| Dec. 27th, 2008 @ 06:52 pm OS X: O RLY? |
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The more I play with OS X the more I like it. I really think that if Apple dropped the smarmy marketing campaign (and a bit of the price) they'd win over a few die-hard PC users. If I wasn't into computer gaming, I could probably use OS X as my primary operating system. One thing I found really neat is how applications are installed and uninstalled.
( If you're not into computers, this will almost certainly be boring to read... )The car metaphor works well here:
Linux is a kit car. You can get the components for a song, but you'll put in months worth of man-hours before it runs the way you want. If you know how to build it, you can end up with a dream machine.
Windows is a tuner car. You start with a fairly standard setup (say, a Subaru Impreza) and have lots of options to replace parts or tweak things. It's fun to put together and rewarding to fix, when it works. But it's also frustratingly easy to break things, and difficult to get the entire system to work in concert. For a bit more than the base price you can blow away people with much more expensive systems, if you don't blow the engine first.
Apple is a luxury car. It's shiny, has a slick interface, and generally does what you want it to right out of the box. Replacing any of the major components voids the warranty, but for the price you paid, you wouldn't really want to anyway. When you realize that the Jones' computer next door is sleeker and faster, you can just get the new model. Maybe Apple should lease computers. Hmm. |
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