Why Macs Suck

Lately it’s very fashionable to be a switcher, switching from a Windows machine to a Mac makes you feel oh so superior. The success of the ipod and the innovation of the iphone have given Apple an opportunity to get people into there slick (all- be-it sterile) stores. The Mac hardware is very attractive looking and many people love the style. The reality though is that for a lot of people, myself included, Macs do in fact, suck. No doubt Mac fan boys and girls bristle at the mention that anyone could be so, so ignorant to suggest such a thing.

Why do I think they suck, easy, I’ve used them. In fact I’ve had three of them in the last five years. Two ibooks and a 12 inch Powerbook, running OS’s 9 to 10.5.1. So let me list these reasons why I gave up on the Mac platform in favor of Windows.

1. The hardware is crap. Looks can be deceiving, pretty on the outside doesn’t translate to quality inside. 2 logic boards and 3 hard drives later these laptops almost cost more in repairs than they did to purchase. And does any one remember the famous Macbook yellow, The early white Macbooks turned a lovely shade of yellow/brown in a few months after they shipped.

2. Upgrading is almost impossible for the home user. With the exception of the Mac Pro, and the new MacBook upgrading a MacBook Pro laptop or iMac is ridiculously difficult. In contrast I recently changed out the hard drive on a older Dell Inspiron 8600 in 5 minutes. When I tried to upgrade the hard drive on the Powerbook it was more like a weekend. Selling shoddy hardware that fails right after the warranty ends and making repairs all but impossible for the home user, great business plan.

3. Peripheral compatibility has always been poor compared to Windows machines, Leopard only makes it worse.

4. Steve Jobs, no question he’s a great salesman and he saved Apple from probably going into bankruptcy. But his well documented arrogance caries on to the whole Mac persona.

5. Many Mac users, arrogant,  smug, cool-aid drinking sycophants.