My name is James. James Del actually. I work at a place called Gawker Media, something I find myself explaining to my parents every time I see them. They'll get it one day. I don't believe in Twitter, but I do believe in Facebook and LinkedIn. There's a Myspace page out there too, but never mind that. Questions, concerns, and comments can be directed to James, At-Sign Gawker, Period Com.
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Sorry for the missive on Friday night. My problem with Macs stems from the fact that they make YOU, the user, incapable of fixing anything. So incapable in fact that they don’t even put their computers together with screws…you literally need a special Apple tool and treasure map to get a Macbook apart. Not to mention, doing so completely voids the warranty (which I suppose is true for PCs too, but it’s easy to open a PC and close it back up without moving anything out of place). If something happens to a Mac, you absolutely must take it to a Genius bar, so some excited-he’s-making-10-bucks-an-hour douchewaffle can tell you in 2 hours what you already knew after 10 minutes.
Not to mention, I’ve had this MacBook since September, and since then I’ve had the battery and DVD drive replaced for crapping out. Meanwhile, I’ve had my Dell (which was almost half the price of this sucker) since 2005, and I’ve treated it like shit over the years (multiple drops, spills, and general overuse…it hasn’t been shut down in like 6 months), but the worst ailment that thing has is a sticky ‘D’ key.
My point? Macs are fun, cool looking computers, but if I had to only have 1, it’d still be a PC. Apple based their business on making computers for retards, which makes it incredibly intuitive and easy to use, but also ties your hands when you want to do something beyond take a picture of yourself.
