superiors. Too bad for you.

By: hugh macleod

hugh macleod — Tue, 30 Nov 2004 20:54:54 +0000

“This place used to be full of great content.”
Sorry, Adam, it’s just shit content from now on.
Profit!!!