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Gamers Itching To Switch To Macs?
An anonymous reader writes "CNET.com.au is forecasting Windows gamers will be flocking to Intel-based Apples, saying many 'have been looking for an excuse to switch to Macs.' The article says: 'Of course, games enthusiasts who like to customise their systems and upgrade their hardware (such as graphics cards) at the drop of a hat may still prefer the tinkering freedom a PC allows. But then there are the legions of more casual gamers who only upgrade every several years or so -- as long as they can play what's available at their local games shop, I'm sure they won't be fussed that they're not running off the latest gear from ATI or NVIDIA.'"
Considering that when many people say that they need a Windows machine to do "work" on, they actually mean they need it for playing games
Yeah, and when people say that they need a Mac to do "graphic design" on, they actually mean that they work in advertising, producing the kind of irritating punch-the-monkey marketing shit that makes people want to rip their own eyes out.
In all seriousness, the fact that you can't think of any work task for which people could conceivably need a Windows machine doesn't mean that they don't exist. It is much more likely that you hold that view because you are a blinkered little MacTard that has never had a proper job.
Anyway, back to the topic at hand. Are gamers switching to Intel based Macs? No. No matter how much you all want it to be true. And why do you want it to be true? I think that if you engaged in some serious self-analysis to try and discern the deep seated reasons why you want that sort of thing to be true so badly, you would come across some seriously fucked up shit lurking in your subconscious.
Why? Future Macs will just be Wintel machines with a pretty face. Gamers had their chance to switch. After 2007 there will be no switch, unless Apple finds true enlightenment and moves away from the herd and towards the Alpha chip. Man, what a bunch of cattle. Simply doing something because "everybody else" is doing it. Apple didn't go to Intel because it was better. It was a cost cutting move, with all the implicit degradation. UGH! It doesn't matter how smooth you look when the underlying architecture crumbles under the slightest load.
What?
We say we have the best desktop OS in the world because we do.
OS X is more than pretty. OS X represents a great step beyond the user experience of Windows, and the reason Apple has market share is because they work their ass off trying to tell people. I'm a customer as of last year. I'll be on Macs as long as they keep innovating the way they have been. Hell, I believe in them so much I'm willing to debate complete strangers to help them see my point of view.
My advice is to try the things you normally do on a PC out on a Mac (if you have access to one, or at an Apple store). OS X is not only worth switching to, I believe it's costly not to.
Attention deficit disorder is a complicated issue, spanning several major... HEY LET'S GO RIDE BIKES!
So... some moron disagrees with my opinion and marks my post as a troll? Jeeze you just HAVE to love Slashdot moderation. So... what part of my post was a troll... the part that I think $2,500 for a PC that can run XP just like a $1000 PC seems an awful lot? The fact that the OS is nicer than XP? Is that the troll? Or was it my little joke about multi-button mice?
Casual gamers are likely to spend $500 for a Dell, not $1500 for a mac.