“For quite some time, Apple has been referred to as the ‘other’ brand when it comes to computers. Most people think only graphic artists and those with jobs in technology or design use Macs; either that or they’re techie geeks. Regular folks who use computers for such simple tasks as writing papers and PowerPoint projects, and for e-mail and surfing the Internet, just stick to PCs fitted with Microsoft Windows because they’re more familiar with the program,” Beia Formoso writes for The Philippine Daily Inquirer. “But the truth is Mac computers are not just for those with the technical know-how or in creative professions. Quite the contrary, Mac was and still is designed for even the simplest user, the non-techie who wants easy-to-use form and function in a machine and at the same time the freedom to create and express herself. Now that Mac computers have Intel processors, that means you, yes you who have been using a PC for years, can shift to a Mac with the greatest of ease! …It paved the way for universality in computer programs that can now be used in both Mac and PCs. Software that in the past could only be utilized in PCs can now be installed in Mac computers.”
MacDailyNews Take: That was going along so well until the bit about the Intel processor and running Windows programs on Macs. Apple won’t preclude users from installing Windows on Macs, but right now, doing so is strictly up to the user. Potential Mac users should not be led to expect that their Macs will run Windows software out of the box; they’ll be in for a shock.
Formoso continues, “The new computers and laptops have truly outdone themselves when it comes to form. The MacBook Pro is a silver 15.4 inch-screen laptop while the white iMac desktop computer comes in 17- or 20-inch wide screen flat-panel display. Both come with built-in speakers, microphone, and for the first time ever, iSight, a video camera that allows video conferencing with up to three people simultaneously… But like most things in life, it’s what’s inside that count. The Mac OS X Tiger operating system organizes your programs and files in a simple, easy-to-use manner that is at the same time a joy to look at with creative icons and graphics. From the lifesaver floater icon signifying the Help program to the silver-wired trash can for deleted items, Mac’s icons and commands are fun and user-friendly. It is all laid out there in a miniscule dashboard [dock] at the bottom of the screen, and can be moved or taken out as you like.”
“But what usually steals the show is iLife, which includes Apple’s unique programs, namely iTunes, iPhoto, iMovie, iDvd and Garageband. This award-winning suite of digital lifestyle applications has just gotten even better with the iLife ’06,” Formoso writes. “That is truly what sets a Mac computer apart from the rest. It has a personality of its own. It’s not just a machine, but an extension of oneself. Apple has built the total package in terms of both hardware and software, keeping in mind appearance but, of course, placing the utmost vitality on what’s inside.”
Full article here.
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Just goes to show you what everyone here already knows….Common Knowledge isn’t to Common
Oh great 3rd worlders think macs are great! Wonderful!
Yeah, I want to put some ghetto on my Ferrari. Why would I want to put XP on my Mac? Seriously. Games? That is the only thing I can think of.
FUseek: Ignorant racist twit!
I don’t think Mac is for everybody; just like some people are uncomfortable eating at fancy restaurants. They would rather eat at fast food joints. It’s human nature.
yeah…… FUseeK
you are an A1 fuckwit…… its the 3rd world (ie China etc) that will be calling the shots soon, so i guess you better head to the hills with all your red neck survivalist buddies.
FuseeK,
Read the headline and try to understand it.
Apple Macs are for everybody
Now take your monitor and shove it up your ass sideways, you ignorant fsck.
Eric: Take a chill pill.
I believe FUseeK was using humor.
count to 10 before hitting the submit button.
I hate eating at fancy restaurants. Why waste money (not to mention time) eating “classy” food that is supposed to be good because it took longer to make, but really can’t even compete with a crunch wrap supreme from taco bell or a catfish sandwich from Gins Chicken and Fish?
I like my food “good to go” as the taco bell ads say.
I like apple computers though. I don’t see the relationship between fancy restaurants and apple.
China isn’t 3rd world!
wow, you guy should lay off FUseeK. You accuse him of being a racist and intolerant, yet you attack him right off the bat. Not so tolerant, now is it?
Europe is the old world, the Americas are the new world. What regions/areas/countries make up the 3rd world?
Arguing on a web-based message board is like winning in the special olympics… you’re a winner, but you’re still in the special olympics.
I fail to see how the processor alone makes Macs more desirable. I will always choose Apple over MS. I dont care about the brand of processor, all I want is performance, power management, reliability. The one thing that bothers me about my PPC ALPB is the heat on my lap, other than that its still a great machine.
CWO in Hawaii,
I am certainly not accusing FUseeK of racism, because the comment wasn’t in and of itself racist. I am however, accusing him of giving offense through ignorance, because the comment was both ignorant and offensive.
AngerMonkey, my MBP is hotter than my Rev A PB12. It’s a toaster. It seems Apple is getting better at distributing the heat though. The right palm rest get hot too now.
Everybody with a bit of common dog, that is.
For a woman, I’m surprised the author of the piece, Beia Formoso, made such fundamental errors about the iMacs, etc!
Normally, women are experts at using white good like washiing machines, cookers, blenders, etc…
Sorry ladys, that was of course a sexist joke in very poor taste.
Here’s another:
Q. Why do women get married in white?
A. So they can match the rest of the domestic appliances!
sorry again….
I surprised that MDN managed to pick up on this.
Most of the media here in the Philippines have the quality of tabloid papers in other parts of the world. Newspapers here feature stuff in the front page like which actor is gay or which socialite is getting married this week.
The article in the end says “Apple products are distributed by Microwarehouse.” This usually means somebody from “Microwarehouse” approached the writer and “enticed” her to write the article.
By the way, FUseek, we “3rd worlders” do actually like our Macs and iPods. And with that, you can go screw yourself.
Jim of Davao,
I’d rather screw your Mom’s pek pek, but for now you can just shove your iPod up your sampot. That’ll do for now.
It is iDVD for goodness sakes! Why would it ever be iDvd? DVD isn’t even Dvd, so why would iDVD be iDvd? How can people constantly screw up Apple’s product names and write things like Ipod, Imac, Itunes, Ibook, Idvd, iDvd… I see it everywhere, and it is driving me nuts.
IT ISN’T THAT HARD PEOPLE!
I feel better now.
MARK
Please be tolerant Mark. They may be fighting with MS Office’s auto-correct, and if so, they need all the support they can get.
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Just admit that you’re a racist, FUseeK, and let’s leave it at that.
Mark:
We’ll the writer did screw up a lot of facts in her article, so the “iDvd” thing was kind of expected. Another example of really bad writing can be found here: http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/storypage.aspx?StoryId=31842.
The website belongs to one of the big media companies in the Philippines.
From the comments, my guess is that FuSeek is coming from the ‘1st world: USA’ (If not, I’ll withdraw my comments)
1st as in: polluting the world
1st as in: starting wars
1st as in: amount of illiterate people in a developed country
1st as in criminal problems
1st as in fscking up free trade
1st as in thinking they are supposed to rule the world
1st as in being overweight
Now, before everybody falls over me, go ahead but blame FuSeek for igniting this thread please. Nothing personal on America but he/she is just asking for it.
WTF??
Has everyone been drinking too much caffiene? If a post doesn’t end in </sarcasm> it doesn’t automatically follow that the author is serious. Stop being so bloody sensitve and lighten up, for Christ’s sake.
Oh God, I said Christ. Now I’m for it. Oh Christ, I said God.
Wait for it….
</sarcasm>
There you go. Feel better now?
There’s nothing “racist” about saying third worlders think macs are great. Last time I checked people from the third world are not of a “race”, but rather a “place”. If anything it’s being America-centric, but NOT racist. Who’s really being ignorant here?
Woah woah woah! We’re all just Mac users here, let’s turn this thread around and start spreading the positive. Think Different everyone.