I guess the bottom line is buy what you can afford.

I guess the bottom line is buy what you can afford.

I’m impressed you’re able to get away without antivirus software on your PC. Especially with documents in a hospital environment.

The nice thing about PC’s is the ability to customize everything, and I’ll admit, in the old days that was really nice, but now with time more of a premium, I primarily want something that works well and doesn’t require much trouble.

I’m impressed you’re able to get away without antivirus software on your PC. Especially with documents in a hospital environment.

The nice thing about PC’s is the ability to customize everything, and I’ll admit, in the old days that was really nice, but now with time more of a premium, I primarily want something that works well and doesn’t require much trouble.

That said, I only have a firewall on my Windows partition (no antivirus), and have never had to defrag or worry about common peripherals not malfunctioning. But I also stripped down my Windows XP installation to boot in 45 seconds and purged all unnecessary bloatware. The trade-off was that I spent about 2 hours tinkering with my computer…

If we engineers can figure out how to keep fingerprints off of shiny new gadgets, our careers would be set…

That said, I only have a firewall on my Windows partition (no antivirus), and have never had to defrag or worry about common peripherals not malfunctioning. But I also stripped down my Windows XP installation to boot in 45 seconds and purged all unnecessary bloatware. The trade-off was that I spent about 2 hours tinkering with my computer…

If we engineers can figure out how to keep fingerprints off of shiny new gadgets, our careers would be set…

First off, regarding the commercial, I think the “anger” is just part of the typical Mac vs Microsoft hostilities you see on the Internet. The same sort of thing exists for XBox 360 vs PS3 where message board and blog posters continuously flame each other while pushing their own brand loyalty. Whatever the group psychology that leads people to this is kind of interesting, I guess.

Specifically for this commercial, there is a little bit of fanfare surrounding it as well. Microsoft has been hit hard by the “I’m a Mac” ad campaign and the Seinfeld attempt to fight back fell hard. So this is the new salvo. Personally, the only problem I have with this commercial is that it doesn’t seem totally clear what it’s selling. Is it an ad for HP, Best Buy or Microsoft? I don’t think that completely comes across.

Last thing about the ad – Windows runs (very well) on a Mac. You’d think that Microsoft would promote this feature as well. Although few would use Windows as a primary OS on a Mac.

Now personally, I thought the Mac was worth the splurge. It comes down to simplicity. I don’t need to worry about viruses (Conficker?), backups (Time Machine) and transferring to a new computer when I get a new one. There are far fewer updates to worry about and every time I bring home a virus on my USB drive I don’t need to worry about it spreading to my machine. With Boot Camp, I can even run anything for Windows anyway. For some, this simplicity may not be worth the price, but I hate having to constantly make sure that my virus scanner is up to date, my hard drive is defragged, and researching if I have the latest drivers. Boot time and shut down time is much better and there’s generally easier install. Also, no crapware came installed either on my computer. So it’s just a matter of saving time and simplicity.

A friend from Japan told me nobody in Japan has a Mac. As for the other question, I think younger people are more susceptible to marketing and Apple has had better marketing than Microsoft. That’s why you see more young people wanting Macs.

First off, regarding the commercial, I think the “anger” is just part of the typical Mac vs Microsoft hostilities you see on the Internet. The same sort of thing exists for XBox 360 vs PS3 where message board and blog posters continuously flame each other while pushing their own brand loyalty. Whatever the group psychology that leads people to this is kind of interesting, I guess.

Specifically for this commercial, there is a little bit of fanfare surrounding it as well. Microsoft has been hit hard by the “I’m a Mac” ad campaign and the Seinfeld attempt to fight back fell hard. So this is the new salvo. Personally, the only problem I have with this commercial is that it doesn’t seem totally clear what it’s selling. Is it an ad for HP, Best Buy or Microsoft? I don’t think that completely comes across.

Last thing about the ad – Windows runs (very well) on a Mac. You’d think that Microsoft would promote this feature as well. Although few would use Windows as a primary OS on a Mac.

Now personally, I thought the Mac was worth the splurge. It comes down to simplicity. I don’t need to worry about viruses (Conficker?), backups (Time Machine) and transferring to a new computer when I get a new one. There are far fewer updates to worry about and every time I bring home a virus on my USB drive I don’t need to worry about it spreading to my machine. With Boot Camp, I can even run anything for Windows anyway. For some, this simplicity may not be worth the price, but I hate having to constantly make sure that my virus scanner is up to date, my hard drive is defragged, and researching if I have the latest drivers. Boot time and shut down time is much better and there’s generally easier install. Also, no crapware came installed either on my computer. So it’s just a matter of saving time and simplicity.

A friend from Japan told me nobody in Japan has a Mac. As for the other question, I think younger people are more susceptible to marketing and Apple has had better marketing than Microsoft. That’s why you see more young people wanting Macs.