Jul 12
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Never before has a blog been as well named as USS Clueless; its author, Den Beste, is almost entirely clueless about the Mac. He wheels out all the tired old clich�s about the Mac and its users. He seems to believe the mHz myth, shows a woefully inadequate knowledge about the machine & its OS, and comes across as bitter PC user. He ignores the pleased users of Macs and solely focuses in on a few people who have problems, no doubt user-related and not the hardware.
Yes, DB, there are Mac loons, just as there are PC and Linux loons. Every other technology expo has people blithering on about the latest and greatest thing that is the “killer app” (WAP anyone?) whether it be for the PC, the Mac, or a Palm. In fact, there is really no such thing, and it’s all PR hype. As a Mac journalist I take most of what Jobs says with a grain of salt. However, I use OSX exclusively, and it is rock stable, does what it says on the box, and is a joy to use.
Gamers whine that there are not enough games on the Mac, forgetting, of course, that most of the games on the PC are total and utter rubbish. The Mac gets the best (mostly) ported to the platform without bugs (mostly) and with improvements suggested by user feedback. There are many cases where Mac versions of games are more stable, are faster/work better, and have better features than their PC counterparts. There is also the advantage of having one manufactuer doing the machine, so compatability is much easier. This results in many games having lower requirements on the Mac than on the PC &/or being able to work on a lower speed machine than suggested. (Return to Castle Wolfenstein being a good example.)
In short, to each is own; however, by writing his screed, DB shows he is no less a PC nut than the Mac fans he is condemning.
