On the Mac Track

[tzikeh]

As of February, 2003, Apple Computer accounted for only 2.3% of all new computer sales in the U.S. Yet it seems every other person I know has a Mac (or two).

Is it just disproportionate in fandom? What are the real numbers here? Let me know if you guys have Windows or Mac (or other) - and if it's a new (or newer) machine, why you chose what you chose. And send your friends over.

ETA: 16 entries and we're 50/50.

19 entries and it's 10 Windows, 9 Mac.

20 entries - 10 Windows, 10 Mac.

28 entries - 15 Windows, 13 Mac.

Comments

[gwyn-r.livejournal.com]

Funny you should ask. I've always been a Mac girl -- started on the very first IBM microcomputers (yes, that was what they were called back in the Dark Ages) and the Wang systems (always good for a joke). Then my computer geek friends came home with an Apple, then in a few years a ... Lisa! Remember the Lisa, precursor to the Mac? I just remember how we all looked at it and went, it's so cool. It's all set up for graphics (they were designing some of the very first computer home video games). We were enthralled. That's always been the big thing -- Macs were designed for designers and publishers, and that was my field. I had to work on PageMaker on Windows 3.1 at one job. I have earned my hatred of Windows, whereas more people who hate Macs seem to have not earned their hatred, they just hate 'em on principle, believing you can't tinker with them.

Anyways... I've been talking with Killa about getting a vidding system. I don't think I can afford it, and the OS X loss of all my favorite programs concerns me deeply, but... at this point I doubt I'll ever make another vid on my own if I don't do something (although I suppose some would say that's not much of a loss). It's either the iMac or the G4 tower, I don't know right now. It's very daunting and scary and I'm really freaked out about it, because I can't troubleshoot or understand this stuff.

[laurashapiro.livejournal.com]

If you're daunted and scared, Mac is definitely the way to go. OSX and the video-related software bundled with it is all about holding the hand of the freaked out digital-vidding-newbie. Although I lost my taste for iMovie after four vids, I highly recommend it for someone just starting out in the medium. And hey, it comes free with the computer. You can't beat that.

katallison just got a Mac laptop for $850 on eBay. There's hope. Which is a good thing, because the idea of you never making another vid on your own is just sad.