Linked by Jim Vanaria on Fri 4th Oct 2002 21:25 UTC
When it comes to using computers, it used to be (and still rings true today) that most people find the Mac platform to be either loathsome or lovable with few spectators taking middle ground on the issue.
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Most say what stops people from getting a mnac is the price. I say that is correct to a great amount but not the only big reason. For me I do not have the funds to buy one now. But in a bit over a year it will not be the same case. I will be able to buy one without thinking much of it. But for many it's the "mac experiance" that people do not like. The OS is very differant and for many like myself there are to many things I don't like. There are things I like to. Some say it's a matter of getting used to it, but to that I say no, they have don't things the way I like. These are things that make macs macs, there not going to change. Many people just don't seam to get that the way apple does some things is not the best way. They just want to put it under "your dumb" or "your just not used to it, do to using windows" but the simple matter is many people are like me. They have the money but don't like the way things work. There is more to not buying a mac then, "their expensive" or "they're closed" people don't like the interface, people don't like loosing speed, people don't like the styling, people don't like joining a religion. To look at it from a soley price perspective like many do is silly. Apple may get my money some day. With a new CPU and some changes that probly will happen in time they might be there for me. But then it will come down to still having a big reason for switching, and there simple isn't any currently. Also there is no way I would buy one while the images of the switch commerials are in my head, they make me want to see apple colapse in there arrogant idiotic distortion field.
anyways, no one should ever try to interpolate data from a slashdot pole, no matter how you look at it.
Most say what stops people from getting a mnac is the price. I say that is correct to a great amount but not the only big reason. For me I do not have the funds to buy one now. But in a bit over a year it will not be the same case. I will be able to buy one without thinking much of it. But for many it's the "mac experiance" that people do not like. The OS is very differant and for many like myself there are to many things I don't like. There are things I like to. Some say it's a matter of getting used to it, but to that I say no, they have don't things the way I like. These are things that make macs macs, there not going to change. Many people just don't seam to get that the way apple does some things is not the best way. They just want to put it under "your dumb" or "your just not used to it, do to using windows" but the simple matter is many people are like me. They have the money but don't like the way things work. There is more to not buying a mac then, "their expensive" or "they're closed" people don't like the interface, people don't like loosing speed, people don't like the styling, people don't like joining a religion. To look at it from a soley price perspective like many do is silly. Apple may get my money some day. With a new CPU and some changes that probly will happen in time they might be there for me. But then it will come down to still having a big reason for switching, and there simple isn't any currently. Also there is no way I would buy one while the images of the switch commerials are in my head, they make me want to see apple colapse in there arrogant idiotic distortion field.
anyways, no one should ever try to interpolate data from a slashdot pole, no matter how you look at it.