Smith writes, “Now there’s an x86-based PC sitting under the hood of every modern Mac, the old battle lines are blurring. Time to reconsider the once expensive, always stylish, now Unix-based Mac platform? We say yes.”
Ten reasons why you should buy a Mac:
1. Not-so-heavy metal
2. Core Comedy Duo
3. Firewire and Target Disk Mode
4. Smart-phone smarts
5. Intel Inside
6. Bundled apps good, nagware bad
7. Sleeping and waking
8. Bill Gates ate my GUI
9. Still need Windows? No problemo
10. Smug-tastic: It’s impossible to feel smug after buying a PC. Can’t be done. Won’t ever happen. Never going to be a factor.
Full article, with explanations, here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Dirty Pierre le Punk” for the heads up.]
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