Newsflash: Mac Users Love Apple, Hate Microsoft

An anonymous reader writes "An article on wired.com talks about how Mac users helped Apple through the dark years of the 90s." It goes on to discuss how a psychologist was hired to figure out how to woo Mac users away from Apple, with some (to him) surprising results.

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The best thing on a Mac...

[TheMidget]

... is its handle!

Better Poll

[limekiller4]

I'd like to see a poll on who likes Microsoft less; Mac users or Linux users. I'd also like to see a poll on what Mac users think of Linux (which would shed a lot of light on their technical accumen given OS X) and vice versa.

Re:Ahh, blind zealotry

[Reziac]

That one thing that grinds me about Mac zealots. At least most linux bigots really know something about linux (however ignorant they may be about Windows). But most Apple zealots don't, beyond quoting the latest advertising hype, or saying something akin to (my personal favourite) "We Mac users don't have to deal with those nasty evil device drivers and TSRs, like you poor downtrodden PC folk. *Macs* have nice tidy extensions and inits." Er, just what the hell do you think extensions and inits ARE??

See, that's my real problem with Apple: their whole mode of business is to keep the user as ignorant as possible, if only by using different terminology so the average Mac user has no idea what they're talking about and consequently can't function in the PC world. Maybe the rare Mac geek won't be fooled, but I've seen this over and over with everyday Mac users. That's a lot of why for so many years Apple got away with selling a "Mac modem" and a "Mac monitor" at double the price for the PC equivalent, even tho it was really a perfectly ordinary PC modem or monitor plus a $3 adapter plug.

Crack dealers, indeed.

Re:Ahh, blind zealotry

[jgerman]

Bullshit. Just because YOU don't care what's under the hood doesn't mean that those that do are juvenile, immature, or have nothing better to think about. It's unlikely that the technology industry will change in that was, but even if it did, it still takes takes people who are interested in the inner workings of things (i.e. those of us who can do math) to make the world go 'round.

Who the fuck do you think you are to decide what matters? I've got new for you nothing MATTERS, nothing other than what each individual likes.

I hate slashdot

[Anonymous Coward]

you alls suck

smile while you read.

[Anonymous Coward]

Macs Y They Suck

They take forever to start
they lag like a 200 mhz pc
they freeze all the time
most programs cant run in mac
they dont have a right click botton
they look crapy
every thing breakes on them
developers hate them
not esay to code on
they dont come with a 3.5" floopy drive
macs are useless
The way they are set up is inconvenient and annoying to use
The way they are set up is inconvenient and annoying to use
The applications on macs never even run- you open up more than on program, and the computer crashes
(Win95) are way better than Macs will ever be
If you eject a disk when you're not supposed to, the computer'll freeze until you put the disk back in
theres no purpose of a zip drive, if there aren't even enough Mac programs to fill a whole zip disk
anything you can do on a Mac, you can do on a PC
In Windows you can change/view all file extensions in a snap, and change them just as easily, you can't on mac
Macs come with cruddy desktop backgrounds
the Mac mouse is too slow
They cost 10 to 20% more than a comparable IBM compatible PC
Hardly any software available for Macs compared to software available to PCs
Hardly any hardware available for Macs compared to hardware available to PCs
Existing hardware/software for Mac is usually very costly
Macs themselves are very overpriced
Macs are at a huge disadvantage for business uses
Only one choice of operating system
Almost all drive additions are external
No such thing as an "internal modem" with a Mac
Most software you will probably buy for a Mac is from a mail order catalog(pay shipping, wait)
The subject of games on a Mac is a frontier larger than America in 1492
Market share of Macs is extremely low, and declining (That means Mac users are an endangered species)
Fewer ports behind a Mac, can't add most ports via expansion cards
Far less Mac developers compared to the amount of PC developers(Probably more Java developers than Mac)
Few ISPs provide access for Macs
The "IBM-Compatible" Macs were the most sorry excuse for a clone
No such thing as a visible file extension for a Mac
Automatic eject floppy drive works very illogically, manual button much simpler
Many public schools are shifting from Macs to PCs, less market share, but smarter kids
Macs take forever to boot up
PowerBooks catching fire
Can't have wallpaper backgrounds
Macs only use SCSI-2, no UltraSCSI, IDE, ect.
Macs lack preemptive multitasking
Where are the function (F1, F2, etc.) buttons?
They are slow as hell
Only macintosh makes the software
No real multi-tasking
Your system has crashed, what do you do now (without the backup (DOS))
They're not IBM compatible
They're made by the same people that made the apple IIe
They're not quite as powerful as a Commodore or Tandy
The Atari had better games
Microsoft's chairman, Bill Gates, is very public, who the heck is mac's chairman
Formatting a disk takes up half of its space
No real businessman would own one or be caught using one
They somehow force schools to buy them so students don't learn how to use a real computer untill college
It costs more for everything on a mac

Re:Mac is where the creative tools are.

[ealar dlanvuli]

Designers are often just as interested in customizable hardware

What the fuck does that mean. Your people customize your work machines? Hi troll.

None the less, are you telling me the G4 cube doesn't basically fall open? Are you saying Macs use all sorts of non-standard parts?

What exactly are you trying to do except troll?