a Mac for a mak?

Macs were cool once upon a time...but the fact is, they aint anymore. I am not going to go into the Mac vs. PC debate here, because Ash resolved it for me by telling me that it's actually possible to run windows on a Mac, thereby eradicating all compatibility issues and by pointing out that it might be worth buying an actual decent warranty, which would mean that the inevitable repairs wouldn't be such an problem. I can buy a Mac book for 650 pounds (there is no pound symbol on my ergonomic keyboard, what of that?) with a student discount and when it comes down to it, Mac books are quite nice really. They are little, to me 13 inches is the perfect size for a laptop which is important because I take it around a lot, they have those separated keys which are awesome for clumsy typists like myself who tend to make errors, although, I don't think that can do much to solve my lack of ability to spell; and they have magnetic power cables, perfect. I don't need one just yet, but the time to buy a new laptop is fast approaching, sadly. I love my little computer, and it actually works perfectly well, it is small, quite fast, has finger print and voice recognition (har) all in all does the job quite adequately, but the power supply connecting wire is cracked. It's been repaired twice before by Ash's wonderful father and it might well be fixable again. Problem is that this time last year there was a terrible accident involving a cup of tea, my head and a shelf. Anyway, the tea fell off the shelf and into the computer, computer had a near death experience, Computer parts got washed but some bits were a little bit corroded and some tea ended up stuck inside which corroded things a bit more. As a result the innards of laptop are fragile and might break when laptop is taken apart to fix the power supply. Such is the way of these things, it will break :( I will need a new laptop. Pretty much, I want a laptop that is the same size (13) , that isn't going to have power supply issues, that will cope with being lugged about the place, that isn't too expensive. The closest thing to a replacement for my current laptop just happens to be a little 13 inch Mac book affair. The click is rubbish though, there's a flaw!

The problem isn't the computer itself, no, the problem is that contrary elitist twat that I am, I am too good for Mac! Simply because Mac believes it is too good for me >:( . I am clearly too good for Mac people. Really, they annoy me, banging on about how great Macs are all the time when actually it's quite rare that anyone actually makes full use of the bits and pieces the thing has to offer, indeed one might just as well get a cheaper PC that does exactly the same thing and possibly more for half the price. I don't like the way that Mac has almost become some kind of social indicator. Having one sets you apart as a "Mac user", you like to imagine that you actually care about the length of time it takes for your laptop to warm up, as if 40 seconds is just too damn long to wait Charlie Brooker agrees with me, look! I must be right! He even feels the same about the click! :http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2007/feb/05/comment.media

Just watch the video, maybe you'll see what I mean. It's "consumer product" this "consumer product" that with some mad pop eyed bald guy who's talking about the Mac book as if he's just shat a man sized egg out of his arse and Jesus hatched. And what's that sneaky little guitar bit at the end? I have no idea but to me it sounds a hell of a lot like Coldplay...or fuck, even U2, Christ. I honestly don't know what the world is coming to and I certainly don't want to buy into that. http://www.apple.com/uk/macbook/

On the other hand, Stephen Fry likes Macs and iPods and all of these buggers and Stephen Fry is the authority on everything and is not pretentious at all. I would post a link to his blog, but my desktop doesn't want me to have a look at his site. It's warning me that visiting his site might damage my computer because of BADWARE haaahahaha seriously! Anyway, since when have I been worried about looking like a pretentious arse? Isn’t that what I am? I get a massive student discount so I don't need to feel so bad about excessive spending on the thing, at least I'll have the satisfaction of knowing I didn't pay the full price and part of new laptop can be part of a birthday present because of becoming 21. I could be an ironic reluctant Mac owner rather than "user", that's right computer, I OWN you for I am a human and you might be really shiny but I am better than you, I don't borrow your damned services and then bask in your astonishingly engineered, lovely LED illuminated glow and I am not thankful for your damned existence, making life oh so much better than it was before I had you. Fucker.


That's right, damn straight I'm buying a Mac, and I'm going to buy a lovely skin and damn well run windows because WINDOWS PWNS apple, I'll not give in to you! Not ever!

FTW PEACE

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