in a past life i had a gig at a computer/internet help desk. it was a great job for a budding computer geek who was out to learn how everything worked. i took many lessons from that job and one very important opinion in particular. i hate windows. i don’t just say this to bash a ginormous software monopoly, but i hate windows in almost every way possible.
it’s like someone came along one day and convinced everyone that instead of breathing air, they should only breathe recycled cigarette smoke sold by the canister. the people didn’t know any better as years of bush cuts to science programs had erroded their critical thinking patterns. so everyone started buying up all the “grey cloud” canisters they could get their hands on. businesses and governments started making large volume purchases. partnerships were formed with sports venues and restaurant chains that would pump the sludge through their buildings for the comfort of their patrons.
there was just one problem…
everyone was paying for the luxury of killing themselves!
this isn’t the 90′s anymore people, there is more than one option when you buy your next computer. what’s that you say? “i don’t know anything about that, i’ve always used windows”? well if you don’t know anything, then listen carefully to the following advice:
when you go out to buy your next computer head straight for an apple store and buy one imac and/or one macbook. full stop.
trust me one this, whoever you wrangle into helping you when you get your weekly virus or blue screen of death with thank their lucky stars that you’ve finally seen the light and put their computer support misery to and end. there are few things in life i loath more than re-installing another holed windows system. nobody ever has their license key, even if they do it involves a product activation. the drivers can never be found easily and you end up googling your sorry ass around the internet for hours just trying to get a sound out of your audio card. there’s always at least 2 hours worth of windows “patches” and “updates”–come on, how can microsoft still be fixing a product that was released in 2001!
so just spare yourself the pain and embrace the beautiful simplicity of a mac.
oh yeah, and don’t forget to install quicksilver. or i’m not helping you.
don’t get me wrong–i’m not a twitter-hater. i don’t have a need for it day to day but i’ve used it in the past during meetings and conferences to hook up with the free booze. it’s just that if i hear one more news report or internet story that regurgitates the first sentence from their 
or at least it should be. that’s not even a useful word. it’s a word people use when they want to appear smarter than they really are. here’s an example:
