Infographics! I love them for their sheer sassy silliness. Here’s an entertainment I ran across on Mashable: Mac vs. PC People. Herein we learn that Macinoids are likely to be older than PC lovers; PC enthusiasts are more likely to live in the suburbs than Mac cultists, Mac fans like modern art while PCites prefer impressionism, and on and amusingly on.
What’s your preference? And how do your other preferences, lifestyle attributes, and personal quirks align with the alleged characteristics described at Mashable?
Pour moi, I prefer the Mac for some of its traits and the PC for others. Wish we could have a computer called, say, the Wallaby, that would blend them both.
What’s so great about the Mac?
• Customer service. The world’s most awesome customer service!
• Fewer virus issues. Daring Mac aviators sometimes even fly naked: no virus software at-tall.
• Fewer crashes. Many fewer crashes.
• Fewer update hassles. It just does its thing. And when Apple publishes an update, it rarely requires a vast learning curve.
• Classy style. Oh, I love the look of the beautiful minimalist iMac!
And what do I love about the PC?
• Speed. I think the PC runs faster than the Mac, especially for multitasking. A Mac really, truly does not like you to run more than two or three programs at a time.
• Keyboard commands. Garrrrrhhhhh! Word for Mac is still relatively user-friendly compared to the PC versions with the accursed “ribbon.” BUT…all your beloved keyboard commands? The damn things are Mac system commands. Write macros at your peril. Basically, this means point-click-point-click-point-click-point-click ad infinitium nauseum. If you’re used to speeding things along with keyboard commands, making the switch to Word for Mac means a real cut in productivity.
• Cheaper. But…uhm…you get what you pay for.
• Compatibility. Most people have PCs. Some programs for the Mac, such as Quicken, don’t translate to the PC platform.
• Availability: Lines of buyers never stream out the purveyor’s door, wind around the building, and extend out into the parking lot.
Quirks? I live in the city (but wish I was back on the ranch), like impressionism and some modern art, can’t afford to throw parties, prefer real news (the Times) to play-nooz (USA Today), love Rachel Maddow, love Jon Stewart, and wouldn’t be caught dead on a Vespa.
Images:
Apple iMac. © Matthieu Riegler, CC-BY, Wikimedia Commons.
IBM PC 5150 with keyboard and green monochrome monitor (5151), running MS-DOS 5.0. Boffy b. GNU Free Documentation License.
