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- ScornForSega, on 10/24/2007, -90/+681Um... guys. This isn't satire. He's serious.
And I agree with him. - Tallon29, on 10/20/2007, -30/+599"If you truly believe you need to pick a mobile phone that "says something" about your personality, don't bother. You don't have a personality."
That was awesome. - saska, on 10/24/2007, -37/+374Oooooooh. Somebody got too pissed off to read all the way to the end.
- ajoh198, on 10/24/2007, -47/+362That's not true. I thought that was a really funny article
- ajb2015, on 10/24/2007, -30/+340"Ultimately the campaign's biggest flaw is that it perpetuates the notion that consumers somehow "define themselves" with the technology they choose."
He hit the nail on the head right there. Whenever I meet a Mac user, I tend to know because the first thing he says to me is "I'm a Mac user, so...." - ghm101, on 10/12/2007, -26/+321"what this guy fails to realise is that most Mac users these days were PC users before they were Mac users"
I think he fully realises that and Hates you with equal measure. - flag564, on 10/20/2007, -49/+326This guy is a friggin genius.
- Wuffles, on 10/20/2007, -45/+277Charlie Brooker hit the nail on the head.
Wonderfully funny. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -68/+293"The fact that this article is being dugg really does show that we are not actually fanboys, and are open to all views on products."
Uhh, no, more like the fact that Mac fanboys are a minority even on Digg, the most Mac-friendly website on the internet, leaving the majority who don't use a Mac to gleefully digg this article up for it's superb wit.
Most fanboys are not open-minded. If you are, you're a fanboy poseur. - betterth, on 10/20/2007, -63/+273"I love Macs.
The problem is the inferiority complex any Windows user has. Suffices to say many will start jumping in denial when they read this.
A PC running Windows is a second-class computing device. Face it."
Oh my god. The only issue here is the SUPERIORITY COMPLEX you have!
My PC running Windows is in every way better than your Mac. I guarantee it. I absolutely guarantee I can play more games, run more software, render movies faster, encode music faster, write to my hard drive faster. I guarantee in every benchmark my PC will destroy your Mac. I can guarantee this because I bought hardware that Apple doesn't offer yet, because it's "unnecessary" for idiots like you that don't do anything with their computer.
You're a complete and utter tool you know that.
Here let me tell you the only thing your Mac does that mine PC doesn't.
Ya ready for why your Mac is so much better than my pc. Here ya go:
Because Apple locks down their computers and their software to perpetuate a cycle of forced hardware obsolescence. Because Apple exec's have decided that they won't release OSX to anyone, like every other OS is, because they want to sell you more hardware. They want to force you to upgrade and by more overpriced machines. And yes, they are ALL overpriced. All of them, except one or two exceptions, generally in the 2,500$ to 3,000$ range (read: doesn't matter range).
My computer, technically better than any Mac, except maybe a Pro, cost me around 1500$ build. 1700$ if you include a copy of Vista, which, unlike Macs, I have the option of building without and using a free OS if I desire. For 1500$, the price of a low-mid iMac, I can build a PC that destroys any Mac, except one that costs over twice as much. (And it will still beat that one in many areas, including anything regarding gaming or 3d benchmarks, unless that Pro uses a $1500 quaddro card) - saska, on 10/12/2007, -8/+204What you fail to realize is that he succeeded in putting down on paper exactly what PC owners feel for a brief second or two after seeing one of the "I'm a Mac" "I'm a PC" ads. It's not jealousy, although that is exactly what many self-congratulatory Mac owners think.
The only people those ads work on are people who already own Macs, and who derive a feeling of superiority from them.
And I think when he got done defragmenting his hard drive he'd punch you in the mouth for your comment. (insert wink here for the humor impaired) - wonboodoo, on 10/12/2007, -33/+220"... as opposed to Macs, which are apparently better at "fun stuff" .... Better at "fun stuff", my arse. The only way to have fun with a Mac is to poke its insufferable owner in the eye"
Pure comedy gold. - etruscan, on 10/20/2007, -28/+176"computers for people who earnestly believe in feng shui"
Hahaha... that's the best part. It's so true! Oh, I like the Doctor Who uses a PC comment too. Oh this is a great article. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -29/+144"I hate Macs. I have always hated Macs. I hate people who use Macs. I even hate people who don't use Macs but sometimes wish they did. Macs are glorified Fisher-Price activity centres for adults; computers for scaredy cats too nervous to learn how proper computers work; computers for people who earnestly believe in feng shui".
I couldn't agree more. Can I digg this twice? - UbuntuX, on 10/12/2007, -10/+125Have to agree that a person who selects a piece of hardware to reflect their personality must be quite neurotic
- tehnico, on 10/12/2007, -32/+144Insanely well written.
- MusicalGenius, on 10/20/2007, -14/+121Betterth: I often look at mac fanboys wanting to type something in anger at them. (I don't really hate macs, I hate the users who won't shut up about why they love their computer more. If you like it fine, so why can't you live with me liking mine? It was getting old after the first time.) BUT I've been wanting to type stuff and I eventually delete it realizing it's a waste of time to try to convince someone so biased into accepting that not everyone likes Mac. All I want to say now that you understand the way I feel about this is this... The way you put that was beautiful.
And to all you Mac fanboys... YES, I said biased, oh what a crime. When it's funny that I buy an HP notebook. Everyone with a Mac makes fun of it.
I now have just built a computer which a Mac couldn't even try to compare to, unless of course it cost double the money. And they still make fun of it because it isn't a mac. I love the way Mac hardware looks. But I refuse to buy from a company which has more of a monopolistic nature than MS could ever have.
I do like Linux also but MS isn't a monopoly. If the world wanted to download Linux tomorrow, they could but still keep buying windows machines and keeping it on there. And for anyone to hate MS or Bill Gates... I have a few answers to this...
Bill Gates works and donates so much to charity, you can claim that it's for show or whatever you want. But you aren't Bill Gates so don't try to claim that you know better about him than he does. He still does a lot for charity and why he does aside cause we don't know, it's still good that he does it. He has done some things with computers that Apple couldn't dream of. He wants to see certain technologies come to life...what geek doesn't want the same... He is a human being... think about it. So many of you treat him like he's Hitler. You can't judge him if you've never met him.
Microsoft is a company which releases many things such as Windows, Office, etc. Is it wrong to make money off of office? Open office users often scold MS for their Office... I can't wait until someone copies the ribbon in 2007 it will happen or at least they will change their design cause MS did.
Microsoft also releases a lot of free stuff that most of you refuse to recognize.
Vista isn't the king of DRM as so many diggers believe.... but they couldn't possibly hear about itunes.....not at all
Even then, I buy my music and feel good about it.
Now getting to Apple. What is more monopolistic than saying. YOU WILL BUY EVERYTHING FROM US... and we will put windows on our machines but you can't put OSX anywhere else but with us. Mac is like big brother... you obey or you don't own a mac... I BUILT my PC... I can choose the brand of whatever I buy...amazing... Apple says I have to have an apple this and an apple that...what corruption.
But people can't handle me saying this. It hurts their ears so much. But yet every day they have to complain about Vista or MS WAY too much and how evil they are and how beautiful Mac is. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -27/+129I don't know what a crash is for about 5 years since I installed XP. This argument is soooooo outdated...
- upyourego, on 10/12/2007, -17/+115I love Macs and use both Apple & Windows machines BUT I also love Charlie Brooker's writing and this is a another brilliant example of his utterly brilliant sense of humour.
Especially this bit:
"I hate Macs. I have always hated Macs. I hate people who use Macs. I even hate people who don't use Macs but sometimes wish they did. Macs are glorified Fisher-Price activity centres for adults; computers for scaredy cats too nervous to learn how proper computers work; computers for people who earnestly believe in feng shui." - AeroSquid, on 10/12/2007, -18/+109dugg for accuracy
- Pootle4rthur, on 10/12/2007, -34/+120You've got to love Charlie Brooker
Macs are often just fashion accessories for the people who took the piss out of geeks when they were at school - DoctaStooge, on 10/12/2007, -19/+100@ technico
I wouldn't say that. I'll bet most 30 year olds today that their first computer experience was with a mac. In grade 2-4ish in school. At that time almost every school had macs and it was the first computer any kids had ever laid their eyes on.
Yep, i was a Mac user in elementary school. Then I switched to a PC, and I can't be happier. - Azr43L, on 10/12/2007, -27/+101This "no security software needed" is gonna get Macs in trouble.
As soon as you get more market share, more viruses/spyware/whatever will be written and as none of you are using security software, you'll get owned.
To quote Paul Kaye: "It's reckless talk like that that gets young women raped!"
Seriously, Macs may get less affected by this, but use security software to safeguard for the future. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -15/+88Please read No Logo by Naomi Klein.
Modern marketing of Lifestyle Branding has led us into this mess. People buy things that reflect their lifestyle and sense of self, in reality, they are being played for absolute fools...
...and this article very clearly touches on this idea. Mac Fanboys have bought into the brand-lifestyle, and they are not letting go. Trying to argue that you purchased a Mac for its "technical superiority" (as some are want to do on this forum) is a really sad display of people unwilling to admit that they 'prefer' mac for the totally bogus marketing schtick they want to identify with.
sad. sad. sad. - raptordrew, on 10/12/2007, -19/+88Aww, the Mac people are hurt by this article! Let's comfort them.
- designpunk, on 10/12/2007, -19/+78Ha-ha, Fisher-Price is a great way to describe a Mac - big, fat, shiny, glossy and 'easy to use for those too stupid to use a PC'
- lowbot, on 10/12/2007, -10/+68Not only is this hilarious and every word true, there is a Fawlty Towers map for CS. If anything just the existance of such a thing makes the PC win. All this software and customization is worth putting up with an 'ugly beige box.'
- ChefAnubis, on 10/12/2007, -24/+79truth hurts.
- MacParrot, on 10/12/2007, -10/+61Even as a Mac user, I thought this was funny. Man, don't take it so seriously...lighten up.
- kravex, on 10/12/2007, -4/+54Windows doesn't crash itself, all the thousands of software and game titles that are loaded onto it cause the crashes.
No surprise Macs don't crash much then... - sn00kie, on 10/12/2007, -4/+53I have a mac, windows pc, and linux pc, and completely agree with him. I am 1/3 a douche bag.
- darkstar949, on 10/12/2007, -7/+55Finely, someone highlights how moronic the statement that Mac's are more "fun" than PCs is. The last time that I can recall an Apple computer being associated with "fun and games" was the Apple IIe, after that the games just started to trend downhill. The biggest claim to fame that Mac's have is that they have always had the reputation of being a decent graphic arts system and even that is going away in fact of the increasing number of packages that are available for the PC.
Sorry Mac, go take your double espresso soy latte and join the rest of the snobs in the corner while I will fire up Half Life 2. - hesse, on 10/12/2007, -6/+54@supersteve: If by real work you mean sitting in a coffee shop, trying to type the next great American novel at two words per minute (with only your index fingers) about how your evil capitalist father is trying to repress your free thinking, art school dropout personality, then yes.
- rompom7, on 10/12/2007, -14/+62@Ireland: I've never had a app crash, or freeze, which causes it to freeze everything else. And I'm pretty sure you'd be hard pressed to find an app that will lock up all private memory.
The ONLY times I've had Windows freeze was
1) When I ripped out the wrong SATA drive (hotswapping), which happened to be my system drive. :(
2) Chipset over heating due to chipset faulty chipset fan.
And last time I checked that is not a software issue. - DanCall, on 10/12/2007, -19/+66Brilliant writing.
- BigPapi, on 10/12/2007, -3/+48The Mac was technically my first experience with a computer as a kid in grade school. However, I don't really consider playing Oregon Trail to be much of a "computer experience".
- jspegele, on 10/12/2007, -7/+52It may take a bit of effort, but I can make my mac pro crash harder than Lindsey Lohan. They're not that special.
- miniboss, on 10/20/2007, -5/+49If only Mac users were as secure as their OS.
Its a shame so many people missed the humor in this article. - g3r4, on 10/12/2007, -0/+43Oregon Trail was the *****. Then there was that fish game, where you were the small fish eating small fish, slowly growing larger, until you were the biggest there besides a shark or something like that. Good times on a what seemed to be a gray cardboard box.
- aaronm67, on 10/13/2007, -11/+51@joel8x
Have you ever actually used Apple's support? I used to own an iPod, and because it was a piece of ***** product (4th generation photo, they were awful quality), I had to use Apple support about once every 2 months. Apple outsources their support as much as anyone else does, and they "fist you in the ass" as much as any of those other companies do, and often times I was on hold for close to an hour.
I've never had any problems with Dell support. If your product is under warranty, they ship you a refurb far faster then Apple does. HP support is just about as bad as they come.
After having owned both Apple and Dell products, and used both of their tech support, I can honestly say I will never buy another Apple product, and I will probably buy a lot more Dell products. - toppgun, on 10/12/2007, -5/+44I cant wait for kevin and alex to argue about this on diggnation
- BlackAdderIII, on 10/12/2007, -8/+47The irony is, of all the Mac users in the UK, there are about 7 who aren't Guardian readers.
Oh, I'm not doing the guy's rant down - Guardian reading professionals themselves are well aware that it's full of pretentious pseudo-intellctual wankers writing pretentious pseudo-intellectual wank, it's just that most other papers are even more dismally crap.
I wonder if they buy Macs with the same sort of thoughts in mind. - saska, on 10/12/2007, -6/+43Another stormed-off-in-a-huff Mac user who couldn't get through the whole thing, I see.
- betterth, on 10/12/2007, -2/+39@BlackAdderIII
It's cute how everyone thinks Mac/Unix is some impenetrable fortress. Where theres millions of dollars to be made with viruses/malware/spyware and millions of dumb users, there is a way. - mahdaeng, on 10/12/2007, -3/+39@technico
actually, for me, it was trs-80 and commodore 64
monochrome! yeah! - exothermic, on 10/12/2007, -14/+50
Can we just grow up, please?
The Mac users think that their selection of a computing platform is a place in a new society where the entry isn't a secret handshake, it's accepting documents with the skia font. It somehow makes them better, more productive, less prone to malware, cooler, smarter and better looking. Meanwhile, the PC users, have acquired some sort of severe inferiority complex and have circled the wagons and attack Mac users as some sort of strange confidence builder. They argue that they can't be wrong since nearly everyone with a computer uses a PC with Windows, that there's no shortage of software and their choice makes them better, more productive, smarter and better looking.
Here's the story; it doesn't matter what platform you use, it isn't going to make you smarter, more productive or better looking. If you need to flaunt your selection of a computing platform as some sort of boost to your ego, you need to step away from the computer and get a life.
Just stop it, please. - harryl5, on 10/12/2007, -7/+42The commercial is unintentionally funny because the mac guy is such a smug dweeb that you want to stuff him in a trash can. I can't imagine anyone watching the commercial and thinking, "Hey I want to be like that mac guy".
All the Apple fanatics I know are the people that couldn't pass math after high school. Apples remind me of Bang and Olufsen audio components. You are paying a premium for the design instead of performance. - norcim, on 10/12/2007, -14/+48I will digg this up just for the title...
- spyrochaete, on 10/12/2007, -4/+37"Ultimately the campaign's biggest flaw is that it perpetuates the notion that consumers somehow "define themselves" with the technology they choose."
Precisely why I hate those ads. This little rant is brilliant! - Justin6512, on 10/12/2007, -3/+35this article on digg is the final straw that will trigger to inevitable Mac VS PC super war in which thousands and thousands of nerds will die.
Also I think this may also cause Digg to break in to two sites, DiggPC.com , and DiggMac.com -
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