Corroboration with Robbie on a point about Macs.

I thoroughly agree with this. Mac users love Macs because they have never known anything else. The slightly more skill-intensive PC frightens them and the are reduced to making claims about "great video editing software" and "better virus protection" while still paying more and falling victim again and again to a sleek look rather than useful applications and real performance.

Things I don't like about Macs
1) One mouse button. What if I want to edit the parameters of whatever I'm clicking on? Do you really expect me to click and hold for two seconds while that menu pops up? What if I want it NOW? Is a second mouse button really that confusing?

2) No delete key. Well, there's "DELETE", but it really means backspace. Frankly, I like being able to edit text both ways - also, they could differentiate between text editing and file deletion, but no - DELETE hardly ever works with files. I have to drag a file "into the trash can" to remove it. To EJECT a CD, I have to drag the CD into the trash. This is counterinuitive as I don't want to think I'm deleting my CD. Also, a trash can doesn't contribute to renewing our resources. At least Windows recycles.

3) The CD drive - usually inaccessable from the actual device, I need to press a key or click something on the screen to open it - and that doesn't always work. What if I want to put CDs into a drive before the OS is loaded? Also, they usually have you push the tray back in manually (bad for the gears), meaning it will wear out faster and you'll need a new Mac

4) Non-standard shortcuts. CTRL - wait, I'm sorry - CELTIC-KNOT (or whatever that thing is) in combination with D means "Delete" in some programs but "Duplicate" in others. Sometimes, when I want to delete something, I mistakenly copy and paste it.

5) Too much whipped cream - yes, far too much fluff. Now, this is a matter of opinion, but the rainbow-pinwheel that takes the place of Windows' hourglass seems a little gay. Everything bounces and dances around when I get near it with my cursor or click on it. I don't need this. If there's a way to turn it off, they don't want you to find it.

6) BS programs like "Finder" and "Sherlock" (the latter is supposed to be a software copy of an internet search engine.) I once typed in "Elvis CDs" and returned #1 and #2 results of refinancing my home and enlarging my junk. No joke on that.

7) Lack of control. Where is the BIOS? Where is MS-DOS (or the equivalent)? If I really want to get nitty gritty with files, I can't. Probably most Mac-using soccer moms would think the computer was getting a virus if they saw an old fashioned ASCII black screen. Illiterates. Where is the quality? When you are in front of a Mac, it's using you, not the other way around.

8) Every good Mac device or App works on a PC. My iPod does and so does iTunes. Why drink the milk straight from the cow when I get have it from a glass?
Actually, iPod is the only good device they've made, and I don't even like it much (bad file structure, too little control, again)

9) Clutter. Macs seem to make an icon for everything and usually it gets thrown on the desktop. It makes organization hard. When you organize into files, they aren't readily available as in My Documents or something - they get lost in a nonsenical maze that you need Finder to navigate. Adds too many extra steps.

10) Mouse too small for my hands. Seriously, what is that round thing? Why does it need a stupid nub? Just rip off the roller wheel and be done with it. Everything they make is second rate.

Basically, it's like this

If Mac made cars and not computers, they'd look really sleek or cutesy, and cost a lot, but oh... you wouldn't be done paying there...
they'd only use Macintosh gas
they'd only work on approved Macintosh roads
they'd shut off randomly
you couldn't modify them with anything

You would be kept "safe" by for more airbags and seatbelts than are needed and all accidents would be handled the same way. If the car were going off a cliff, the seatbelts would hold you in tight. Creative and unorthodox moves like BAILING OUT would not be allowed.

They'd advertise that their cars had steering wheels and strongly imply that no other cars did, acting as if they were the first to invent the obvious.

Alright, done ranting.

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