This was posted to BoingBoing Gadgets. I ended up with the very same computer, for exactly the same reasons. There’s the expected Windows-bashing in the comments thread over there, with the same asinine arguments:
- Windows is too expensive (From people who think you should pay $2000 for a Mac vs. $700 for a PC.)
- Your PC will be full of viruses in no time (Um, no, some Windows users are actually smart enough to operate anti-virus software.)
- Macs are great for non-tech savvy people. No, wait, only non-tech savvy fools use Windows. M’kaythen!
- Use Linux! (As if the OS–the cheapest part of the equation–were the sole reason for buying a PC, and besides, Windows Vista Home Premium only costs me $20 through my job. Twenty dollars vs. a free OS that none of my programs will work with? No, thanks.)
- And how on earth has a company that sells just a handful of flavors of computer become the icon of hip, cool, diversity, when PCs come in a million different sizes, shapes, and prices?
red paper boat 