Take A Break From The Horserace

Following the cue of every Mac-owning person I've ever met, I feel compelled to publicly announce the purchase of a new computer.

It's not a iPowerMacBook filled with iAir or whatever.  It's a PC desktop, with an AMD quad-core processor, 700GB hard drive, 19-inch HD monitor and a superdrive-thingy that not only reads/writes CDs and DVDs but also prints its own labels on them.  If my experience with PCs is any guide, I'll use it continuously for about 4 years or so with no hard drive failures, no replaced equipment, no lost data, no viruses or worms or trojans.

Oh, and the money I saved by not buying a Mac that's 3/4 the speed and 1/4 the storage capacity I could buy a 42-in HD television.  Or fly to Hawaii. 

Comments

[David Samuels]

Stephen,

That is all well and good, but are you really, and truly, happy? I think we can all agree that you really can buy happiness, and it comes in a shiny white plastic case with aesthetically pleasing grey buttons.

Written from my 7-year-old Athlon, happily plugging away through the internets,

~DS

[Eric Rachlin]

There are plenty of good PCs out there, the problem is Windows, which ironically sells for far more than OS X.

[Stephen]

There are plenty of good PCs out there, the problem is Windows, which ironically sells for far more than OS X.

Very, sadly, tragically true. I'm not sure if I will keep Vista Home Premium Ultimate Super Lovely Operating System on it when it gets here or just wipe it clean and put XP on.

David, excellent link. The rebuttal is nice, too.

[litbrit]

Ha! That site is hilarious.

By the way, I just did the same thing to our four-year-old Sony VAIO PC--removed Vista (which is all kinds of dreadful) and re-installed XP. I think Microsoft even has a special download page with instructions on how to uninstall Vista and then install their older operating systems. Too funny.

BUT...this is the only PC left in the house or office after viruses, worms, and general hard-drive failure killed the other five, one after the other. We've now got Macs, all of us, and as I wrote to you before, I've never been happier. It has nothing to do with the effing hipsters in the ads, either (as though I give a rat's ass about being cool out here in the middle of nowhere). I just appreciate the speed, the power, the ease of use, and most of all, the fact that I don't have to worry about the latest "threat" for which my virus-protections programs haven't been alerted or prepared. I don't have to download bloody security patches every other week, either.

Having had both--hell, still having one PC that works, just not as well--I know where my allegiance lies.

I want an iPhone, too, just not with AT&T. I can wait.