Everyone should own a Mac!





Everyone should own a MacBook or an iMac. TSJC was wise to provide a Mac lab where breakdowns and screams are not heard as often as in the overheated PC labs on the second floor.

The commercial “I’m a Mac. I’m a PC” says it all. The Mac is a brilliant piece of machinery; just ask anyone who has owned or used one. When I’ve used Mac’s, no crashes have altered time for me; nor have any viruses made me Witchy Poo.

However, using a PC is a whole different phenomenon. After using the Mac Lab, I’m so impressed and wonder why I ever went with a name brand PC or even a PC made for me by an expert. Like 50’s horror starring Lionel Barrymore “The Devil Doll”, the PC should be turned into a devil computer to represent all the frustration that is innate in a PC.

PC’s have given me so much grief; I’ve learned to scream because of a PC. My swear words have increased. I’m more proficient with excuses: the computer crashed, the printer ate my paper, I couldn’t open the file, I had to rebuild my tower, the computer made a funny sound like an airplane taking off, the computer is mad at me. So if you can imagine an excuse, a PC can make it live.

When I worked at Mental Health, the technical guru and even my own supervisor, asked what was I doing to the computers. In five years, I had three computers, I think. Of course, I was using lots of graphics and multimedia for developing the websites and newsletters and press releases. One time, all I did was turn on the computer and the monitor winked at me, then faded into oblivion. Finally everyone said it was my electric personality or my static buildup. I guess energy builds up like dandruff. They even put another metal file cabinet in just for me to touch before I touched the button to turn on the computer. The idea is that the file cabinet will suck out all the electrical life force surrounding me. (Sounds like another B-Movie to me!)

One of my students tells me that Mac’s are more stable and do not crash and very seldom get viruses. I like the Mac because the updates come without headaches or hiccups or even a B-Movie scream. One week, a glitch is noticed with iMovie, then the next the Mac gods miraculously fix the program glitch. With a PC, a major error in operation is sent to MicroSoft, and there is never a correction made until you are forced to buy the $200 edition of Windows 7.

So you can see, why I’m so thankful to be able to use a Mac, to use creative thought and not worry about whether or not there is Prozac in the house or any of those derivatives. It is such a breath of relief.

The Valley Courier uses Mac’s. They seldom have any problems with the function of the system. There are usual headaches of tracking down the truth of the story; but no blood clots in the brain due to the computer.

Everyone should own a Mac. I’m convinced we wouldn’t even have disagreements, much less wars if everyone owned a Mac. Mac’s never prompt a call to the manufacturer with argument in the subject line about what is covered and what isn’t.

If the government owned Mac’s, there wouldn’t be red tape that gets stuck in the bowels of the hard drive.

Student work would never be lost, I’m convinced, if they all owned their own MacBook. I would never believe them if they told me their Mac crashed.

Families would have less to worry about if they all owned a Mac because the finances would be impacted less by repairs, rebuilds, and recovering of data.

If everyone owned a Mac, everyone would not only be thankful for family and friends during Thanksgiving week, but they would be able to create a thanksgiving family picture with their iPhoto and share it online with their families. How easy is that!