Tuesday, April 11, 2006

I.
Hate.
Macs.

I hate them I hate them I hate them and there's nothing you can do to convince me otherwise Mr. Jobs. What's that you say? You have a superior operating system? True you do, but at what price? Do you have a terminal like in Linux? A command prompt like in Windows? Or do you sacrifice customizability and control for the sake of making things Just Work? No thank you, Mr. Jobs, I am a power user. Come back to me when you have something better to show me.

Hello again, Mr. Jobs. Have you finally come to terms with the fact that you will never have me as a customer? No? What's all this fluff you're going on about? Intel processors? And a superior operating system? But my dear Mr. Jobs, you forget the fact your operating system is still less customizable than Windows (with all its flaws). I also am a Windows programmer. I require Windows for my livelihood, not only for development tools but for many other programs that have no Mac version. What do you say to that? Boot Camp? What is this nonesense? Boot... Windows? Natively? On a Mac? I don't understand... that's impossible. It can't be real. And even if it is, do you have a Media Center? Can I watch TV on a MacBook? FrontRow? A media center interface? Mac Mini? Please Mr. Jobs, please stop. Do not reduce me to begging. You win, you win. Please, tell me where I can find such an awesome system? Forgive me for my evil, unenlightened ways and show me the light. What? any of over 300 apple stores liberally spread across the United States, Japan and the UK? Please Mr. Jobs, show me the alter where I may sacrifice my first born to you as thanks for the wonderful bounty you have given me.

I figure since no one actually reads this, I'm safe posting it here :-)