Last Thursday, we covered the story of liberal political blogger Josh Marshall who was teetering on the edge of switching from Windows to Mac and called for some email “nudges” from MacDailyNews readers to help the process along. We don’t know for sure if your email messages helped him make his decision, but the goal has been accomplished, as Marshall writes in his blog:
So, my own predictions notwithstanding, this weekend, I took the plunge. I went out and bought my first Mac.
I am, it turns out, afflicted with a severe characterological disorder which prevents me from ever reading directions for any new product I purchase but rather forces me to stumble around by trial and error until I figure out how the new thing works. No pity please, I’ve had the condition since childhood. But that did create a few grumbly moments as I tried to figure out how to do some elementary task. At first at least, not having the right mouse key was something like learning to ride a bike.
Within about a day though I felt like I’d gotten my sea legs. And so far I have to say that I’m really pleased with the decision.
Marhsall’s blog, “Talking Points Memo,” is here.
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Let’s give him a nudge: liberal blogger teeters on edge of switching from Windows to Mac – March 02, 2006
Well, I sent him my switching experience. Who knows if it got to him and whether it helped any.
Welcome brother, welcome. Perhaps we can get you to vote Republican next?
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All that you have to tell a Liberal blogger is that Steve Jobs voted for Kerry and that Gate and Balmer both voted for Bush.
If that’s not enough to get a Liberal blogger to support the Macintosh, then I don’t know what is.
Bryan
yeah, you’ll need all the votes you can get.
Josh Marshall and Rush Limbaugh using Macs? What’s next, Iraqi Sunnis and Shias e-mailing each other invitations for dinner?
PAGING A ‘MACDUDE’. PAGING A ‘MR. BORING MACDUDE’.
MR. MACDUDE, PLEASE COME TO THE BAKERY SECTION OF THE STORE. YOUR PIE IS READY, ALL FRESH AND WARM!
ONE EXTRA-LARGE HUMBLE PIE — WITH FROSTING! — FOR A MR. BORING MACDUDE.
OHHH, AND SHOPPERS, DON’T FORGET TO CHECK OUT OUR MAC SECTION NEAR THE HEALTH FOOD AISLE. IT’S A BIG HIT AND THEY’RE GOING FAST.
THANK YOU ALL FOR SHOPPING AT TESCO’S AND HAVE A NICE DAY.
just wait till he uses it for a month! He’s not gonna believe why he used Windows for so long!
I’d rather be rich than stupid.
Someone should tell him he doesn’t have to do without the right mouse button, if he doesn’t have the mighty mouse he can always use the USB mouse from his old PC. Easy as pie!
Friends don’t let friends vote Republican.
What was a liberal using Winpuke anyway for? … Probably just a Clintonite… wolf in sheep’s clothing… welcome aboard the Love Boat. It’s not just a computer, it’s a hassle free obsession. What a month so far, high expectations, medium product announcements, the first “virus”, not really,.. and now a flood of good news, don’t get sea sick. On April 1st, just ride the crest. I need some sleep.
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WARNING – this blogger may not lap up every deception the Bush administration shoves towards us.
FUD – it’s not just for computers anymore
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Despite the childish obscenities MDN leaves alone, I predict that this post will be censored in 3… 2… and… 1!
If Thomas Jefferson were alive today, he would definitely use a Mac.
ugh, the last thing THIS website needs is to mention any political party or preference. it turns into this whole “ugh, republicans suck they are war monger gay bashing rich asshole nazis” vs “liberal scum baby killer tree hugger vegan yuppie communists”. anyone who seriously lets comments even REMOTELY like that slip (and i’ve seen PLENTY of it on MDN) needs a reality check.
face it, kids, your political views, whether well thought-out or not, whether ultimately right or wrong (who’s to say?) will always, ALWAYS fall upon deaf ears – and that’s because too many people allow their political views to say something about them as a person. you attack their views, you attack them. simple as that. and they’ll attack right back, until finally it looks more like a fight between little bobby and jimmy during receess than it does a discussion of important issues between two adults.
anyway, good for this guy. he has a mac and likes it.
mw is rather fitting: reason. as in, you can’t reason with anyone in regards to politics.
Dear maczealot,
I remind you of the fact that Mr Bush a Republican and, who is very public about his religious beliefs, is a mac user. Also he’s an ipod user. Using a mac is just plain common sense. It has nothing to do with politics.
However, at this point a misquote from French philosopher Rousseau who said something to the effect that …”In my life I have found that common sense is not to common.” This accounts for the disproportionate number of windows users.
Dude – lose the liberal in the title of this post – we know you’re a wingnut but, can’t we all just agree to love Macs and leave the snide stuff aside? I’m proud to be a liberal, but it has no place in this posting – it’s akin to saying “Black” Blogger Switches – insert any other irrelevant descriptor.
For quite some time I have read MDN every day – I also read TPM every day. Being a macaddict doesn’t require party membership!
Dave the liberal macaddict.
The first thing any new Mac user must do is forget what they’ve “learned” with windows and commit to spending a week or so learning the mac way of doing things. I’ve just been speaking to someone in my office who is buying a new hp pc, I suggested a mac and he immediately said they were crap, I asked him what he was basing that on, he replied that he’d spent a few minutes on his neighbours machine. His primary complaint was that it worked differently than windows – I pointed out that he has in the past complained about windows and that the mac working differently is exactly the point, if it worked the same why would they even bother developing it? Sigh.
And yet he cannot say or figure out what is so great about a Mac and what was so bad about his PC that made him switch…
Next he will take the plunge and buy a Ford.
Or buy a Sony TV.
Or switch to Jocky briefs instead of boxers.
Or perhaps go to Carl´s Jr. for his hamburger instead of Burger King.
zzzzzz.
Tommy “And yet he cannot say or figure out what is so great about a Mac and what was so bad about his PC that made him switch…”
Of course he can’t…yet. With switchers it’s always the same. They struggle for a couple of weeks trying to force the Mac to be Windows, then once the penny drops that it’s not, they play for a couple of weeks. Then they start to find out how it’s different and a fortnight later they start raving gleefully.
Go back to his blog in a month’s time to find out the real verdict.
“A study by the World Health Organisation found that natural blonds are likely to be extinct within 200 years because there are too few people carrying the blond gene. According to the WHO study, the last natural blond is likely to be born in Finland during 2202.”
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-2058688,00.html
Thank God that Microsoft users will extinct much faster.
It is much fun to be part of a minority.
= Blond, left handed, gay, blue eyed, Finnish speaking, Apple user
Ahhh, a lib. Hey, let me guess … the yellow belly coward is both for and against Mac AND PC
on a sidenote when do you guys think leopard will be released? before 2007?
Most of what we do is instinct or simply learned repetitive behaviour, its just that our intellect refuses to accept that simple fact. And yet, someone on here can’t imagine how someone could possibly prefer something without fully understanding why, and be capable of thereafter pontificating upon it ad infinitum. As is the case so often, it is the unenlightened who thinks others are the fools. Such people tend to invent a prejudice and then search for reasons to back it up. Shame.
The loss of the allele for blond hair is even more likely to occur if only homosexuals carry this allele, like our proud Finnish faggot. For those of you unaware of the physiology of human reproduction, it is a biological fact that homosexuals cannot pass their DNA to subsequent generations through the process of copulation. However, male homosexual “fathers” will no doubt petition governments to fund cloning to perpetuate the allele using lesbian “mothers”. Opposition to this funding will be labeled “homophobic” and calls for blond male homosexuals to fertilize blond female homosexuals will be labeled “unnatural”.
This hole story is such a bunch of garbag. Just another pathtic mac PR stunt to justifi there under 2% market shair. Its just a stopid blog for christ sake. What happen to real news? Oh I forgot its a mac FAN sight. An another thing that new mac speaker really sucks and its not worth $50. I bought one for a frend but it sounded so bad he gave it bak.