why are we all so into mac?

[holamiamigos]

here's my take: It's not the same for everyone, there are several camps.

1. The "It just works camp" - these are people that don't demand a lot from their electronics, but they want it to do it well. In this category are my sisters, who both got mac laptops after they got tired of me fixing their dells. They don't care about file structures or chipsets or Unix, they just want it to work and now that they've had that experience, they have a prejudice toward apple products.

2. The "I've been around the block camp" - People that are in stark contrast to the one above, this group has used windows, os x, and linux. They choose Apple b/c their values align with those of Apple. Those who have different values are right now on their respective windows or linux forums. It's like people that always drive Hondas or BMWs b/c they know what they are getting and they like it and they have experience with Toyotas and Fords and the like.

3. The "I think this makes me hip camp" - Although this probably bothers most of us on these forums, I'm sure there is a significant number of people who have turned into Apple fanboys b/c it buys them cool points. Macbooks and iPods stand out as cool products and if you have one, then you too are "cool." They get a thrill out of telling people their Dells suck. I've got a little cousin who falls in this camp. Two weeks after he got his iMac he was talking down to every PC user he met, but he is 12 so I'll cut him a little slack.

4. The "Been here since the Apple II camp" - People that have been with the company and it's products so long that nothing else matters anymore.

is it possible to be a 1.5?... haha. thats me

 

[wyatt23]

here's my take: It's not the same for everyone, there are several camps.

1. The "It just works camp" - these are people that don't demand a lot from their electronics, but they want it to do it well. In this category are my sisters, who both got mac laptops after they got tired of me fixing their dells. They don't care about file structures or chipsets or Unix, they just want it to work and now that they've had that experience, they have a prejudice toward apple products.

2. The "I've been around the block camp" - People that are in stark contrast to the one above, this group has used windows, os x, and linux. They choose Apple b/c their values align with those of Apple. Those who have different values are right now on their respective windows or linux forums. It's like people that always drive Hondas or BMWs b/c they know what they are getting and they like it and they have experience with Toyotas and Fords and the like.

3. The "I think this makes me hip camp" - Although this probably bothers most of us on these forums, I'm sure there is a significant number of people who have turned into Apple fanboys b/c it buys them cool points. Macbooks and iPods stand out as cool products and if you have one, then you too are "cool." They get a thrill out of telling people their Dells suck. I've got a little cousin who falls in this camp. Two weeks after he got his iMac he was talking down to every PC user he met, but he is 12 so I'll cut him a little slack.

4. The "Been here since the Apple II camp" - People that have been with the company and it's products so long that nothing else matters anymore.

i am clearly #1 & #2.

tho, for #3... i suppose i'm cooler because i chose apple. not that i chose mac to be cooler. just a consequence of having an eye for nice design.

 

[g7by08believeit]

how else am i going to get chicks?

 

[Sweetfeld28]

I like Macs, because:

1. I have been on a Mac since middle school. My friend dad also works for Apple, he was our HS campus Rep.

2. Because I like the Look and Feel, of the Mac Hardware, as well as the Software.

3. Drivers, I hate drivers. I don't know how many times i have worked on friends PCs, and they can't find the driver discs.

 

[FF_productions]

I've been using Macs since I was 3-4 years old when we got a Performa.

It makes life easier for me, and there is no alternative to it (trust me I've used windows for years).

 

[jeremy.king]

It is because my pantry is stocked chock full of this.

 

[gkarris]

here's my take: It's not the same for everyone, there are several camps.

1. The "It just works camp" - these are people that don't demand a lot from their electronics, but they want it to do it well. In this category are my sisters, who both got mac laptops after they got tired of me fixing their dells. They don't care about file structures or chipsets or Unix, they just want it to work and now that they've had that experience, they have a prejudice toward apple products.

2. The "I've been around the block camp" - People that are in stark contrast to the one above, this group has used windows, os x, and linux. They choose Apple b/c their values align with those of Apple. Those who have different values are right now on their respective windows or linux forums. It's like people that always drive Hondas or BMWs b/c they know what they are getting and they like it and they have experience with Toyotas and Fords and the like.

3. The "I think this makes me hip camp" - Although this probably bothers most of us on these forums, I'm sure there is a significant number of people who have turned into Apple fanboys b/c it buys them cool points. Macbooks and iPods stand out as cool products and if you have one, then you too are "cool." They get a thrill out of telling people their Dells suck. I've got a little cousin who falls in this camp. Two weeks after he got his iMac he was talking down to every PC user he met, but he is 12 so I'll cut him a little slack.

4. The "Been here since the Apple II camp" - People that have been with the company and it's products so long that nothing else matters anymore.

1 - 20%
2 - 20%
3 - 50%
4 - 20%

Wait, that's 110%.. well, Dells do suck (HP's are good though)

 

[Me1000]

100% #2!!

 

[SC68Cal]

Oregon Trail on the Apple IIc in my elementary school library!!!

I remember those days. Brings a tear to my eye.

I was a Linux guy looking for a new computer. Roomate was an OS X guy so I gave it a whirl.

 

[Lixivial]

Because I was raised on the Macintosh, and during the dark ages of Apple I became familiar with Linux (Windows, too, though it's less relevant to my reasoning).

In my opinion, Mac OS X is the perfect blending of simplicity and power, commerical software and open source. There's nothing else like it on the consumer market that bridge these typically great divides. It has something for everyone, and in my book, that's quite a tall order to accomplish. It's also a programmer's dream: no other machine on the market can (legally) capture as much of the market as an Apple machine can now that they've gone Intel.

 

[Chooser]

Little bit of #1, for the most part they do work and let me get my work done. Number #2 because work forced me to use other operating systems. Number #3 well I dealt with the stone throwing and name calling, that I don't care if I'm hip or not. Number #4 yep this is where it all started for me.

 

[grafikat]

I spend 50 times as much time updating my DH's PC than even THINKING about updating and virus protecting my mac!

 

[morphineseason]

I'll admit, it was the "look", the GUI, and lack of viruses that turned me on to Mac. As a recent switcher, I can say that I'm happy that I switched over. I enjoy the ease of use, stability, and overall the lack of problems. I've never been a "PC gamer" so I didn't really need that in a computer either, just the raw power for things that counted for me like graphic design/video editing/etc.

 

[CANEHDN]

We're nerds to n^th power.

 

[Legolamb]

'cause it allows you to be nerdy and sexy at the same time

 

[AJ Muni]

Because we are dorks. Cool, smart, thinking different dorks

 

[Cindynjgirl79]

For me it was the iPod. I got a pink mini when they 1st came out. Got applecare with it. Compared to the phone help from hp, applecare was astounding! I had so many problems with my pc it was insane. There were times on the phone with hp tech people that there were tears. Big spooler problem. I also think that the iPod is the gateway drug to apple!

When the 60GB video came out, had to have it! Got applecare on that one too. Thank god because this happen to it. After that I was sold on anything and everything mac.

Back in Dec. I got a MacBook and haven't touched a pc since. Well once to set up my wireless router.

 

[Str8edgepunker]

For me, I'm in pretty much all of the Schroedinger camps. I have always loved how macs work, back to the dark days of an SE/30 (Now I am REALLY dating myself. I was only 4.) so I've been using them all my life. But when it came time to get myself a computer for whatever reason, I went with some pc laptops at the time. I say some because I went through 3 different laptops from toshiba, compaq and hp (yes they were different companies back in the day). Each of them had problems that manifested within days of owning them. I finally cut my losses and convinced my dad to buy me a titanium powerbook that we got on the 10.2 jaguar launch day and other than having a hinge break under warranty and some other odds and ends, I was very happy with my computer. It still works great to this day. It just does what I want it to do with barely a fuss and that's why I'm mac for life.

 

[cnybud]

I guess i should also say that the reason i am a Mac guy now is that Commodore has not put out a laptop