Charlie Brooker of the Guardian writes: I hate Macs. I have always hated Macs. I hate people who use Macs. I even hate people who don’t use Macs but sometimes wish they did.
He goes on further to describe how Mac people are the sort of scaredy cats too nervous to learn how proper computers work.
Exsqueeze me?
What did the average Mac user do to Charlie to deserve such invective? Did they kill his dog? Steal his wife? Covet his ass?
To be fair, I do know a few Mac users who would provide the same invective about Windows users. But these fall into one of two categories.
- Clueless kids who want a banner to shout behind
- Recent converts to the Mac who express a feeling of freedom from the shackles of Windows. (I kid you not).
I know his article is tinged with humour but the problem is that not everyone will read the article and this kind of partisan journalism just gets tired really quick. Here’s a quick primer:
Mac users really don’t are what computer you’re running. They only care about what computer they’re running. The people who seem to cause most of the heartache in this area are people who insist that the world should use a Windows PC. Just because we do not choose the same computing platform doesn’t mean we should be hated, feared or even imply that your choice was a poor one. You don’t need more people to help justify your decision in buying your computer.
Get over it.
The article is tired, sounds like one of a thousand Mac-bashing articles with a grain of humour that have been pumped out by the Dvoraks, the Enderles and now the Brookers of technology reporting. The humour is tired because, frankly, we’ve heard it all before. Does Brooker think that he’s going to suddenly invent a new joke after 25 years of the Mac?
At least he didn’t bring out the old “Apple is dying” chestnut.