Microsoft wants to help, even though:
• They don’t sell PCs
• They only sell operating systems (that don’t always operate very well)
• And their operating system also runs on Macs, thereby totally negating the need for their propaganda page which states:
- Having Fun: When it’s time to enjoy movies, games, and HDTV from anywhere in your home, PCs are ready to play.
MacDailyNews Take: Translation: Developers make more games for Windows PC, so buy a PC, even though if you were smart and bought a Mac, you’d have gotten yourself multiple computers in one and be able to run the exact same games, plus any other piece of Windows software. Yes, Macs run the world’s largest software library, but for some reason, Microsoft wants to limit you to shoddy laptops constructed with screws (not Apple’s exclusive unibody construction that makes notebooks that last and last and last some more).
- Simplicity: Intuitive, familiar, and easy to use, PCs do what you want: they just work.
MacDailyNews Take: Translation: Long ago, when Steve Jobs was away, we duped an unprepared sugared water salesbozo into signing away some of Apple’s jewels via a poorly-written contract and we took the Mac, turned it inside-out, upside-down, and backwards for legal cover and then duped our customers into learning things that go directly against what research tells us is proper for human interfaces. Now that you’ve memorized the motions, you’ll want to stick with our insecure knockoff instead of doing things better and faster with far less frustration because you’re lazy and hate change. Again, Macs run Windows, so you can have upside-down and backwards on your Mac anytime you like without limiting yourself to a Windows-only piece of junk, commodity PC that, seriously, doesn’t “just work” and get worse over time (Windows rot).
- Working Hard: PCs are always ready, willing, and—most importantly—able to get down to business.
MacDailyNews Take: Translation: We need another bullet point, because we’re Microsoft and there is a bullet point threshold we must meet and insipid, unnecessary, time-wasting verbiage is our one true specialty. Again, Macs run Windows natively and via fast virtualization for any piece of Windows software you need. Don’t limit yourself to a Windows PC.
- Sharing: Whether you’re working or playing, PCs know how to help you get along with others.
MacDailyNews Take: See previous take.
- Compatibility: Most software is developed for PCs, and your PC will work with your music players, phones, cameras, and other devices.
MacDailyNews Take: See previous take and imagine that you’re a restaurant owner and a bunch of companies sell a soda fountain that only dispenses Pepsi. Pepsi pushes this type of fountain hard. They all insist that you should buy their product, which oh-by-the way has holes in it, so bugs can crawl in and swim around in the soda and they do. It also dispenses Pepsi slower and slower everyday. Another company sells a much more solid fountain that dispenses bug-free Coke (which they make, so it tastes great and dispenses with perfect carbonation every time), along with Pepsi, and even RC and others. It basically maintains itself and always runs like it did the day you bought it. Which one do you think you should buy?
- Choice: Pick a color you love. Midnight blue, espresso, or pink? PCs offer the most variety and options to match your style or price point.
MacDailyNews Take: The Mac you buy will not limit you to just a subset of the world’s software library. Many software categories are topped by best-in-class applications that are Mac-only, which Microsoft conveniently fails to mention. Your OS-unlimited Mac will last much longer, more than paying for itself over its lifetime. If you need colors, put it in a case, stick a sticker on it, or get it painted any color you wish and you’ll still come out ahead in the long run.
Microsoft is so lost, they don’t even seem to understand what they sell; they make money on Windows regardless of the personal computer trying to run it. Why does Microsoft want to limit their customers to cheap PCs that can’t run many of the world’s best apps and that will ultimately frustrate their users while keeping them in a perpetual state of insecurity? Because they’re afraid: When people try the Mac, they realize Windows sucks and they eventually stop buying Windows.
There’s a reason why some of the very best Mac advocates are former Windows sufferers.
If you’re forced to run Windows, run it safely in a sandbox on your Mac like smart people do.
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