The MAC scam

In case you haven't noticed, I have a thing about scams and swindles. Hey, it must be my name.
Macintosh. The new cult.
You think i am kidding? Dude, Mac lovers are like freakin' cultists. Totally devoted to the stupid machine and they are ready to die on their swords for it. It is a relatively small cadre of crazed enthusiasts, and they tend to be hippies.

However, Macintosh, and it's parent, Apple, are not the kind, loving, reliable people everyone assumed they are. If you delve into discussion sites like hackintosh.org... you will find some disturbing things about them. It's really quite surprising.

So... Mac's are more reliable than Windows and Linux, right? If they are, it's not their fault. Although they DID create the interactive desktop FIRST, they haven't had an original idea since. Heck, their new OS is practically a CLONE of the Linux system. Even their reliability is in question. Contrary to what they will tell you, NOT everything is compatable with MACs, so they can't claim any supiority over others.
"But, wait, Mac security is top of the line, right?" Wrong. Mac anti-virus and spyware software is sadly lacking. So how are they able to keep their track record? Because, as a friend so aptly put it, "No one hacks a Mac." There's no reason too. Like i said, the vast majority are hippies, artists, and and they don't have a large following to begin with. You want to blaze a trail? You want to make a name for yourself? Make a MAC virus. They have no way of stopping it, and it will wreak havoc on them.
"Well, no matter. As an artist, Mac is STILL the best choice. It was DESIGNED with art in mind." Um... no. It reality, Macintosh has a LOWER pixel resolution in all of it's monitors. In other words, Mac imaging is crappier than that of Windows. As for it being "designed for art," they have cultivated that feeling by including fairly good software on all of their computers. This complimentary software IS really good value, and they DO spend more time on their media programs that Windows does. However, famed media programs, such as popular Sony editing programs are difficult to obtain at best, and don't exist at best. Another handicap for them. If it doesn't have the "Apple" label, it won't work.
"Well, it is STILL more efficient." Wrong yet again. Heard of DLLs? They are a gift, and a curse. They are filesharing folding unique to windows. They save incredible amounts of space, and multiple programs can draw from them. Mac does not share in this. The downside is that if a virus affects a DLL, it can affect multiple programs, but the benefits outweigh the risks.

And finally, the best argument of all.
Cost.
Macintosh: Arm, a leg, and a mortgage on your house.
Windows: An arm.
Linux: FREAKIN' FREE! (i do not use linux)
seriously, Macintosh is WAY to expensive.:shk:

Chew on that.

Perhaps this lengthily thread would interest you, Crusader?

MacHeads: the Cult of Macintosh

reply to post by watch_the_rocks


Thank you. Most interesting. I see i am not the only one with suspicions.

reply to post by Crusader of Truth


I also can't stand the way the Mac and other Apple computers have that one click mouse. Seems much less intuitive than the Windoze mouse.

(BTW, your Avatar, while nice, has a quote that is often attributed to Edmund Burke, not Berke. )


[edit on 13-2-2008 by Badge01]

i've been a pc guy for a long time. last year i jokingly asked my boss for a mac since there was extra money in the budget. i love it. i can boot into windows on my second partition if i need to to play windows games. i'm a linux server admin at work so it's nice to have all the unix'y stuff with mac OS. i also have a windows virtual machine running inside parallels to do application testing and building for the windows folk in my group.

i used to be very anti-mac but they really have come a long way and i would recommend them to anyone that has money to blow. they aren't cheap and that's probably why i'll never buy one myself. as far as security, mac OS is based on a form of bsd so security is inherently pretty good. you say apple has been shady? you completely neglected to point out that MS hasn't been squeaky clean themselves.

all OS's perfectly fit certain situations. i see mac os as a very polished desktop unix, windows as a general user-friendly/gamer's desktop environment, and linux as a great server platform.

one thing mac os has going for it - when you plug something in, it pretty much just works. i have never had to install a driver for anything - even network printers (don't even need to feed it an IP.) i never use the one-button mouse - multi-button mice work just fine.

[edit on 13-2-2008 by an0maly33]

reply to post by Badge01


thank you. I found the image, but now shall download it and photoshop it accordingly.