I happened to hop over to Thomas’ blog today and found out about a new browser called Flock.
The blogosphere is abuzz about it, so I am giving it a shot. It’s still in beta, but apparently it is very stable.
We’ll see!
An ‘official’ Mac is BETTER article
Yah, yah, PeeCee fanatics can just skip this one. The guy who wrote an [Feb 09 update: this blog has disappeared.] article about the real value of Mac ownership is a professional security consultant and makes his living dealing with hacks, malware, virii, etc. I just love it when I can find info from neutral parties – or better yet, PeeCee pros like this guy – who totally sing the praises of Mac ownership and what a good investment a Mac is. You pay on the front end with Mac, but then you’re pretty much done. That $400 PeeCee will cost you more than that $1200 Mac by the time you add in the necessities like virus protection and hours of support and the inevitable rebuilds. Not to mention that MSOffice is twice as expensive for PeeCees than Macs.
Macs are the better investment for individuals AND enterprise solutions. Listen to the Security Professional! :-)
PeeCees are ubiquitous because they are embedded in offices everywhere. They remain embedded because there is a multi-billion dollar industry in place to support said peecees. If the market shifted to Mac, it would render a whole industry useless. Who’d buy Symantec products? Who’d need all that support staff to perform the endless patching, updating virii software, cleaning malware, removing spyware and rebuilding of peecees? Who’d need to employ security specialists who do nothing but try to stave off the invasion of all that stuff? NO ONE.
Peecess are not going anywhere because there are too many peecee geeks who depend on the shitty MS software for their livelihoods! Macs will never take over because lusers don’t even know that there is a choice. Lusers assume all computers have the issues that MS products have. They assume that everyone suffers daily like they do.
Best Buy is considering carrying Mac products again and I say NO. Last time they did it, it was a joke and it’ll be the same this time. When you have peecee nerds staffing the store, you will not sell any Macs. It’s a joke at Fry’s, it’s a joke at CompUSA, too. Go ahead and ask an employee lurking in the peecee dept at these places for, say, an iBook. They will promptly take you to the peecee laptops. I was looking for iPod accessories at Fry’s and the kid who “helped” me took me to the MP3 players in the peecee section. I pointed out that iPod was an Apple product and he looked at me like I was nuts. I have also been told about a time when someone went to Fry’s to buy an iPod and the girl who helped him said, “oh, I don’t think those will work with a Mac”. I am not making this up.
As long as ignorance is encouraged by the peecee world, Macs will remain a niche product. The current Apple commercials are great, but it’s not enough to make a dent. Perhaps the Intel chip will do the trick, but I don’t think so. If you’re buying a MacBook just to use Winblows, I really don’t see the point. Sadly, I don’t think that the average luser will see the point, either.
Yes, Macs are far, far superior to Winblows peecees, but the support industry is not about to give up its hold on the computer industry. They will continue to avoid talking about Mac as a viable option and peecees will continue to dominate. The peecee industry will continue to perpetuate the “Macs cost more” myth and it’ll work. Lusers don’t have time for research, they will buy what the peecee nerd at Fry’s sells them. Nerds know best, right?
In the meantime, I will continue my stress free, enjoyable computing experience with my beloved Macs and let the peecee lusers torture themselves with their virii ridden Winblows machines.
Mmmmm, Macintosh goodness. I <3 my Macs! :-)
18 Days
Ha! Funny article in Wired News. This guy got a PeeCee and it took 18 days to totally trash it with virii and spyware.
How long does it take to trash a Mac without virus/spyware software?
FOREVAH!!!
Muwahahahaha!
Macs rule, peecees suck and there are about 4 billion reasons why. Don’t bother pointing out the error of my ways. I’m right, NYAH.
You PeeCee users can eat my shorts. It’s 4am and I’m in no mood for your snarky oh-you’re-a-Mac-freak comments so spare me.
GoDaddy has become the new VeriSign
It’s been determined that GoDaddy.com, one of the largest domain registrars, has begun some shady practices to gouge people looking for domains.(SlashDot story) If you go to GoDaddy.com and put a domain in your cart, then cancel the transaction, they will snag the domain and put it on “hold” in order to make the person wanting it pay an inflated fee to “backorder” the domain – or, more accurately, pay more to get GoDaddy.com to release the domain for registration. I can also attest that they will not release a domain properly when it is not renewed. We’re using PervPatrol.net because GoDaddy.com would not release pervpatrol.com for us to renew when the lease lapsed. Not releasing domains, snatching domains that have had an enquiry, basically holding domains hostage is exactly what VeriSign got in trouble for doing and it’s a damn shame that GoDaddy.com feels they must use such tactics to force people to use them.
I wonder if my registrar Bargain Name snatches up domains like GoDaddy.com does? I’ve not had it happen to me, but I did just release a few domains that I never used… Hmm, wonder if they are still being held by bargainname? Let’s see… Nope, it appears that the domains I just released are available. Well, I’ll never recommend GoDaddy.com again. I’ll just stick with Bargainname.com, whom I’ve used for years.
Another HUGE problem that is getting bigger is the search engine companies who buy up every conceivable domain just to point them to their search pages, like this one for herbcellar.net. It sucks and it totally screws up availability of domains. I was looking for a domain for a client the other day and the ones that they needed were ALL being held hostage by a search page or splog (spam blog). I think those people should be hunted down and booted off the internet! They inhibit internet usage and they inhibit many businesses from having a site because they can’t get a name even close to what they need.
The moral of the story is this: use companies that are recommended by your friendly web professional. Just because you can save a dollar doesn’t mean it will benefit you in the long run. Don’t go to a domain registrar until you are ready to buy your domain. Don’t buy random web hosting. If you get a referral, use it!
I use bargainname.com for all my domain leasing/management. I use ITXdesign.com for my hosting. I use IndigoDragon Enterprises for all my web design. Heh. :-)
[updated 6 Feb 09]
iBook Goodness!!
I’m blogging to you this evening from my fabulous new iBook from my darling husband!
It’s for Yule, but since he’s on the couch nursing his sore balls from today’s vasectomy, I told him to go ahead and bring it out. I’m SO STOKED!! This is a great system and it’s working GREAT!
I had a feeling he was gonna get me a laptop for Yule and when I saw the box, I knew. His doing fine with the minor surgery the frozen veggies are doing the trick! LOL It’s really no big deal – compared to the wisdom teeth earlier this year, this is nothing.
We’re here in the living room watching Sleeper Cell and surfing. We’re borrowing an Airport card from his buddy at work. We’ve got to put more RAM in this thing and get our own airport, but other than that, this is a sweet little ‘Book. It’s an 800Mhz and he got an awesome deal on it off of ebay.
Yay! ::does the happy dance::