“A teen who wanted an Apple Macintosh computer (Mac) for Christmas after seeing one of the ubiquitous apple ads on the apple website, but instead got to inherit his father’s older Windows PC, finally got mad early Saturday morning and threw out the inherited Dell PC out of the window in a bizarre case of life imitating ‘the internet world,'” hipFOX reports.
hipFOX reports, “The 16 year old boy, Dam Enkhbayar, threw out the computer after it froze while he was downloading video files online. The boy said, ‘If this had been a Macintosh, I would never have had this problem.'”
Full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Macaday” for the heads up.]
MacDailyNews Take: We only advise throwing Dells and other Windows PCs out of windows in cases where you are 100% sure that nobody will be hurt (as always, send your videos to ). As Dam Enkhbayar is from Ulan Bator, the capital of Mongolia, where the population nearly 1 million, the old “out the window with that Dell” might not have been the greatest idea. That said, we are intimately familiar with how Windows frustration can drive people at least temporarily insane. We recommend that Windows sufferers first count to ten and then make use of the Apple Recycling Program: Apple will take any old PC (or Mac) and recycle it for free when you buy a new Mac – no matter where you live. More info here.
Too bad the kid didn’t make a video of this.
That would have been great.
This boy is a hero.
brat
I think Apple should send him an iMac 20′.
He’d like that, and the follow-up story would get even more press coverage; good publicity for Apple.
Everybody benefits!
psst… here’s a secret, young man: applications freezing happen on a Mac too (with far less frequency than on Windows) so when you get you Mac, please don’t throw it out the window.
Now you know why it’s called Windows.
Silly boy; should have thrown Dad out the window. Next time Dad, give your son something new and not your unwanted clunkers.
Here’s another secret for you. He didn’t say the application froze, the entire PC froze. Now, applications do freeze on Mac, true, sometimes it happened to me as well. But the entire Mac freezing? Just Force Quit the application and get over with it.
Windows (the entire OS) freezes, witnessed many times, even running it on Parallels and the only way out is to reboot the crap. On Mac OS X? I never have to reboot the Mac unless for updates requiring it.
So, read the story more slowly next time: it would not have happened with a Mac OS X platform. The boy was right when he said ‘If this had been a Macintosh, I would never have had this problem.’. He would have simply Force Quit the application (maybe Safari) and resumed the download from where it left. No biggie, no tantrum, no PC flying through the window.
He must have run out of chairs.
For anyone who ever got a PC for Christmas:
Enjoy.
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It’s effin’ Mongolia- a Mac would probably cost his Dad a YEARS SALARY.
Go ahead and ask YOUR Dad to spend a year’s salary on your next computer.
It’s a cute story, but- grow up.
PCs should be considered child abuse.
I let my five year old use a PC one day for some PC only game. You should have seen the look of frustration on his face everytime that piece of crap crashed. He would start banging on the mouse and almost start crying; the look he gave me made me feel guilty. We don’t play PC games any more and he doesn’t ask too either.
If I were his cheap ass parents, I’d be totally embarrassed. At least he was spared a brown Zune.
At least he learned young.
I think a psychological study should be done, exploring some research essay questions for PC users:
-Why does working with PC’s makes you want to throw things? (ie. Chairs, computers, etc.
-How has Mr. Ballmer’s chair tossing influenced you, as a PC user?
-PC users, please tell us what have you, personally, thrown so far?
-How do you feel after throwing the object?
-Did throwing the object solve your problem?
(ex: Mr. Ballmer’s might answer: “Though it vented my rage, throwing the chair did not stop my employee from defecting to Google, nor solve my “rats leaving a sinking ship” problem.)
What’s he gonna do when he grows up and his wife is frigid????
C’mon, dudes…:
why do you assume that people “out there” always don’t have the money?
yes… it was a bratty thing to do.
yes… someone could have been hurt.
yes… it is not the way to solve a problem.
yes… a Macintosh in Mongolia probably would have cost an arm and a leg…. but…
if a kid in freakin’ Mongolia can figure out the difference, why can’t some of these fat, rich American adults?
Toby Belch…
“I think Apple should send him an iMac 20′. “
Apple would go bankrupt ….everybody would be throwing his PC to get a mac …
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What’s he gonna do when he grows up and his wife is frigid????
That’s a stupid question. He’ll toss her out the window! Computer, wife, toaster… what’s the diff?
Fake, made up story.
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia….sheesh, when was the last time you heard any news from Mongolia???
Show me the photos. Show me the video. Show me the link to a legit news service —- not somebody´s click on me ad blog.
Fake. Fraud. B.S.
americans are indeed spoiled
My daughter’s sister in law got a Zune for Christmas. She returned it three times for various problems. I saw her last Sunday using an iPod, she told me that the last Zune had died also, but instead of returning it she just went out and bought an iPod, it’s been working fine for over a month. She keeps the old Zune in a drawer so that when the person who gave it to her asks, she can say that still has it, so as to not hurt any feelings, but she’ll never give up her iPod, “it just works”.
Ah yes, the Defenestration of Dell! I hope it does not touch off a religious war as the Defenestration of Prague did in 1618. But considering the zealotry of computer fanatics, I suspect it has the potential.
“That’s a stupid question. He’ll toss her out the window! Computer, wife, toaster… what’s the diff?”
What’s the difference? WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE?
I’ll tell you the difference. A toaster can turn a slice of bread into a delicious pizza snack.
THAT’S THE DIFFERENCE!!!
Wait, that’s a toaster oven.
THROW THE DAMN TOASTER OUT, TOO!