My Wife Hates My Mac

[Brittany]

...Not MY wife, but the wife of A. P. Lawrence, the author of this MacProNews article.

I just had to take the time to share this with you! Whether you're a Windows or a Mac fan, I'm sure you can relate. The article points out some differences between Win and Mac, and I couldn't help but smile while reading it.

I LOVE my Mac. It's my wife that hates it. I say that in the hopes of heading off a flood of defensive email. Don't bother to write me telling me how wrong this article is: you would be preaching to the converted. I already know that she's wrong, that's she is just hopelessly corrupted by the Microsoft way. I also know that I'm guilty of not training her in the basics of using this iBook, so yes, it's partly my fault. Or all my fault if you like.

Check it out:

http://www.macpronews.com/2003/1121.html

[Steven Glover]

Hmmmm Do you have a wife Brittany? ;)


Do you use a mac Brittany? I have thought my next laptop maybe a mac

[Brittany]

Do you have a wife Brittany?

Nope, that's why I had to clear that one up! But, hey, maybe people will read my post because of the shock value haha

I keep switching back and forth from Windows to Macs. I started out on Macintosh but started using Windows because it was hard to find Macs in schools, libraries, and other public places (and from what I've noticed, it still is). The college I went to had a ratio of about 20:1 for Macs versus Windows, so that's all I used in college (they were great little iMacs). I'm currently working on Windows, but I don't really have a preference either way. How about you?

[Steven Glover]

I have never used a mac which is why I am considering one for my next laptop.


As for shock value.. If you really want to shock post a thread looking for donors so you and your wife can have a baby :) Remember when Melissa Ethridge and her spouse? had help having a baby. The papers sure acted as if that was the most shocking thing ever.

[redcircle]

I used MAC's in highschool and they left a very bad taste in my mouth. I've never owned a mac and for the longest time was 100% anti-mac. Then OS X came along and it finally became the $3000 you'd have to pay to get a good one.

I want to say that my next computer is going to be a mac but I have never bought a computer outright (besides my laptop). I think I'm still using a modem from 5 years ago. Memory from 3 years ago, 3 year old cd burner, 2 year old MB and proc, 4 year old monitor and a 6month old harddrive.. Oh yeah graphics. that's about 2 years old.

[minstrel]

Originally Posted by redcircle

I used MAC's in highschool and they left a very bad taste in my mouth.

See... there's your problem right there, redcircle. I know it says "Apple" somewhere on the box, but it's really not meant to be edible.

We have a similar problem in this house with one of the cats - she keeps eating guitar patch cords. This evening, I stopped to buy a new one and got one of the regular variety (plastic or poly-whatever insulation) plus one that was cloth-covered. I mentioned the problem to the guy in the guitar store and said I thought it might be worth a try - maybe cloth insulation isn't tasty to a cat - his response was to shrug and say, "Who the hell knows what a cat is thinking?".

I offered to teach her some chords and just got that cat look - you know the one - "Do I know you? And what the heck is that grotesque invisible alien thing behind you? Yeah, right there... just off your left shoulder. Yeah, yeah, I know you can't see it - I'm a cat - we see all sorts of things you humans miss."

[Steven Glover]

I built my computers use them as my personal computer and sell them as a demo as soon as someone asked about it. I always stay right on the edge that way with very little investment. A lot of us are lucky enough to be in a field where we can chase technology that way :)

[Steven Glover]

that cat stuff is funny. Minstrel are you a fan of scifi? More importantly Heinlein?

[minstrel]

Originally Posted by Steven Glover

that cat stuff is funny. Minstrel are you a fan of scifi? More importantly Heinlein?

I used to be - Heinlein, Asimov, Clarke, etc., etc.... I rarely read fiction these days, primarily because that stack of unread professional literature makes me feel guilty when I think about reading for fun. I got a bit tired of sci-fi after a while and went looking for things more unusual or quirky, but I have to admit I like pretty much anything by Michael Crichton, books or movies...

[Steven Glover]

Originally Posted by minstrel

I rarely read fiction these days, primarily because that stack of unread professional literature makes me feel guilty when I think about reading for fun.

I know the feeling I can't remember the last time I read for fun. I used to love heinlein. I also liked Piers Anthony Xanth series. If your a fan of puns and irony its for you.

[JMac]

On the topic of great sci-fi writers, Larry Niven is one that ought to be added to any list. Ringworld was probably my favorite book for at least 6 months, many years ago.

And, I use both a PC and a Mac. I was quite wary of the Mac when it came home to roost, never having used one before. Now, you can barely drag me away from it. It's the security of the Mac that I like. First, I posted a link a while back about the lack of viruses for the Mac so far. I've been lucky that the PC runs W98 and avoided the MSBlast and other similar nasties. A friend who runs XP can't even maintain a connection (lousy dial up service contributes to this) long enough to download the patch, never mind updating virus definitions. Eventually, she'll have to give up and take it somewhere...
Everytime I turn around, someone has a security issue with Windows so when I start working more on the PC again, (which is bound to happen) I'm hoping to move to more secure OS.

JMac

[mikmik]

I love all the authors mentioned here. I also liked to read Silverberg while eating big Macs, with the Windows open.
Seriously, Ringworld and Lazerus Long are my all timers.
More seriously, and here is where the 'profit' part of my subject line comes in, I am SURE that we have to rest our minds for some certain amount of time each day or our 'efficiency' or 'capacity for work' drops. Finding that out gave me the right, and duty, to read for pleasure each day. It is like finding money you didn't know you have.
But what happened to 'hard'sci-fi? Some stuff these days is Wierd with a capital W!

[Steven Glover]

I think your onto somthing there Mik. Hey Mistrel are there studies that show productivity increases when people take mental breaks from work.

Do you think I can get a doctors not to show my wife that allows me 30 minutes a day for reading? Maybe then she will watch the kids long enough for me to do so. :)

[minstrel]

Originally Posted by Steven Glover

I think your onto somthing there Mik. Hey Minstrel are there studies that show productivity increases when people take mental breaks from work.

yes... or you can do what Cindy does and "make mental" - that gives you a break from reality... ;-)