Apple vs. Microsoft; a lover vs. a cheap whore

Go read the best-written post ever on why “Microsoft, ladies and gentlemen, is a cheap whore,” while “Apple is a lover.” Here’s a sample.

I was asked for advice today from someone who was apprehensive about buying a new Mac, and wanted to know my opinion. This, of course, is sort of like going up to Dick Cheney and saying “You know, I’m not sure about that Iraq thing. What do you think?”

She lives on the fringes of the law, but there’s no getting rid of her because she fulfils a certain need in our society. People want what she is selling.

There’s a certain painted-on mystique to her, of course. We’ve all been indoctrinated with the propaganda, the hooker with the heart of gold, the disturbingly wide-mouthed Pretty Woman. When you find her, though, beneath the paint she’s really quite plain. You take what you need from her, but reluctantly and because you have no alternative. You get what you want, but she is almost peripheral to the act.

Apple is a lover.

From the moment you meet her, you know that she wants you to be happy. She wants to be a part of your life, and you can’t help but be drawn into wanting to be a part of hers. She is beautiful and elegant in ways that the layers of paint on the Microsoft street-walker can only desperately try to imitate.

“Read the whole thing.” A gem.

After returning to America in March, I upgraded my old terminal PC and was reminded of why so many jokes are always circulating the Internet about Bill Gates going to hell. It was like reliving the Book of Job, a case study in concentrated suffering, as things went wrong and hours and days were wasted.

I had a Mac years ago, and life was so much better. Now everyone says I have to have a PC, that there aren’t enough programs available for the Mac anymore. After reading the above post, I think it’s almost time for me to reconsider.

The Discussion: 3 Comments

A little off-topic for you.

For years, I believed that there was a Wintel conspiracy against me. I have crashed to the point of death 3 Wintel computers.

After the first two, you become paranoid.

June 1, 2004 @ 4:42 pm | Comment

It’s niot a conspiracy against you: it’s Wintel’s conspiracy against humanity.

Part of my grief with my old computer was upgrading it for use with a WiFi network. Misery. Torture. Even some of my computer-savvy friends who helped me were cursing Bill Gates.

June 1, 2004 @ 5:12 pm | Comment

Hey, guys ever heard of Redhat.

June 5, 2004 @ 5:07 am | Comment

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