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Top Ten Reasons I’m Glad I’m a Mac Switcher
Tuesday, June 20, 2006 - 03:22 PM EDT

Mike Wendland (of Detroit Free Press fame) has listed his "Top Ten Reasons I’m Glad I'm a Mac Switcher" on his MacMike News site:

Wendland explains, "It’s been nearly four years now since I made the switch from PCs and Windows to Apples and Macs."

Top Ten Reasons I’m Glad I'm a Mac Switcher:
1 - No spam - There is no better spam filter than Spam Sieve. It’s a Mac-only product and it catches 98 percent of my junk mail.
2 - No worms or viruses - None. Zip. Zero. Not a single one in four years now.
3 - No adware/spyware - Same thing. These are non-issues on my Macs.
4 - No crashes - It just doesn’t happen with OS X. I had one crash in December 2002, but I was running OS 9 at the time and it was a very old program (from 1994-ish) and I was curious to see if it worked. It didn’t.
5 - Total integration - Apple’s iSync application keeps my calendar, address book, Web bookmarks and to-do list automatically and flawlessly synchronized on my desktop and laptops. And it backs it all up on my .Mac account, meaning I can access it from any computer with a Net connection.
6 - iTunes and the iPod - Need I say more? Granted, these also work with Windows. But on Macs, they work the best.
7 - Total freedom - Airport Express lets me set up a wi-fi network anywhere I want in seconds and it extends my wireless network at home as I need it.
8 - Mac software - I mentioned SpamSieve and iTunes. But then there’s other special Mac apps like the RSS-reader NetNewsWire, GarageBand, Safari and Final Cut Pro. I can not imagine computing without these apps.
9 - Compatibility - I realize this is a PC world. So I use Microsoft’s Office for the Mac. Truthfully, it’s been my experience that it works better than Office for Windows.
10 - Community - When I was all PC, I used to laugh at the Mac zealots. Now that I am one, I understand why they love their computers. I never heard a Windows user say that.

"For me, Macs have made the last four years an adventure just waiting to be clicked," Wendland explains.

More at MacMike News here.

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Jun 20, 06 - 03:38 pm Comment from: andy

ditto, ive been a for 4 years now woo hoo! why didnt i find the mac straight after the amiga, why did i have to take the pc route?

Jun 20, 06 - 03:40 pm Comment from: Carson the Suck

Makes me all . . . "tingly" inside.

Jun 20, 06 - 03:43 pm Comment from: Triffid

Why the hell won't an article like THIS one get picked up and spread nigh and yonder in the mainstream shitty press? Imagine how much head-scratching and "Wow, I didn't know that!"-type reactions this'd cause if it were reprinted in USAToday?

F-ckin' Mac-hating imbeciles everywhere need their eyes opened.

Jun 20, 06 - 03:44 pm Comment from: jacron

how touching

Jun 20, 06 - 03:47 pm Comment from: Jared

Triffid- From your lips to PC users' ears.

Jun 20, 06 - 03:48 pm Comment from: Jack Handey

Have you ever seen a child, on his way to school, have a car drive past and splash him, and then he just stands there and thinks if he should just go to school or go home and change and be late . . . And then I drove past and splashed him again!

Jun 20, 06 - 03:50 pm Comment from: ron

I don't believe a thing you man-goo-loving Mac cultist fags say.

My Windows PC does everything your Mac can do. It's just a tool.

You gay homos love man pudding so much that you make up fake lists proclaiming your love for your toy computers.

Get a real PC, you tree hugging sausage swallowers!

I say BULLSHIT to reasons 1-10 above because I'm not a Mac-loving fanatical fag loaded to the gills with baby batter.

You Mac gays keep on lying and we'll keep using our real PCs and ignoring you fags.

Jun 20, 06 - 03:53 pm Comment from: Redundant

ron's here -- everybody check your shorts!

Jun 20, 06 - 03:53 pm Comment from: Trevor

Ron are you gay too? Mmm.. You sound CUTE big boy!

Jun 20, 06 - 03:54 pm Comment from: Jim - the independent voter

Ron

uh, lol.... issues?

Jun 20, 06 - 03:55 pm Comment from: Jim - the independent voter

I think Ron is the deffinition of FLAMER.... in more ways that one

Jun 20, 06 - 03:55 pm Comment from: Tom Cruise's meatus

ron. You don't know the history of pretending to be straight while hating something to throw off your scent. I do.

Jun 20, 06 - 03:58 pm Comment from: It is a PC world

should it be? maybe not. but it is. some things can't change.

Jun 20, 06 - 04:01 pm Comment from: ron

Anybody who's not a Mac 'tard gay can avoid a lot of spam with a Windows PC. No worms or viruses, yeah right, I believe that - I just read about one last month, you lying throat sausage lovers.

I have a real PC and I know how to use it to stop most adware/spyware. I don't need any homo Mac for that.

No crashes, yeah right.

The rest of it is all the same typical BULLSHIT from gay homo Mac fags. I can't be bothered to explain how a PC can do it all, too.

STOP guzzling man pudding and packing fudge and get a real Windows PC, you gay Mac fags.

I'll never switch, even if I'm the last one on Earth, 'cause I'm not a gay fag who loves toys.

Jun 20, 06 - 04:01 pm Comment from: no crashes???

try ALMOST no crashes. there's a difference, you ignoramus ken & barbie mac-headed BREEDERS!

Jun 20, 06 - 04:02 pm Comment from: MacLover

I don't believe a thing you man-goo-loving Mac cultist fags say.

My Windows PC does everything your Mac can do. It's just a tool.

You gay homos love man pudding so much that you make up fake lists proclaiming your love for your toy computers.

Get a real PC, you tree hugging sausage swallowers!

I say BULLSHIT to reasons 1-10 above because I'm not a Mac-loving fanatical fag loaded to the gills with baby batter.

You Mac gays keep on lying and we'll keep using our real PCs and ignoring you fags.

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Thank you Ron for reminding me of the #1 reason I am a Mac lover.

If I were just a tenth as miserable a man as you appear to be through your post I'd have to kill myself. God Bless.

xoxo

Jun 20, 06 - 04:06 pm Comment from: mac lover and gay

I hope to hell Ron isn't gay, most the people I know are pretty nice, whether they use windows-PCs or Macs. Ron just isn't a nice person.

Jun 20, 06 - 04:09 pm Comment from: Da Doo Ron Ron

Hey, "Ron," how old are you, anyway? Your diction and tone suggest an 11-year-old who can afford only a $200 assemble-it-yourself PC your gay uncle helped you put together.

Questions: Did it HURT when you bent over to pick up the phillips head he dropped on the floor intentionally?

(Oh, I'm sorry. I shouldn't say "head" around you, huh?)

Jun 20, 06 - 04:11 pm Comment from: Galileo

Oh, that's FUNNY, DDRR! But the truth always hurts, doesn't it, Ron? Along with a whole bunch of other things you've had shoved up your arse over the years, I'd bet.

Jun 20, 06 - 04:13 pm Comment from: ron

I refuse to believe that top ten list above. Lying Mac fags are a dime a dozen.

I would never even touch a Mac - too gay -I never have touched a Mac and I never will!

Someday, when your fruity little tiny California company Apple is out of business, buried by Dell and HP and hundreds of others who make REAL PCs, maybe you homos will stop bending over for man rod and stand up and walk into the REAL PC world like a heterosexual man.

Until then, you really should install Windows on your Macs and get real familiar with it, you baby batter swallowing, nut sack licking, ramrod loving, lying gay homo fags!

I'm outta here. This place has way too many lies and way too many QUEERS for me!

Jun 20, 06 - 04:13 pm Comment from: No koolaid here

I'm not clear about Ron's like or dislike of Macs. Ron, don't hold back, tell us what you really think. LOL

Jun 20, 06 - 04:18 pm Comment from: Loru

Oh yeah, that one worm...hey, did you hear about those 114,000 of them for your POS PC. Just thought i would keep you heads up on the news!

Jun 20, 06 - 04:19 pm Comment from: macaholic

how can it be a toy and have no games?
how can it not be a toy and have 1000's of games?

Jun 20, 06 - 04:30 pm Comment from: Halla Loo Ya

its a guy´s personal blog - All Mac news, all the time -
no credibility.
hell, you can find a million of those, MDN.

Jun 20, 06 - 04:30 pm Comment from: matt

Speaking as a "Mac Fag" Seancody.com his hot! LOL

Jun 20, 06 - 04:33 pm Comment from: ndelc

Thanks, Ron, for hijacking the thread with your moronic ramblings. Makes for great reading. </sarcasm>

Anyway, back to the real topic. I love reading this stuff from Wendland. He's an example of what the Mac community can do when we go about correcting the mistakes of journalists with misinfo using respect and being courteous. He used to just be a Windows user who was very uninformed about Macs. Now he's a full time Mac user and evangelist.

Jun 20, 06 - 04:43 pm Comment from: tt

I prefer Micrsoft shotgun shells to shoot myself in the face.

Anyone that thinks windows is better than OSX for anything needs to jsut be done away with..

Jun 20, 06 - 04:46 pm Comment from: Trevor

Halla loo ya,

Yes, it's a blog, but Mike Wendland is also a tech writer for the Detroit Free Press. He's not just some shmoe with a blog.

Jun 20, 06 - 04:52 pm Comment from: Static Mesh

Actually I have over 110,000 reasons why I like my Mac.

All the 110,000 viruses on Windows that isn't on my precious.

And I have one more reason I like my Mac, it PISSES RON OFF!!!


I'm a gun toting, fag bashing, rebel flag sporting red neck with a mean streak a mile wide.

But I love my precious Mac.

Come see my old clan outfit in my closet ron, you can try out the hood while I widen the eyeholes with a sharp knife wink

Jun 20, 06 - 05:01 pm Comment from: ppc

Get a life ronny boy...

Jun 20, 06 - 05:02 pm Comment from: shecky

"gay homo Mac fags"

Wow. Awesome. This website really sparkles with the best of what humanity has to offer.

Jun 20, 06 - 05:08 pm Comment from: mac lover and gay

matt (from one "Mac Fag" to another)...yesss seancody is hottt! I just don't think that link should have been posted (at least without a warning.)

And btw not much worries here surfing gay porn on a mac!

Jun 20, 06 - 05:23 pm Comment from: Ray Lane

ditto, ive been a for 4 years now woo hoo! why didnt i find the mac straight after the amiga, why did i have to take the pc route?

You went from an Amiga to a PC! Yikes! Now that must have been a huge downgrade.

Jun 20, 06 - 05:34 pm Comment from: Apple_fan

I'm switching in 3 days!! Woo hoo!!

Jun 20, 06 - 05:34 pm Comment from: Gordon

Bury your head deeper and deeper in the sand Ron... you'll learn a lot that way.

Jun 20, 06 - 05:45 pm Comment from: bergmef

I switched only a week ago (Macbook 2.0 white) .... I only wonder what took me so long!!

Jun 20, 06 - 05:51 pm Comment from: imacDave

Ron sounds like an uneducated hick. Really, Ron must have some serious personal issues. Too bad I don't have a DSM manual so I could look up what his potential conditions might be. For now, I think we'll just use the old standby: TROLL.

Didn't his parents ever teach him not to say anything if he doesn't have anything nice to say?

One last thing, he makes me wonder if he's part of some supremacist group.

Ron is definitely not nice, indecent and should have his posts pulled.

Enough said.

Jun 20, 06 - 05:51 pm Comment from: Just passing through

Ron is too busy with the head of his pencil dick in his floppy drive slot to answer at this time.

Jun 20, 06 - 06:26 pm Comment from: leodavinci

"Wow. Awesome. This website really sparkles with the best of what humanity has to offer."

You'll notice that most (not all, but most) of it comes from PC trolls.

Similar stuff happens at a number of sites and forums that I check out on a regular basis. Even those that have nothing to do with Macs, or computers in general.

Mac zealots? Oh yeah, it's obvious there's a few, but I have never seen any so-called Mac zealot spew anything remotely like Ron and others of his ilk do without provocation. I've lost track of the number of times I've been reading a forum thread somewhere and during the discussion someone posts an innocuous comment about Macs (often simply saying they use a Mac), only to have the thread hijacked and the Mac poster be vehemenently barraged with replies of misinformation, lies and even personal attacks. It is absolutely insane.

Why all the animosity for something that's "just a tool" ?

Could it be because some love their tools and those that don't are deeply troubled by it? If you don't think it's possible for someone to "love" tools, I suggest watching the New Yankee Workshop or Ask This Old House. You will certainly see qualified, knowledgeable experts and craftsmen proclaiming their "love" of tools. Particularly tools that make their work easier, quicker and/or more efficient, because these tools allow them them to do a better job.

Like a Mac does. At least for Mac users, because if you don't use a Mac...you don't really know.

Jun 20, 06 - 06:36 pm Comment from: ron-the real ron

Choose another name ronnie-cum-lately

A Mac loving, gen-you-wine, conservative Catholic.

ron.

Jun 20, 06 - 07:21 pm Comment from: woof-x

Ron,

Pick up your PC (the way you usually do, with your butt-cheeks) and go home.

Jun 20, 06 - 07:35 pm Comment from: marko

Ron is just upset he's stuck with windoze, and is trying to justify his misfortune...
Pack up your big heavy clunky featureless PC and go home.

Jun 20, 06 - 07:52 pm Comment from: Steven

Wow-

Amazing how one post from a shock-jock type guy can dominate the rest of the topic like this. It's like Dvorak sucking everyone onto his latest PC Mag magazine takes.

Let's just ignor "ron" and move on.

As for the article, Mike's only invalid point is iTunes and iPod on Mac is better than on Windows. I don't see why that is, other than it runs on OS X which has most stability and a better look and feel, but that's the OS not iTunes.

I am also equally surprized Mike left off OS X Tiger from the list. Surely he uses expose or spotlight all day long, etc... I should think Mike belives Tiger vs. XP is a dream, and thus should be in the top 10 yes?... Perhaps it was too obvious and he simply missed it.

~Steven

Jun 20, 06 - 07:54 pm Comment from: bonfire

What's the matter, Ron? Under in-house arrest for organizing KKK rallies again?

I have a real PC and I know how to use it to stop most adware/spyware.

I have a Mac, I do NOTHING special (just log in & use it), and get zero malware.
Your point?

Ron, your hate is absolutely incredible. If you don't have jackboots you should really get some. I'd try to point out that maybe Macs are ENJOYABLE to use, but in your case some people are only happy when they're miserable. Just keep tuning your PC & make yourself right with the world.

And FWIW, I'm a straight Mac-using redneck. I use Apple because I need things that work without babysitting. If you have the time to do what "just works" on a Mac, then all the more power.

Jun 20, 06 - 08:00 pm Comment from: Static Mesh

Yea!! I'm with bonfire!!

Let's have a cross-burning with ron as our "guest"

Yeee haww!!

Computing platform discrimination isn't a hate crime yet!!

Jun 20, 06 - 08:50 pm Comment from: theNewMacDude

I say Ron is around 14-15 yrs old. I work IT for K12 and this is the type of talk and diction you get with the flunkies at the school. We've got a fine bunch of summer school weenies in attendance right now.

Jun 20, 06 - 08:56 pm Comment from: ishufflemyfeet

Well, it looks like Ron has his hands in his pants again....

He's a troll douche. Ignore the needle dick.

Jun 20, 06 - 09:26 pm Comment from: thefireguy

Welcome to the club...

Jun 20, 06 - 10:16 pm Comment from: Swordmaker

Have you ever noticed that it is only PC users who use the phrase "It's only a tool." That is not something most Mac users would say.

Jun 20, 06 - 10:35 pm Comment from: abzfigo

Oh ron, look! It's an interracial-gay couple using a mac, and one of them is burning the American flag :p

*Douche Chill*

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