I was reviewing some of the blogs I keep up on this morning. While I was reading some recent post on I Heart Tech, I came to a post titled Help and Hope Comes in Small Packages. In the post, Adriana was discussing products, one of which is the laptop computer. However, when I looked at her list, (see image), I discovered she did not include either the MacBook, nor the MacBook Pro.
Why am I posting this here? Because it would appear the comments are shut off on her blog and I felt it needed a comment from the Home Office Lawyer. I also find it troubling that there is almost a fear from “techies” in mentioning anything Apple or Mac. Could that be because once an office switches to the Apple computer and Mac OS, the “techie” may be out of a job?
I thought the same thing when I read that article, Grant. Both (1) where is Apple and (2) is the techie afraid to be out of a job. And for those who argue against Apple on price, you'll note that only two of the offerings are below an entry-level Macbook.
Sometimes I like to keep quiet about it – I'd hate to lose the advantage of efficiency and less lost time. I might have to become a better lawyer…..
While I understand the sentiment (I am a dedicated Linux user — on both laptop and desktop machines) I don't necessarily think that a MacBook/Pro belongs on her list.
Whoa! Before you get up in arms over that comment, let me explain why: she is giving advice on technology to (what one would assume is) her regular readership. Now, the vast majority of that readership is undoubtedly stuck in the Windows-is-the-only-alternative mindset that 95+% of computer users have. So she is serving that (vast) majority well. People don't want to add the pain of changing their entire operating system and computing lifestyle to the difficulty of swapping over their old files and configurations. Who can blame them?
And assuming that Mac readers do regularly read her column (as it seems at least one does) there must be something of value there for them, outside of the obviously PC/Windows-centric advice. So why would she be out of a job if she advocated Macs? If her blawg has enough generally useful information on it to keep a Mac reader interested, it seems that there's plenty of non-Windows-specific work out there to be done.
The only reason I make this comment is because you asked, albeit quite likely rhetorically, where the Macs were. I answer, based on the above, quite simply: they are in another article, or in the "Get a Mac" ads with that smarmy guy in a hoodie, or on this website, or in the billion iPhone/iPod/iMac/etc ads all over the billboards and TV stations around us. If people want to switch, they will. But sometimes Windows users just want to know which laptop they should buy.
Now should they switch? Absolutely. I'd love to get my hands on a MacBook Pro and stick Ubuntu on it, get Beryl up and running, and then have a truly beautiful, powerful, and elegant computing experience.
She does have a Mac mini at her Amazon store.