"Regardless of widespread skepticism, I was confident that Vista would dazzle me, and I looked forward to saying so in print. Ironically, playing around with Vista for more than a month has done what years of experience and exhortations from Mac-loving friends could not: it has converted me into a Mac fan."
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Member since:2005-10-12
Mossberg is probably the ultimate Apple apologist - certainly in the mainstream media. For an example of the kind of intellectual contortions this leads to have a look at
http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB114729881894749433-ORYg5V1P3...
People of an older generation who were exposed to the liberal left in their youth will be reminded of certain formerly fashionable East European intellectuals writing well disguised apologies for the Soviet Block.
It is not the causes that are similar. It is the style and method of argument. Dire stuff. The more dire for being disguised. Get under the surface, and what it amounts to is, choice is bad for you.
Member since:2006-11-15
on the other hand, Apple is the choice against Microsoft domination. it needs hardware integration because it can't afford to write drivers for everything in the pc universe. They can't afford to support everyone with zillions of configurations. Also, no OEM will offer any alternative OS. Apple must get its OS on its own hardware because nobody else will.
So I see the integration as more of a necessity for keeping the Mac choice alive but I wouldn't call it a plus.
Linux will need its own "mac" in addition to the freely distributed software in order to get more to switch.
Member since:2005-11-05
Mossberg is probably the ultimate Apple apologist - certainly in the mainstream media. For an example of the kind of intellectual contortions this leads to have a look at
http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB114729881894749433-ORYg5V1P3...
Contortions with a dose of comradely lurv thrown in? He sounds more like a guy with his head screwed on properly. Yes, he has a preference for Macs and end-to-end solutions but there's nothing wrong with that. I haven't read any other articles by Mossberg beyond the two here, but please explain why this particular article establishes that "choice is bad for you".
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2005-11-05
A really superior article on the lines that Vista is uninspiring and at best "worthy" is this one in the Wall Street Journal.
http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB116908385298979668-0KM342sGU...
The difference is that the WSJ article is written by a professional who knows how to be objective and fair, and who knows how to write. One surmises he may be something of a Mac fan as well.