What Exactly is the Apple Religion that is currently being used by Apple Pundits who have drank to much of the Koolaid
1. Windows Machines are full of virus, trojans and spyware.
2. Apple Machines are Superior Computers
3. Apple Machines cannot be breached by Virus, Trojans and Spyware
4. Apple Machines are Superior
5. Apple Machines are Superior
Ok get my point, some will say I don’t like Apple products, that’s quite the opposite, but I also am open eyed enough and work around enough home, business and enterprise level systems to know that Points 1,2,4,5 are not true. Some of the Apple Zealots have drank so much of the Koolaid that they no longer are able to quantify why these computers are superior except to say point 1,2,3,4,5 :)
In the real world people want performance for a good price. This is easily achieved with the competition that multiple PC manufactures bring to the floor with the hundreds of models to choose from. Apple is anti-competition when it comes to their computers, sure they let companies make accessories at a price but they have the ultimate stove pipe solution that locks people in.
This is why Windows PC users yawn when a new computer is introduced, because new computers are being brought to market every day, that have the hottest technology inside, you don’t have to wait a year for a new PC introduction, and if you don’t like the price you wait a few weeks and the prices go DOWN!
So we will rejoice that the Apple users are now going to be able to run Windows, but at the same time they are still locked into one platform with very few options ,and ohhh yea almost forgot when was the last time you saw an Apple product on sale. Don’t hold your breath!
Oh, one more thing…
While it was certainly funny to see the Blue Screen of Death on an iMac, I personally haven’t seen one in years. I’ve hear of them happening on XP, but I haven’t seen one since the days that I was running Win98 (I never ran Windows ME though).
Todd, I couldn’t have said it better myself. The thing that cracks me up is the talk that I hear from my Apple friends who talk about viruses and spyware on the PC. You know what? I haven’t had a virus since Windows 95 and I haven’t EVER had any spyware. I don’t even run anti-spyware programs except for about twice a year just to make sure and then I delete them from my system so they don’t take away CPU cycles. As far as anti-virus software I use NOD32 from ESET and it is so light that you can’t even tell that it is running.
I’m like you – I’ve got a PC and a Mac on my desktop. I use my PC FAR more often, but to be honest I could probably use the Mac for most of the things that I do. But like you said, a computer is a computer is a computer. That is what it boils down to. Some Mac users just don’t get it.
With that said, I personally probably will buy an Apple computer next time I am in the market. But I am willing to pay a little extra for better looks. Most people are not and I can almost guarantee you that most businesses (including my own business) wouldn’t pay extra for a “pretty” box.