A little (geeky) comic relief
OK, say you're a Macintosh person. The past few years with OS X have made your computing life a dream, and you've found yourself more and more willing to wade into the Windows vs. Mac fracas. How many times has this happened to you:
You've got some Windows geek totally backed into a corner. You smoked him on stability, security, user-friendliness, design, and cool factor. He rallied with the whole objection about there not being any good games for Mac, but you successfully managed to make the argument about "real" computing, not frivolous time killing supported by vast quantities of caffeine. You can see him sweating. He's glancing around for an escape route. You can sense his panic rising as he realizes he may actually have to admit Apple superiority. You're almost salivating...
Then his eyes light up. He's found a silver bullet: "Well, how come the mice still only have one button?"
Crap. Not that again. In past arguments, you've tried to argue that macs are so seamless and powerful, you only need one button, but Apple itself has betrayed you by including support for extra buttons not only in applications, but the OS itself. And they always know... the Windows diehards always know.
Stop right there. Don't slouch, don't start sweating, don't let him smell your fear. There's nothing to be afraid of anymore. Uncle Steve has finally come to your aid.
Take heart, courageous macgeek. The reinforcements have arrived. Time to close in for the kill.
Hey, all you acolytes of the Church of Microsoft? BRING IT ON!!!
You've got some Windows geek totally backed into a corner. You smoked him on stability, security, user-friendliness, design, and cool factor. He rallied with the whole objection about there not being any good games for Mac, but you successfully managed to make the argument about "real" computing, not frivolous time killing supported by vast quantities of caffeine. You can see him sweating. He's glancing around for an escape route. You can sense his panic rising as he realizes he may actually have to admit Apple superiority. You're almost salivating...
Then his eyes light up. He's found a silver bullet: "Well, how come the mice still only have one button?"
Crap. Not that again. In past arguments, you've tried to argue that macs are so seamless and powerful, you only need one button, but Apple itself has betrayed you by including support for extra buttons not only in applications, but the OS itself. And they always know... the Windows diehards always know.
Stop right there. Don't slouch, don't start sweating, don't let him smell your fear. There's nothing to be afraid of anymore. Uncle Steve has finally come to your aid.
Take heart, courageous macgeek. The reinforcements have arrived. Time to close in for the kill.
Hey, all you acolytes of the Church of Microsoft? BRING IT ON!!!
4 Comments:
At 9:03 PM, Judith Hougen said…
I have no idea what you just said. Me type master's thesis on Smith Corona Selectmatic.
At 9:25 PM, gloria said…
As a windows geek (I guess) I have no idea what in the hell you are talking about.
:) but I still thought your blog was great!
At 10:14 AM, Judith Hougen said…
P.S. I wanted to say "hell" in my comment but didn't (as in "I have no idea what the hell you just said"). Perhaps the close proximity of the school year censors such impulses after a long and randy summer. In any event, thanks to Gloria for taking the word right out of my mouth.
At 11:51 PM, Grandma and Grandpa Benson said…
I get it . . . what the (!?*&%) does that mean . . .
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