Unwanted “advice” sucks
This is an entry I’ve been wanting to make for a while, but I keep forgetting. Thanks to Jay’s Twitter message, I remembered the topic. He twittered the following:
Everyone who thinks it’s so funny to say “BUY A MAC!” when I ask for PC advice, my faves are a tribute to you! http://twitter.com/jsmooth995/favorites
If you go to his Twitter favorites it is about people complaining about their Macs. o_O As a PC owner it gets old seeing Mac people look down on PC users. People should pick a computer based on their needs, not as a status symbol. I personally use a PC because:
- I like to build computers, tweak it etc.
- I have many more options for software (since I beta test a lot of software) for the PC vs. Mac.
For example, I might dabble and play War Hammer to test out their PvP and they don’t make it for Macs. Have I thought about purchasing a Mac since I will be video editing? Yes. Do I also realize that would be an expensive investment to use for one thing? Yes. Am I satisfied with how Apple handles security issues (not that I am with Microsoft but at least they do on a scheduled regular basis provide updates)? No. Microsoft has their security issues but so does Apple. A 12 year old found a security issue in iPhone:
This was in iPhone version 2.1 (5F136), the currently shipping version. Since I have no access to beta of non-released firmwares I can’t test to see if it has been fixed since then. For those who care, this is bug 6267416. I don’t have much hope for it being fixed soon, because my security bug 5368148 from July of 2007 is still marked as open, and still unfixed in 10.5.5.
Anything that circumvents security access is a security flaw. I’m sure there is a logical explanation for why there is a security issue (or any issue) open since July 2007. I’d love to know how many bugs/security issues there are and how long they’ve been open.
This behavior doesn’t only happen with Apple products. I see weekly someone dissing another person for not using WordPress. Someone asks a legitimate question about Text Pattern and the response: use WordPress. Someone mentions they are having issues with MovableType but would like to do X and the response: use WordPress.
I think people should think about answering the damn question. How is it helpful, if someone is looking for help or advice, to recommend they abandon what they like and use something else…without answering the question? How would you like it if you took your car in to get a diagnostic and the mechanic said, “Buy a Honda” instead of helping you with your specific problem? Or you go to the doctor and instead of examining all your options he suggests removing the body organ? You bring someone of a different race to meet your parents. Their response: You should have brought an X girl/boy.
Yeah.it.is.just.as.messed.up.telling.a.PC.user.to.buy.a.Mac.
Competition is good and it’s wonderful that as consumer we have a choice to use a PC, a Mac or use both. Linux, et al offer more options. It’s good that people are using different products. Variety is good.
And if you give a recommendation, please answer their question. They’ll appreciate it.
Edrei # —
Errr…use Linux?
No really, I get what you mean. Many a times I’ve been on the end of the “Get a Mac” answer until I swore never to touch a Mac ever.
It turns out that a lot of problems on Windows can be easily solved if people take the time to look into it. Many of the perks that other operating systems have (on both Linux and OSX) can be emulated or even perfected on Windows based operating systems. So really, whenever people answer me with “Get a Mac” these days, I tend to retort back with “Get a life”.
We can find so much if we take the time to think outside the box to solve our problems. Not just for windows, but same goes without so many other platforms out there. And even the things in our lives.
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