$999 will make you 60% sexier
Where I work (in the job that I love), we have an abnormal mix of Windows and Macintosh computers. While something like 3% of computer users are Macintosh users overall, we are about 40% Mac. Particularly when new people come in, their realization of the unusually high percentage of Macs will typically spark a high-intensity Mac vs. Windows debate.
(For the record, I own one of each, though I do prefer Macs.)
Mac users, as they are typically outnumbered in this argument, are a defensive, scrappy, and fiesty breed. They will take every possible opportunity to let you know why Macs are better. Argue with them or put them down, their retaliation will be swift and harsh. Observe:
Windows User: (referring to the fact that the only available computer to use in the computer lab is a Macintosh) They should put more real computers in here.You may be surprised how often scenes like this occur.
Mac User: Oh yeah? [PFSSHHSSHSsssssssssssssssssssss...] (the sound of the Windows user's tires being slashed)
Occasionally though, rational discussions do take place. Like this morning, I was chatting with some of my coworkers about the look of Apple computers, particularly laptops, in comparison to their Windows-based counterparts. Similar to the iPod, Apple laptops have a nice, sleek, identifiable, and sexy look.
Important Note: There were women involved in this conversation. A group of guys calling inanimate objects "sexy" is not cool. Not cool at all.Windows users felt slighted, and they believe their hardware to have the same "sex appeal."
Armwrestling didn't settle the dispute, so we decided to conduct a random survey of 10 passers by. Each was shown three pictures, and was asked to choose which they thought was the sexiest: one of me holding an Apple 12" iBook (photo A), one of me holding a Windows based IBM Thinkpad (photo B), and one of me with no computer at all (photo C). The results, shown in the pie chart below, were irrefutable.
Which photo is sexiest?
Other Important Note: Incidentally, this survey also revealed that 100% of people (10 of 10 respondents) think I am sexy.This statistically insignificant survey proves that accessorizing with an Apple computer makes you 60% sexier. It also allows us to come to the unfounded conclusion that Macs are better.
(I am expecting that by this point, you are just skimming this anyway, and that the bold/italic text will be all that you read. You'll skip right over the text saying that this survey is statistically insignificant and that any conclusions are unfounded. Omar rules!)
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Comments
X said:
I hate computers altogether. Whether they freeze every two minutes or are curvy and pastel-coloured really makes no difference to me.Computers should all DIE.---X
1GloriousConundrum said:
But that would make blogging, the new-found love of my life very difficult.I have always thought the iPOD rather attractive, but thought that was just another quirk in my semi-psychotic nature. Thank you for proving, through statistically inaccurate and insignificant means, that I am not unique.It is unfortunate that I own an IBM. Must go pout about unsexy computer usage...
Cate said:
It's true. I was much sexier when working on a Mac, at a computer store that specialized in Apple products. Not only was I sexy, I was especially so. Unfortunately, prolonged PC exposure at my current job has erased any vestiges of Apple-powered sexiness. Thanks, omar, for reminding me of that sad fact.
Jasmine said:
so my current laptop is dying a bit. i carry it around in my purse and stuff and it just generally gets teh crap beaten out of it. i've been contemplating a change to macs. my smart friends all like macs so there must be something to it. its a pretty scary change though...am very afraid to make the leap. would want one of those guys at the genius bar at teh apple store to thoroughly walk me through it first...
girlspit said:
I knew there was a reason that I felt guilty for not using a Mac. At first I thought it might be the fact that I am too lazy to stick it to the man, now I know better. I don't know what we'd do without your pseudo-scientific research :)
cadiz12 said:
macs do tend to be a little sleeker. maybe that has something to do with it? package over performance? but who am i to talk? i've been raised pc-only by my engineer father. some indoctrinated prejudices are hard to break.
Sarah said:
I hear you. My father instantly condemns the Mac whenever it is mentioned. My boyfriend was verbally blugeoned for buying an iPod (which looks really hot...) I'd like to get one, but I fear his disapproval.
I said:
I was on the fence for a little while. I couldn't be happier to have made the switch. I own both only to keep myself sharp for my job, but most of my computer time is spent on the Mac. Fewer concerns about viruses, spyware, Critical Updates, AND 60% more sexiness.Still not convinced?[PFSSHHSSHSsssssssssssssssssssss...]
heath.beltran said:
We are all egoist. We all need to be humbled. Lets get behind another sexy company that is loosing market share like Tivo too. Anyhoot, I rather be using an Apple Mac (Mac Mini's are sexy) .vs this XP machine I have built and and upgraded over two years. Maybe later this year, or next, I will opt to put myself in more debt and buy a "sexy bitch*." "*sexy bitch" is trademark and copyrighted by Mike Myers per Austin Power series of movies.
Book said:
Omar, you're out of control. That's all I have to say.Saw a link to your blog in Jym's. I am now a daily reader. You need to publish some of this shit...
Jon said:
Ah the Mac Vs. PC debate... I don't think anyone in their right mind can argue that Mac don't look better than PC's... I've been saying that for years. And I'm pretty much an all PC guy. That's what I grew up with, that's what I know, and that's what I'm comfortable with. I wish I knew Macs better, but I don't have that kind of money. I'm also trying to work Linux into my life, which isn't costing me any money, but my time is quickly being sacrificed...
I said:
book - Thanks, man. I'll leave your tires alone.
jon - Get a Mac Mini! "Just" $500 and you're on your way to stress-free computing.
Kupo said:
I decided to go Mac after my Windows sytem kept crashing while I was working. Hearing it makes you 60% sexier definatly makes my switch happier ^_^