Mac vs. PC

Being in IT, this is something I come across very often. What are the real differences between Mac and PC. My conclusion is that Mac is a cult. Seriously. I never realized how vicious "Mac people" get about the alleged superiority of a Mac over a PC. Keep in mind, I like Macs. But "Mac people" kind of suck.

Macs are marketed as a computing appliance and they say Macs never crash. Yeah, sure, and cigarettes didn't cause cancer, in fact, they were healthy. If Macs never have problems then how come any time I visit an Apple store there are about 30 people at any given time waiting on a "Mac Genius" for help in fixing some problem. This fact goes on widely ignored.... liberal media.

Then there's "there are 100s of viruses for PCs while Macs don't have any" and let's look at that logically. Here's a blurb from an article I found:

Apple's Macintosh now commands 3.26 percent of the worldwide market for PCs and 6.26 percent of the US market for PCs.

and that was for the first quarter of 2008. Once Macs actually have a strong hold on the market, they will become much more of a target and the viruses (and victimized excuses such as "PC people are just so mean to us Mac people and THEY created the viruses") will be coming out.

I find that functionally, Macs just aren't as sophisticated as PCs, but man, they sure are pretty and cool lookin'.

My experience with Macs, while I do find them attractive and overall, kinda useful, is like dating a hot college girl, only to find out she well... doesn't really bring anything new... just a little admiration from other people that have similar interests while drawing attention from others who normally wouldn't care.

With the right marketing, even I, Shawn Finer, could be considered tall. Thank you Apple.