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Wall Street Journal On The Switch

Posted by Hemos on from the good-press dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Walt Mossberg, the Wall Street Journal's personal technology columnist, has long appreciated Macintosh, in a very unbiased, but still probably slightly business-oriented way. Today, in honor of tomorrow's "Panther" release, he has a very positive article in favor of "consumers and small businesses" switching for peace of mind. "If you're tired of the virus wars, the Mac can be an island of serenity.""

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  1. Mossberg, that shill? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Please, "unbiased", my ass. This guy will gush with praise about any product that's easy to use and free of bugs. Every time he reviews something with flaws, he feels like pointing them out.

    Sometimes I read his column and all he talks about is "oh, this program was fun to use", or "I didn't like this music player because it was hard to operate and the battery cover broke off". Like any of that matters.

    His constant annoying praise for Apple products is clearly due to the quality of the product and it's usefulness to the average consumer, and not due to any objective standard like how big Apple's cash position is or how man deals they've cut with other computer companies.

    This kind of yellow journalism must be put to an end.

    1. Re:Mossberg, that shill? by MarkGriz · · Score: 2, Funny

      "Someone modded this down? WTF, read the post you ninnies!"

      No worries... M2 is a bitch.

      *runs off to meta-moderate*

      --
      Beauty is in the eye of the beerholder.
  2. Favorite Quote: by ZackSchil · · Score: 1, Funny

    Who cares about how true it is (there have been 2 such updates) but still, I laughed.

    Like Microsoft, Apple issues periodic security patches, but they are less frequent than the Windows patches -- and some of them are needed to repair flaws in the software programs Microsoft writes for the Mac.

  3. Re:It is for me by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    If I had a nickel for every time a Linux freak promised 'my next computer will be an Apple', I'd long ago have saved up enough to buy VA Tech's G5 cluster.

  4. Re:It is for me by switched4OSX · · Score: 2, Funny

    then you would no longer have to imagine a beowulf cluster of these

  5. The invasion of humanity.. by billn · · Score: 2, Funny

    "If you're tired of the virus wars, the Mac can be an island of serenity." Until everyone else shows up, and you have to start voting them off the island.

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    - billn
  6. Re:OSX Underhood by Trurl's+Machine · · Score: 3, Funny

    perhaps they should stick their nose to 'Wall Street' stuff and let sites like Ars[arstechnica.com] to provide factual review

    You mean, quote, "Ars Technica - The PC enthusiast's resource", end quote? Sounds like an exellent place to find some unbiased information on Apple :-)