I'm a non-Apple person for one main reason (and it's the same reason I criticize Microsoft so thoroughly): I despise the abuse of power that inevitably results from a de facto monopoly. Apple's prices, though now more comparable than ever before to those on the PC side, largely because they've started using Intel processors, are still inflated far above where they would be if their standards were opened up even partially, as the PCs are, for multiple manufacturers.
I work doing graphics, and find that PCs are as good as Macs for the purpose. To be fair, they're more commonly attacked by malware than are Macs; then again, they outnumber Macs by 9-1 or more, and particularly in industries that deal with money. (And, regardless, any PC should have Internet Explorer and Outlook supplanted ASAP and used as litle as possible afterward. 90% of infections could be prevented by not using those two programs.)
Oh. I misspoke above. There is a second reason I dislike Macs. It's the same reason I can't stand the Boston Red Sox, or the Dallas Cowboys. Their fans are generally unreasoning and blindly loyal, unwilling to acknowledge positives elsewhere, or negatives (especially those which parallel the rivals they criticize: "buying a pennant", and "abuse of a monopoly position", by the Red Sox and Apple, respectively).
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Date: 2007-02-12 08:18 pm (UTC)I work doing graphics, and find that PCs are as good as Macs for the purpose. To be fair, they're more commonly attacked by malware than are Macs; then again, they outnumber Macs by 9-1 or more, and particularly in industries that deal with money. (And, regardless, any PC should have Internet Explorer and Outlook supplanted ASAP and used as litle as possible afterward. 90% of infections could be prevented by not using those two programs.)
Oh. I misspoke above. There is a second reason I dislike Macs. It's the same reason I can't stand the Boston Red Sox, or the Dallas Cowboys. Their fans are generally unreasoning and blindly loyal, unwilling to acknowledge positives elsewhere, or negatives (especially those which parallel the rivals they criticize: "buying a pennant", and "abuse of a monopoly position", by the Red Sox and Apple, respectively).