Ever since transitioning over from PCland in early 2004, my Mac affiliation hasn’t been questioned much, due to the fact that most of the industry professionals around me also use them. It’s kind of like being a liberal in NY, nobody’s going to question your motives. This is all good and fine, until you find your Macness under attack. With your defenses down, it’s hard to think of a good response, and you can end up looking silly.
This is exactly what’s been happening to me recently, and being sick of my weak responses, one night I got to thinking, why am I a Mac?
Well, I know why I’m not a ‘Windows’. As someone who’s grown up online, and turned professional web developer during the birth of web 2.0, I’ve been pretty spoiled by innovation in software. I demand it, and any company who can’t provide me with such a service is not worth my time. I don’t have time to wait 3 years for a buggy web browser, and I definitely don’t have time to wait 8 years for a crummy OS. Add to that viruses, trojans, adware, malware, and spyware… you know, I think I’ll pass, kthxbai.