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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Related article:
Detroit Free Press’ Wendland: Apple MacBook Pro ‘the finest portable computer I have ever owned’ – March 14, 2006
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.
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..
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.
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
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Get a life ronny boy…
“gay homo Mac fags”
Wow. Awesome. This website really sparkles with the best of what humanity has to offer.
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!
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.
I’m switching in 3 days!! Woo hoo!!
Bury your head deeper and deeper in the sand Ron… you’ll learn a lot that way.
I switched only a week ago (Macbook 2.0 white) …. I only wonder what took me so long!!
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.
Ron is too busy with the head of his pencil dick in his floppy drive slot to answer at this time.
“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.
Choose another name ronnie-cum-lately
A Mac loving, gen-you-wine, conservative Catholic.
ron.
Ron,
Pick up your PC (the way you usually do, with your butt-cheeks) and go home.
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.
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
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.
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!!
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.
Well, it looks like Ron has his hands in his pants again….
He’s a troll douche. Ignore the needle dick.
Welcome to the club…
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.
Oh ron, look! It’s an interracial-gay couple using a mac, and one of them is burning the American flag :p
*Douche Chill*