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November 30, 2006

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Guess what happens when you give something a chance

Posted Nov. 30, ’06, 5:43 AM PT by Derik DeLong
Category | Apple » People

&ot;Thomas So many Apple and Mac detractors don’t really build an argument based upon experience. Rather, to validate their current situation, they use arguments from others to build a case against the Mac and/or Apple. It doesn’t really make sense, but it makes them feel better. Sometimes something magical happens and that bigot actually gives the other side a chance.

A little over two weeks ago I walked into the Apple store in Palo Alto and bought myself a new MacBook Pro. Yes, the new sexy Intel dual core MacBook Pro. And I went home and after not using a Mac for over 15 years, put my Dell PC notebook literally in the bookshelf and have been using this new Mac as my primary computer for the past 2 weeks.

And what do I have to say about the experience after two weeks? My God! This is f*ing amazing! For the past 15 years I’ve pretty much been a diehard Microsoft PC guy. I’ve mocked the religious zealotry of the cult of Macintosh. I’ve derided the senseless brainwashing that Steve Jobs seems so elegant at.

Words straight from Thomas Hawk. He himself admits that he was biased (without reason). More loyal readers may remember when Thomas decided to call iTunes users suckers. I wonder what would happen if he actually tried iTunes next. Hmmm.


2 Comments

Kelmon said:

In fairness, I am guilty of the same. For years I took the piss out of the Mac without really knowing anything much about them aside from a brief encounter with (what I think was) the original Machintosh's while I was at 6th Form (age 16-18 in the UK). Since no one seemed to use them and they had that silly 1 button mouse I assumed they were absolute crap and that Windows was the only way to go. About 4-years ago I had so much grief with Windows XP that I tried a PowerBook G4 and loved it. I finally got my 17" MacBook Pro last week and there's one definite now - I'm not going back to Windows...

November 30, 2006 10:59 AM
Philippe Azimzadeh said:

Today I converted another die-hard Windows PC user to the Mac.

Apple is gaining market share I tell you.

November 30, 2006 12:00 PM

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