Aqua-Soft ForumsThis is a very interesting article, and a pretty good read, both for Mac and non-Mac lovers (I personally like OS X, so no bash intended or anything). Anyway take a look at the I hate Macs article here http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/st...2006031,00.html 
I hate Macs Article
interesting stuff.. and he does some points, but others are pure fanboyism;
Macs are glorified Fisher-Price activity centres for adults; computers for scaredy cats too nervous to learn how proper computers work; computers for people who earnestly believe in feng shui.
? ... I know how 'proper' computers work, i used, operated and maintained a network of computers that I built... many from scratch at home. I still like my Mac laptop tho, its one less "pc" i have to worry about maintaining.
And seeing as Macs have many of the same Appz as a PC I dont see, how a mac's function can still be seen as 'toy like'
ohh crap, this is insulting, I do believe partly in Feng Shui 
... but more in the sense that the physical design of a 'space' a person lives in affects the person in an emotional sense... like hell, if i lived in a clustraphobic apartment it would make me depressed.
Why has this rubbish aspirational ornament only got one mouse button?" Losing that second mouse button feels like losing a limb. If the ads were really honest, Webb would be standing there with one arm, struggling to open a packet of peanuts while Mitchell effortlessly tore his apart with both hands.
Hahaha this guy is funny.
But i seriosly dont think a single mouse button restricts u that much... seriosly pc fanboys wine about this too much.
OSX is designed in such a way that u dont really need it anyway... and if u do then theres the mighty mouse... with yes thats right, two buttons!
(but pc fanboys wouldnt be able to get thier head around how the mighty mouse has two buttons anyway).
The only way to have fun with a Mac is to poke its insufferable owner in the eye. For proof, stroll into any decent games shop and cast your eye over the exhaustive range of cutting-edge computer games available exclusively for the PC, then compare that with the sort of rubbish you get on the Mac.
point valid. Mac games suck, Pc games are better.
But like most PC fanboys, he's neglected the fact that there are things other than games that are 'fun' such as creating a song in garageband or a homemade movie (a decent one) in iMovie, for the creative soul like me these are often more fun than subconcious shooting games... and he also neglects the fact that all PC games run under bootcamp anyway.
Hahaha this guy is funny.But i seriosly dont think a single mouse button restricts u that much... seriosly pc fanboys wine about this too much.
OSX is designed in such a way that u dont really need it anyway... and if u do then theres the mighty mouse... with yes thats right, two buttons!
(but pc fanboys wouldnt be able to get thier head around how the mighty mouse has two buttons anyway).
PC fanboys also don't remember where the mouse started, so...
i do! it started at xerox...
true, but lets not forget it was Apple who properly implemented and made it popular 
"both the Lisa and Star were flops due to their high price tags. It wasn't until the Macintosh was released in 1984 that the price point for mass-market appeal in a GUI machine was achieved."
The Mouse/gui story is a lot like the Mp3 player/iPod story... Mp3 players were first but it was Apple who brought all the ideas together into a revolutionary and easy to use device that has become an icon of our times.
These are all either very old points, or invalid points. We've been introduced to both. By the way guys, this whole article is sarcastic. It was dugg a while back.
This week: Charlie watched some episodes of Larry Sanders (on his PC). He played the customised Fawlty Towers map for Counterstrike (on his PC). He listened to the Windows startup jingle every 10 minutes as his PC repeatedly rebooted itself.
true, but lets not forget it was Apple who properly implemented and made it popular"both the Lisa and Star were flops due to their high price tags. It wasn't until the Macintosh was released in 1984 that the price point for mass-market appeal in a GUI machine was achieved."
You're more right than you think. Forget the hefty price-tag, after all the Star was aimed at office personel, not private consumers. The way a user would interact with the Star interface (using the mouse and keyboard) is so far from what we're used to today that it is almost unbeliveable that anyone would actually bother (which they didn't, obviously). In that respect you're right that Apple made interacting with computers a whole lot easier. That doesn't mean, however, that the Star UI and the thoughts behind it wasn't revolutionary. Xerox Parc single-handedly crafted a concept, that is still in use today. That's freaking admirable.
The Mouse/gui story is a lot like the Mp3 player/iPod story... Mp3 players were first but it was Apple who brought all the ideas together into a revolutionary and easy to use device that has become an icon of our times.
I just threw up a lttle in my mouth. Of course, your interpretation of revolutionary may be different from mine. Apple is really, really good at taking an already existing concept/device, stripping it down to the absolute minimum, and then perfecting whatever remains. It's not revolutionary, but it's goddamn professional. Their UIs are a different matter.