“I’d never used one of the new iMacs before I bought it, and though we’ve added dialogue here to grease the wheels I thought Apple Enthusiasts might be amused to know that I spent almost five entire minutes trying to turn it on,” Tycho writes for Penny Arcade! “On Friday I described the PC using a patented ‘wilderness terminology,’ and I wanted to expand on that thought somewhat. I don’t think that every PC user is locked into some kind of self-abusive cycle. I think that for most PC users, particularly gamers with no genuine recourse, their ‘choice’ of platform isn’t really what you’d call an act of volition. It’s the default. I mean, right? It’s what emerges from the tap. All we ask is that it be wet.”
“In this, it does not disappoint,” Tycho writes.
“There was a period where I did cleave to Windows as a platform, and it was largely as a response. Even when an Apple product set my loins ablaze, their marketing message always steeled my resolve against them. Assuming their “Megahertz Myth” methodology was ever sound, it became less so as PC processors began to skyrocket in speed and performance. Nevermind that AMD used largely the same message, it was about not liking Apple and I became very good at it. What I have come to realize is that even an unctuous, sometimes deceptive clock is still right twice a day. They’ve made an unbelievably transparent computing experience that I actually look forward to. Their willingness to just slough off the antique parts of the platform, though no doubt turbulent for the faithful, have allowed them to package the most genuinely modern computing product on the market,” Tycho writes.
Full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Doherty” for the heads up.]
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all right folks He’s just a loser Windows user who dont no how to use it. This is just a bunch of hype and to try and aboost that jerk stev Jobs.
that new speaker system really sucks two. Its only workth about 50 bucks an only stupid peopl who dont no good sound will buy it.
I know cause I been a sound pro for along time.
I’m not sure any gamer will be a true “switcher” any time soon. Windows is the defacto OS for most games. (I still have my Windows 98 box for a large library of older games.) However, getting a gamer to add a Mac to his or her arsenal of computers is high praise.
Peace.
one by one they come, once they dip their toe in their hooked, its just getting them to take that 1st step apple
A iMactel for gaming?
What? PacMan?
LMFAOFF!!!
Somebody apparantly didn’t get to this guy and recommend a PowerMac.
What until he tries to upgrade the video card to play Quake 4. HAHAHAHA
Paging Mr Pino, can you please come to the Stupidity Department and bring your credit card. Thank You.
I like Penny Arcade and all, and stop me if you have heard this rant before…
Why can’t bloggers construct a decent essay?
That is what bloggers do, right?
Paragraphs that jump around from point to point with no discernable segue really do no justice to the points being made.
A good example of a well constructed page is Daring Fireball. Always easy to follow and entertaining.
I don’t need stream of consciousness unless it is in my own head!
Mac dud
I been??
I have been
I’ve been
you not been a grammar pro
“I did cleave to Windows as a platform”
Wow, that whole article has to be the most pretentious use of language I’ve ever seen from an Apple fan.
By the way, to cleave means to split from, not adhere to.
“…Even when an Apple product set my loins ablaze…”
Code Red on aisle 5! Code Red on aisle 5!
Shhhhhhh……if you have to tell somebody, just make sure it isn’t Monica Lewinski…
Haha. I almost linked MDN to this but thought it was a bit farfetched.. until I saw this. I love Penny Arcade.
Anybody interested in this should read the two latest Penny Arcade comics, they’re hilarious. The Forbidden Fruit makes references, but those are yours to figure out.
Makes me remember that it was much easier for me when I switched, since I grew up on Mac, but it must be hard for a hardcore Windows-er to switch, and I don’t doubt that Tycho was kind of a fish out of water.
Heh. Speaking of growing up on Mac, an old Macintosh Performa 637CD with System 4.5 is still up and running downstairs. Old school.
“Hello, Reality Grocers.
Hello? Yes. Yes, they’re still here.
Who is this?
What?
What’s your name?
‘Mac-‘ what?
The Pie Department? Yes.
Ohh, you wanna pick up your order. Okay, sure.
Yaah, hold on. I’ll page them.”
[ -click- ]
PAGING THE PIE ORDER DEPARTMENT. PAGING THE PIE DEPARTMENT. PLEASE PICK UP.
A MR. BORING MACDUDE WANTS TO KNOW IF HIS PIE IS READY. LINE 4.
BORING MACDUDE ON LINE 4 FOR THE PIE DEPARTMENT.
OH, AND SHOPPERS, BE SURE TO CHECK OUT OUR NEW APPLE SECTION NEAR THE DESSERT AISLE. DON’T MISS THOSE MAC MINI’S AND iPODS. WE CAN’T KEEP ‘EM IN STOCK!
BORING MACDUDE, LINE 4, HOLDING FOR PIES.
THANKS FOR SHOPPING AT REALITY WORLD AND HAVE A GREAT DAY.
Don’t know nothing about gaming, I’m just a Mac guy. But Davidlow, cleave holds both meanings and it depends on your understanding the context.
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=cleave
cleave1
To split with or as if with a sharp instrument.
cleave2
To adhere, cling, or stick fast.
To be faithful: cleave to one’s principles.
Time for recess
You won’t need to upgrade a mac with a 800 dollar air cooled graphics card to play Doom. It’ll work out of the box. (Depending on which mac you get of course)
Anim8r:
>men who abide in those frozen steppes
>an unctuous, sometimes deceptive clock
>slough off the antique parts of the platform
>mushmouth dimension hops and nonsense
You have to give the guy credit for trying. He turns a nice phrase, even if it does come across a bit ripe. I’ve seen much nastier writing.
When the PS3 is released, if it is released, the PC as a games machine should pale in comparison.
MacDud: That’s some amazin use of the english langwidg. Its downright moovin. Maybe its to deep for the avrage MDN reader, but pleez keep it up. mebbe in the end some will get it. You set a good sample. Thank you very much.
Is this the primary reason why individuals buy Windows-based personal computers, to play games at home and become engrossed in some vicarious lifestyle that they otherwise cannot achieve? Pathetic.
Sorry Davidlow, but it’s both. Dontcha just love english?:
cleave 2 verb
[ intrans. ] ( cleave to) poetic/literary stick fast to : Rose’s mouth was dry, her tongue cleaving to the roof of her mouth. • adhere strongly to (a particular pursuit or belief) : part of why we cleave to sports is that excellence is so measurable. • become very strongly involved with or emotionally attached to (someone) : it was his choice to cleave to the Brownings.
Sorry Nickbob, didn’t see you hiding back there in the corner.
“that new speaker system really sucks two.”
Sucks two what?
Good thing you are a sound expert because you certainly can’t write.
pino just made me pee! Stop this comedy it’s too funny and it’s late here in the UK!
I love this site. So funny. Paging MacDude hahahahahaha BORING MACDUDE
New iPod video video.
From the one, the original, often critizied, but loved by all, MacDude.
Interface pictures
http://hrmpf.com/wordpress/54/touch-sensitive-ipod
It’s coming along witha tablet Mac on April 1st
Apple’s anniversary, “It’s not a joke, it’s our anniversary!”
I have been a huge fan of penny arcade and have met the writers personally owning some of their books.
I, like them, am a user for both worlds, gaming on the pc, and life on the mac…
I love tycho…
Dear Macdude:
You, sir, are a fscktard.
That is all.
***”that new speaker system really sucks two.”
Sucks two what?
Good thing you are a sound expert because you certainly can’t write.***
macromancer: here it ain’t no question of rightin. its a question of who nose how to read. It seems you got something to learn two. (You’re wrightin ain’t so hot either.)