Do your PC friends give Macs respect?
A number of my friends who use to mock and ridicule the Mac have changed their tune. While they certainly will not switch today, they no longer refer to it as toy or "Crapintosh".
They think the iBook and new LCD iMac look cool.
I don't think it has to do with the Switch campaign, but I think Apple has gained more respectability among PC users. There is definite greater awareness that Macs are more than just for graphic designers. There's also an increased awareness and appreciation for design.
That plus OSX has also helped.
They think the iBook and new LCD iMac look cool.
I don't think it has to do with the Switch campaign, but I think Apple has gained more respectability among PC users. There is definite greater awareness that Macs are more than just for graphic designers. There's also an increased awareness and appreciation for design.
That plus OSX has also helped.
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<strong>A number of my friends who use to mock and ridicule the Mac have changed their tune. While they certainly will not switch today, they no longer refer to it as toy or "Crapintosh".
They think the iBook and new LCD iMac look cool.
I don't think it has to do with the Switch campaign, but I think Apple has gained more respectability among PC users. There is definite greater awareness that Macs are more than just for graphic designers. There's also an increased awareness and appreciation for design.
That plus OSX has also helped.</strong><hr></blockquote>
After 2yrs one PC friend who had a brother get an iBook has turned and liked them, alot because of OS X and he was impressed with design. As for my c++ programming class, haha well they are a little harder to convince, their main thing is that macs have no software (mostly games) and are only useful for design and audio. Haha, never had crapintosh said to me though, but its hard as hell not to clock them once and a while because it just makes you so mad that they speak of superior stuff in this way...its extremely bothering and have no idea how to shut them up.
Same statement: i can buy 3 faster desktops with better video cards with that money
Apple needs to do something. Apparently, its switching advertisments are not effective.
Ya, they all think XP looks cool. OS X, they never heard about it...
<strong>They all find the hardware cool and futuristic, but they think that the prices are crazy.
Same statement: i can buy 3 faster desktops with better video cards with that money
Apple needs to do something. Apparently, its switching advertisments are not effective.
Ya, they all think XP looks cool. OS X, they never heard about it... </strong><hr></blockquote>
they think XP is great, OS "ex" whats so special about that?
i guess its kinda like the matrix, unless u can let go of reality you cant be free
It is true, PC people who could be Mac people, they show their true colours, even if they don't use them... they know that they are not using the right computer.... <img src="graemlins/smokin.gif" border="0" alt="[Chilling]" /> <img src="graemlins/smokin.gif" border="0" alt="[Chilling]" />
What they said is true, though. Even with the educational discounts, Macs are awfully expensive. <img src="graemlins/hmmm.gif" border="0" alt="[Hmmm]" />
[ 10-23-2002: Message edited by: Brad ]</p>
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It is true, PC people who could be Mac people, they show their true colours, even if they don't use them... they know that they are not using the right computer.... <img src="graemlins/smokin.gif" border="0" alt="[Chilling]" /> <img src="graemlins/smokin.gif" border="0" alt="[Chilling]" /> </strong><hr></blockquote>
That's interesting. Do you think there are many more PC users who are closet Mac lovers? I'm guessing there are but many simply cave to peer pressure and don't want to be cast as "different". Something all us mac users strive to be.
But they think OS X is great.
mac kid: hey stupid pc user! tired of using a poorly designed rip-off of an operating system?
pc kid: hey loser! tired of not being able to play any games? and anyway, you guys stole your OS from xerox parc.
mac kid: no we didn't!
pc kid: yes you did!
etc, etc... and yes, "crapintosh" was a favorite too. oh, and the mac side nearly always won. pure fanaticism.
Now he says any computers he buys in the future will definitely be Macs, not just for Final Cut Pro, he loves OS X.
Shows how much they know.
Crapintosh is one I've never heard, and I've got some really nasty friends.
Oh, and they don't have serial or parallel ports, either. Who uses parallel ports anymore?
Apple also took away the only thing that made them even consider coming over to the Mac, the formerly Mac-only iPod. Now it's fully compatible with Windows.
Seriously though, a friend of mine recently took his wife into PC World. She was very impressed by the Macs and asked why PCs couldn't be made the same way. My friend asked her to look at the prices, and with that she pulled him away to look at the PCs.
I think a lot of people do respect Macs, but the price is a major issue, especially for people with a young family to support.
[ 10-24-2002: Message edited by: RodUK ]</p>
They are much impressed, and constatly blown away. Recently, I had a group over to review some background music for a video. Imagine their surprise when I pulled up hundreds of songs from my iDisc (FreePlay music). They thought that the files were on my computer. They were shocked to hear that they were on my .Mac account on the Web. So much so that they think Macs are more expensive than PC's because they cannot do the stuff that they see me do on their PC's.
It doesn't help that my setup looks 10x better, either.
They think that they can't afford a Mac. I try to show them otherwise, but--well, you guys know what I'm talking about. No need to explain here.