Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Once you go Mac, you never go back


Mac vs PC. I can't even remember back to when there wasn't ridiculous comparisons between the 2 different computer types. I'm sure there has always been some sort of rivalry between them, similar to Coke and Pepsi (for example), but it seems these days, its nonstop comparison. It seems that Mac doesn't really want to talk about what makes them unique from a PC without needing to compare the 2.
As a new Mac user and a long time PC user, there are things I like about both. I'm not a hardcore user, I don't play games and I don't use much Photoshop or things of that nature. I've grown to Mac because I like the styling difference of them, that and its what I use in school all day long.
I find that Mac is positioning themselves as the cooler, newer way of using computers, and it seems to be working. Everyone in advertising sure seems to prefer Mac over PC for whatever reason. I guess Mac has also positioned themselves as the creative choice, which is why people like me in advertising, have chosen a Mac over anything else.
When it came time for me to get a new computer, my first and only choice was a Mac. The only thing I had to decide was laptop or desktop? Black or white? Never did the idea of owning another PC come into my mind. I had used PCs all my life until my first year of college.
Once I started using a Mac simple things that I once knew how to do did not seem possible. Everything was backwards. I hated them.
Now, in my fourth year of college, I love my Mac and using them. So stylish, sleek and simple. I can't imagine every going back to my old ways. I barely ever refer to my computer as a computer, I call it my Mac instead. It sounds so much better.
Mac has done a fine job in differentiating themselves from other computers. They are the new, cool way of doing things and make everything so stylish. Why use a boring, old PC when you can use hip, young Mac instead?
Its like they say, once you go Mac, you never go back...

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