December 31, 2006
Guilty Pleasure
I like Macs. I've bought five over the years, starting with that little darling, the Mac SE. My latest is the latest 20" iMac. I even own Apple stock. So I like the current round of ads with the slightly annoying Mac and the more than slightly nerdy PC -- see them all here.
Posted by Kevin Murphy at December 31, 2006 7:23 PM | Me | TechnologyI like Macs to. I used them at work for years, until we were forced by the IT department to switch to PCs. Only 2 complaints:
- A lot of 3rd party software applications are developed first for PCs, then Macs. The Mac implementations tend to be later, with less work done on quality control (presumeably due to the smaller market size).
- It would be really nice if PCs and Macs could be closed in terms of software standards so that 3rd party development would be simplified. However, I suppose the PC manufacturers resist this, since this would give Macs (as the better design interface) the advantage.
In any case, I think the computer world owes Apple a big thank-you for developing the first really user-friendly interface, which PC manufacturers copied. On the mainframe front, something similiar happened with a little-known company called DEC.
Posted by: Robert at January 1, 2007 10:19 AM
