Onhell
Infinite Dreamer
I am one of the small 25% of people that own a Mac in the world. And ever since I got it I've been "picked on" by the PC (Windows) community. They give me odd stares and wonder why the hell would I have a Mac? They critices it for being part of a niche market, not having almost any games and they love attacking its lack of compatability with Windows. Well, I love the mac for precisely all those reasons. I like the fact that a Mac OS hits the market every 4 years (to the pc's 2) I like the fact that there aren't many games (that is what the playstation, xbox and game cube are for) and the compatability issue is complete and udder bullshit because macs have gotten along with Windows based PC's for years and it is increasing more every time. But it is still annoying to be made fun off because of the computer you use.
Then something miraculous happened. Apple released their iPod, the mp3 player of the century! Finally Mac users had something to rub in the PC people's face. Insane storage, long battery life and all just for us Mac geeks. People actually started buying iMacs and Power Macs just to have an iPod. I liked that, I liked the fact that you had to make a full conversion, be one of us, to enjoy our luxuries. Everything was going great, we had at least ONE thing we one-uped the windows people and we could actually identify each other through the trademark white headphones.
But alas, our victory was very short lived. The moron founder and co-owner of Apple Steve Jobs (and lead designer) decided to make the iPod Windows compatable. WHAT!!!!???? now, the one thing that gave Apple an edge over Gate's empire had folded and now PC people can get one too. Now when I walk through my university campus I see all these Yuppie, preppy, prissy, bastards walking around with their iPods. I am no longer part of a small community, I am no longer special. Sure we still have the iMacs and iBooks and the mindblowing Power Mac G5, but Gates, being the unimaginative bastard he is, is quickly developing copy-cat operating systems and software and all PC companies can easily play catch-up.
Its like when early Christians went from being an outlawed, rebel group to the official religion of the Roman Empire, they became mainstream. A religion of simplicity and asceticism and closeness to God became part of fast, urban life. The Christian community realized this and responded with Monastic movements. But still today a lot of people, christian or not, wear crosses around their necks, from the parish priest's symbol of faith to the top-selling rapper's "bling bling". In the same way the trademark white headphones are no longer a way to identify fellow Mac geeks.
So this really isn't about computers or religion at all. It is about belonging and having an identity. Is it sad that the products you buy define you? If you've read or seen fight club (or like philosophy hahaha) the answer is yes. But what is even sadder is that unfortunately you can't fight that, that is how our society works, so when part of what identifies me is stripped away from me I feel cheated. Everything I own says something about me, from my metal cd's to my philosophy books, to my hockey posters and yes, my iMac and iBook. It was a sad day when Metallica went mainstream and it was also a sad day when the iPod became Windows compatible.
Then something miraculous happened. Apple released their iPod, the mp3 player of the century! Finally Mac users had something to rub in the PC people's face. Insane storage, long battery life and all just for us Mac geeks. People actually started buying iMacs and Power Macs just to have an iPod. I liked that, I liked the fact that you had to make a full conversion, be one of us, to enjoy our luxuries. Everything was going great, we had at least ONE thing we one-uped the windows people and we could actually identify each other through the trademark white headphones.
But alas, our victory was very short lived. The moron founder and co-owner of Apple Steve Jobs (and lead designer) decided to make the iPod Windows compatable. WHAT!!!!???? now, the one thing that gave Apple an edge over Gate's empire had folded and now PC people can get one too. Now when I walk through my university campus I see all these Yuppie, preppy, prissy, bastards walking around with their iPods. I am no longer part of a small community, I am no longer special. Sure we still have the iMacs and iBooks and the mindblowing Power Mac G5, but Gates, being the unimaginative bastard he is, is quickly developing copy-cat operating systems and software and all PC companies can easily play catch-up.
Its like when early Christians went from being an outlawed, rebel group to the official religion of the Roman Empire, they became mainstream. A religion of simplicity and asceticism and closeness to God became part of fast, urban life. The Christian community realized this and responded with Monastic movements. But still today a lot of people, christian or not, wear crosses around their necks, from the parish priest's symbol of faith to the top-selling rapper's "bling bling". In the same way the trademark white headphones are no longer a way to identify fellow Mac geeks.
So this really isn't about computers or religion at all. It is about belonging and having an identity. Is it sad that the products you buy define you? If you've read or seen fight club (or like philosophy hahaha) the answer is yes. But what is even sadder is that unfortunately you can't fight that, that is how our society works, so when part of what identifies me is stripped away from me I feel cheated. Everything I own says something about me, from my metal cd's to my philosophy books, to my hockey posters and yes, my iMac and iBook. It was a sad day when Metallica went mainstream and it was also a sad day when the iPod became Windows compatible.
. there are new mp3 players (sony mainly) that claim to have 30 hours of battery life before recharging..... i'm somewhat skeptical abou that. These are the specs found on the box, they all have a little * next to battery life, harddrive capacity and on computers, internal modem speed which clarifies that the reality is that battery life is less, hard drive space is less and modem speed is slower. 
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