"Microsoft's grinning robots or the Brotherhood of the Mac. Which is worse?"
Dan Drollette
Wednesday, 30 September 2009 14:56 UTC
Here’s a clever little opinion piece from a newspaper that I read on the plane back from the Enabling Grids for E-sciencE conference in Barcelona, which brought a smile to my face — despite the repeatedly delayed flight and the trio of crying babies in the seats around me:
“I don’t care if Mac stuff is cool. I don’t care if every Mac product comes equipped with a magic button on the side that causes it to piddle gold coins and resurrect the dead and make holographic unicorns dance inside your head. I’m not buying one, so shut up and go home. Go back to your house. I know, you’ve got an iHouse. The walls are brushed aluminum. There’s a glowing Apple logo on the roof. And you love it there. You absolute MONSTER.”
The rest can be found at the UK newspaper The Guardian
Updated 01 October 2009 09:20 UTC
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Charlie Brooker is one of my favourite writers. His way of writing (and hosting Scrrenwipe, Newswipe and now Gameswipe) is brilliant and completely over the top. I also usually agree with him despite my Mac tendencies.
p.s. referring to The Gruaniad (sic) as The Manchester Guardian is a little cheeky it changed its name in 1959
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He sure is clever! (and I’ll forgive you your Mac.)
Thanks for the info about Guardian, I made the fixes.Cheers,
D
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It’s a very funny article, and I’m extremely tempted to send it to all my high tech mac-using friends. I have a Windows pc but I cheat – I sneakily use my other half’s Mac when he’s not looking…
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I circulated this round some of my work colleagues when it came out. We have several recent Mac converts, but one or two people are still holding out. I think they feel a bit besieged, and identify with Charlie Brooker! So I must be one of the “eerie replicant Mac monks [..], standing over your shoulder in their charcoal pullovers, smirking with amusement at your hopelessly inferior OS.”
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Anonymous
Really really hilarious.
So I’m guessing this is NOT the point at which I say that I am
considering buying a Mac… -
On a related note, here’s the New York Times’ take on Windows 7, officially released today, it seems — Windows 7 Keeps the Good, Tries to Fix Flaws
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