PC snide remarks

[SLC Flyfishing]

I always just explain that I got tired of jockeying around with all that security software. And that I couldn't afford to pay the monthly fees for Mcafee anymore.

SLC

 

[Duck_Stab]

I will admit, I swore never to get a mac because of the recent Mac commercials (you know, "Hi, I'm a Mac" and "Hi, I'm a PC"). It was just so infuriating.

Yeah, it was pretty stupid. I had never even really used one. Now I desperately want one haha. I guess I've seen the light, and am just plain tired of XP and all of it's crap it throws in my general direction. The hard drive almost got re-formatted when my parents booted up our PC yesterday. That really scares me. I have to now get a external hard drive (shoulda done it before) and backup all my stuff soon.

Sorry for the rambling. I'm not an official switcher yet, but I guess you could say my perception has switched

 

[iKitten]

I love how much help there is in the Mac community when you do have a problem! I like feeling that I can actually do some technical stuff, unlike Windows where there seems to be this weird layman-caught-in-the-headlights thing. With my Thinkpad, when I had trouble, I basically had to hang on until I could get my brother (an IT guy) on the phone to walk me through whatever could be done to fix it, or have him email me some "patch."

 

[Ryvyan]

I work in a PC-dominated environment, and I brought my MacBook in one day. There was a snide remark about how dumb I am to buy "overpriced hardware" and that I'm a wannabe (WHICH IS ENTIRELY TRUE! And proud to be one!), then I explained about the college package (I'm studying part-time) and how inexpensive the MacBook really is, and he seems slightly deflated. He went on to mention the powerful PC he built himself for less than $1.5k (Singapore Dollars, approx US$950), and someone retorted, "You bring your PC around??". That shut him up haha!

About 5 people started asking me about it afterwards. 2 of them almost bought one each, but I dissuaded them from it because they don't need a new computer. One of them has 3 Windows-laptops at home! That's crazy! But he admitted he has an AppleID since a long long time ago, just never got around to using it for purchases.


Like someone said, bring on the facts! I love my MacBook too much to care.

 

[cjay]

I don't bother giving those people an audience. I just tell them to shove it and move on

That's the nice version of what I say to them. Lucky this is a PG forum

 

[PhilS1121]

I've been a PC user for many years, and just switched my entire family over to Macs. (I bought a Dell for my daugter for college; had to send it back; tried a Mac book; and then there was no going back).

I like to tell people that Macs have reduced our furniture budget by quite a bit, as I have found that I don't need to throw chairs, smash vases, and kick and slam the furniture as I did frequently when I had to work with windows.

 

[yogi]

When they give me some bull about Macs, I reply: Yeah I know, but I'm used to it.

Then I go home, sit at my mac, push the boot up button and simply grin.