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Mac vs. PC: The Endless Debate |
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Dr. Samuel Says -
Rants
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Written by Dr. Samuel Centralia, Ph.D., D.D.S., Esq.
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Thursday, 07 February 2008 |
Having recently, somewhat reluctantly, attempted a migration to Mac, I've noticed a few things. First, years of using Windows has most certainly trained me (brainwashed me?) to expect certain things from my operating system. I've come to assume that basic functions like saving, moving and converting files between applications will require several right-clicks, drop-down menus, and open windows. Mac's big selling point -- at the core OS level -- is that it greatly simplifies these things into a universal drag-and-drop paradigm.
Which it does, brilliantly, except for the times when it doesn't. For
the most part, the Mac OS is very intuitive, and dragging an icon from
one place to the other will do the trick. When it doesn't, though, it's
tricky to know what to do next. (I miss my r-click fix.) Also
complicating things -- I'm so adept at my various Windows shortcuts and
routines that it's often easier and faster to do things the (old) PC
way, regardless of sleek drag-and-drop solutions. Finally, it's
becoming clear that I'm not going to be able to play many of my
favorite games on the Mac, since porting to the Macintosh platform is
evidently dead last on developers' To Do lists.
 Anyway. I
could go on. The Mac vs. PC debate is timeless. An eternal struggle.
Nearly mythic in proportions. Law vs. Chaos. Creation vs. Entropy. Good
vs. Evil. A recent NYT column even pointed out the eerie parallels with
a certain hotly debated presidential race.
But perhaps the
most vexing issue? The pleasing off-white hue of my MacBook is terribly
ill-suited for porting around Dyscern World HQ labs. I have discovered,
much to my horror, new and intriguing strata of stains that I never
even knew existed. Coffee rings are the least of my worries. You
haven't truly lived until you've tried to get a solution of iron
sulfate, bovine bacteria and cherry Kool Aid off a MacBook keyboard.
(Don’t' ask.) I even tried explosives. But then again, I tend to favor
those sorts of solutions.
Here's another tack, though,
ostensibly for your more run-of-the-mill stains: Arm & Hammer
toothpaste. Apparently this idea has been around a while, and I suspect
this has more to do with mechanical abrasive qualities than brand of
toothpaste, but I thought I'd put it out there….
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