The 2009 PC Hit List: Apple's Secret Weapons
Posted 10/28/08 at 02:31:57 PM | by Paul Lilly
You might not realize it yet, but we're at war, and the enemy is closer than you think. While you're busy planning your next PC build and which Intel Core i7 processor you're going to pair with that swank X58 motherboard that supports both SLI and CrossFire, there's an entire regime behind the scenes at Apple plotting the company's next move. Will there be another assault of Mac commercials aimed at downplaying the recent "I'm a PC" retorts? Maybe another round of rumors will spark both interest and hype into what life is like on the 'other' side. Or perhaps we should be most fearful of Walter Mossbert of The Wall Street Journal and David Pogue of The New York Times, arguably two of the most influential Apple product testers who always end up playing with new Apple gear before everyone else.
Be warned, the imminent attacks won't come from a single a source, but all of the above and many more. That's the bad news. And the good news? Sister site MacLife.com has already identified the top 10 Apple influencers of 2009 and presented each one's bio in great detail. And as G.I. Joe taught us in multiple PSAs, "knowing is half the battle."
Are you prepared to have your PC allegiance tested? Get familiar with MacLife's list, then hit the jump to post your thoughts.
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Submitted by winmaster on Thu, 2008-10-30 18:14
Sorry, I can't read 6 pages of "ohh, the MacBook Air is sooo thin. I love the Jobs." I already am too close to insanity.
Submitted by Khaled on Wed, 2008-10-29 08:55
Hmm, interesting title ... but the maximum pc title for this post is a just a bait ;)
I wish that Apple would come
Submitted by Keith E. Whisman on Wed, 2008-10-29 02:30
I wish that Apple would come out with a version of MAC OS that is installable on any pc. That would be true competition for Windows and Linux. Windows and Linux live great together. Why can't Mac OS be installed on an Windows/Linux box?
Great article. The only mac anything that I have in Itunes and an 80gig Ipod Classic with 10162songs.
Simple reason being, is that
Submitted by big_montana on Wed, 2008-10-29 05:16
Simple reason being, is that if you were allowed to install Max OS X on any computer, it would expose it's flaws to the masses, Jobs would not be able to control the hardware it is installed on (or the price he charges you for replacement hardware when it inevitably fails, which it will) and than people would find out that Vista was not that bad of and OS after all.
Submitted by brokenmoth08 on Tue, 2008-10-28 20:19
I want tat picture
Submitted by -it- on Tue, 2008-10-28 17:12
u cant play good games on macs. well u can but u have to invest even more money in to do so.
Apple...
Submitted by horzo on Tue, 2008-10-28 14:46
thrives on ignorance. It's sad the number of people who are afraid of their computers, and need Big Papa Jobs to rock them to sleep at night. PCs are nothing to be afraid of, Unfortunately, you can't force people to learn, so computers will increasingly become nothing more than consumer electronics - i.e., closed systems that can't be upgraded without the approval of the manufacturer. Thanks, Apple.
Submitted by Master123 on Tue, 2008-10-28 13:32
I stopped giving a crap about what MacLife had to say a while ago, and the 25 Reasons PC users should shut up made me not care even more.
Submitted by C6FLYBY on Tue, 2008-10-28 13:26
I switched a couple of months ago and I can see why the Mac vs PC debate will increasingly be referred to as a war. The number of switchers is going to grow rapidly. While the Mac OS is probably even more quirky and unreliable than Windows, I wouldn't switch back. The hardware is superbly quiet and cool, (although my aluminum iMac came with more defects than any PC I've ever owned) and for everything other than gaming the Mac experience is so much more 'relaxing' (I can't think of a single intrusive nag. A computing experience that isn't full of constant reminders that you are in danger, deficient, screwing up - who would have thought).
Submitted by xs0u1x on Tue, 2008-10-28 13:10
and those guys looked like major stoners.
that first paragraph had fanboy written all over it in the article. you guys are like the anderson cooper of the computing world.
the day apple makes a refrigerator with an electronic robot arm that is controlled by a monkey with electrodes stuck in its brain(for the sole purpose of throwing you a beer) is the day i move to apple.
until then pc ftw!
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