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She's a PC
05/01/11 03:41 PM
Not all Nerds Use Macs… I’m a PC. And Proud of It.
-- Brendi
It seems like everyone I know, including everyone at my company, is a Mac person. I’ve grown used to being ridiculed for using a PC, as if it’s some kind of antiquated device like a phone booth or a VCR. The other day, as I was discussing the brilliance of Firefly and tagging a photo of a Death Star cookie jar on Facebook, someone said to me “How is it possible that you’re such a huge geek, but you still use a PC?” The attack on my credibility got me thinking. It’s true, pretty much every other geek I know uses a Mac. So why do I refuse?
The simple answer is that I like the underdog. When I was in college, Mac was the underdog. I LOVED them and touted their amazing-ness across campus. But then something happened. They got popular. And they started acting like it. Their ad campaigns try to make you think they’re this unassuming, lovable geek-friendly company. But they do it while poking fun at a middle-aged, chubby white guy with glasses? Between the two guys in the Mac commercials, which one of them do you think is at home watching Battlestar Galactica DVDs on a Friday night and which one is at a football game throwing eggs at the marching band?
But it’s not just the commercials. The real problem I have is with the users. It seems like every Mac person I know has this condescending attitude towards PC’ers like me. It’s in the tone of their voices. “You still use a PC?” “Really, you went to school THERE? “THAT’s your car?” “You’re wearing THAT to dinner?” Yes, yes I did, do and am.
So thanks, but no thanks, Mac. I don’t care about all your fancy design programs, or your Firefox or your sleek style. I’m a PC. And proud of it. That is, until you and your users remember your roots, and you stop throwing eggs at the band and pick up a tuba and starting marching with them.
-- Brendi
It seems like everyone I know, including everyone at my company, is a Mac person. I’ve grown used to being ridiculed for using a PC, as if it’s some kind of antiquated device like a phone booth or a VCR. The other day, as I was discussing the brilliance of Firefly and tagging a photo of a Death Star cookie jar on Facebook, someone said to me “How is it possible that you’re such a huge geek, but you still use a PC?” The attack on my credibility got me thinking. It’s true, pretty much every other geek I know uses a Mac. So why do I refuse?
The simple answer is that I like the underdog. When I was in college, Mac was the underdog. I LOVED them and touted their amazing-ness across campus. But then something happened. They got popular. And they started acting like it. Their ad campaigns try to make you think they’re this unassuming, lovable geek-friendly company. But they do it while poking fun at a middle-aged, chubby white guy with glasses? Between the two guys in the Mac commercials, which one of them do you think is at home watching Battlestar Galactica DVDs on a Friday night and which one is at a football game throwing eggs at the marching band?
But it’s not just the commercials. The real problem I have is with the users. It seems like every Mac person I know has this condescending attitude towards PC’ers like me. It’s in the tone of their voices. “You still use a PC?” “Really, you went to school THERE? “THAT’s your car?” “You’re wearing THAT to dinner?” Yes, yes I did, do and am.
So thanks, but no thanks, Mac. I don’t care about all your fancy design programs, or your Firefox or your sleek style. I’m a PC. And proud of it. That is, until you and your users remember your roots, and you stop throwing eggs at the band and pick up a tuba and starting marching with them.
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