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.

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[heresluck]

Windows PC. Haven't bought a whole new system for a while now -- it's been piecemeal upgrades (new box, new monitor a year or so later, recent upgrade to DVD-ROM, and so on). I loathe Microsoft, and if I could I would switch to Linux, but Linux doesn't have a really good word processing program, and too many games won't work, so practicality defeats principle.

The games thing is one reason I originally got a PC back in college. That, and: Macs annoy me. I know that's partly because I've been working on PCs for years now, but at the time I purchased the first PC I was working half on Macs (computer lab) and half on PCs (using friends' machines). And Macs just irritated me. They still do. I have to use Macs at the labor union office, and I struggle with the OS (I can't FIND anything!) and the physicality (round mouse, keyboard apparently made for hobbits).

Which reminds me: marketing. I don't want a computer that's cute and teal. I want a no-nonsense machine that will do what the fuck I tell it to do. I don't respond well to "look, it's all round and bubble-gum colored!" ad campaigns. I assume there are Macs that are designed for more than cuteness, but I've yet to encounter one personally or in ads.