:: Never Switched to Swhich Back! ::
:::July 16, 2008:::
I've used Mac for 2 years in Ai (The Art Institute). The programs that we were using were FinalCut Pro, DVDStudio, and Adobe After Effects CS2. I had the most painful computer experience of my life! They tell you Macs DO NOT crash. And they mean it like if they crash, it will be the END OF DAYS! Those piece of craps crashed on me more than ANY OS I've used. Even my hacked PSP does not crash that much while loading homebrew! And you might say well that one Mac had problem. NO! I used different machines! At the end I just told my instructor that I'll use my BEAUTIFUL PC to hand in my projects. Come on! Why using a Mac when we have the Premier Pro in Windows? Why using DVDStudio when we have Encore in Windows?The other thing that bothers me alot was after my first few weeks that I started hitting some usability roadblocks here and there that I strongly disagreed with. I'd google or ask other Mac users about their solutions to these issues and would always receive a similar answer: "Why would you want to do that?" or "You shouldn't be doing it that way anyway." Thats fine - so I'd go off and look for a workaround. Unfortunately, because of Apple's lack of transparency and lack of customizability - I usually found myself out in the cold. Eventually I found myself with this mountain of usability issues and no workarounds that really impeded my day-to-day use. I was back in the same position I was. The problem was not the software, but the Apple's and the Apple community's attitude. The attitude is that if users want to do something the "non-blessed" way they are confused or incorrect. Want two mouse buttons on your MacBook Pro? "You can do that this other way." Want to play music without storing your whole library in iTunes? "Why would you want to do that?" Want to use something besides iTunes to load your iPod? "Thats silly." Want to run on different hardware? "Thats a bad idea." All this was happening while Apple was clamping down on iPhone modding. Its total lack of transparency (both through code and legal action) assured that you did things their way and "only" their way. I'll be the first to admit I'm not Apple's target market (nor should I be), and ultimately their extreme efforts to prevent myself and others like me from improving and customizing their product was a deal killer for me. Apple is not delivering an OS, or hardware, or even software. They are delivering an end-to-end technology experience, and if you are willing to just go with their experience you're in good shape, but if not - you're screwed. Apple is for people who are willing to buy into one way - their way - of doing things. Its purely the Apple way or the highway. Ironic given their 1984-esque commercial that implies Apple is for people who wanted to break the mold. Undeniably Apple has made some great choices with its harnessing of open source which contributed to my decision to switch, but its foolish to not recognize "why" those open source projects were successful in the first place. If you're willing to put your user experience in the hands of those at Apple, getting a Mac may be a great solution for you. Ironically, if you really want to "think different" there are many better options like Windows or Linux! |
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