Comments on: A Mac switcher’s story, six months later

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 11 Aug 2005 04:53:45 +0000

Rob/Stephan — I have to admit to not being a huge PC gamer. Not much of a gamer at all, anymore (which a lot of people will probably find surprising, as a former writer with EGM, Official Dreamcast Mag, IGN, among others). But when I game, I prefer the console. But that having been said, I’m running the Sims 2 in high detail mode with no problems. It came out a bit after the PC version, but it did come out.

banj — cool site! and great comments on the Mac — I totally agree. Everything just feels… nice, and clean. To put it poorly.

By: banj

banj — Wed, 10 Aug 2005 22:19:15 +0000

That’s really a good read, I suppose because I’ve been a Mac head for 11 years now. They surely are solid especially with OSX. PC’s are so tempermental, with their thousands of viruses, cluttered fragmented hard drives, apps not launching until you try 3 or 4 times. Macs on the other hand are a way of computing life. A trek outside the mold. A kind of “you have no idea PC boy” mentality. I love it and it’s glad to have another one come in from the dark…

By: Rob

Rob — Wed, 10 Aug 2005 20:23:09 +0000

Stephan, I'm glad to hear it. I'm not ready to cross the PC/Mac Rubicon, but it warms my heart to hear that some gaming goodness is growing on the Mac side.

Nice site, by the way.

By: Stephan Segraves

Stephan Segraves — Wed, 10 Aug 2005 20:05:37 +0000

Rob,

There are a lot of games that I play on PC that I can play on Macs (First to Fight, America's Army, and Doom 3, which looks amazing). There are some games that aren't portable to Macs but it's starting to become commonplace that games are released with a Mac version.

By: Rob

Rob — Wed, 10 Aug 2005 19:53:49 +0000

But what about the games, man? Aren’t PC games far superior to Mac games? (Or at least, aren’t games released on PC about a year earlier than on the Mac, if they make it to the Mac at all?) And what else truly matters?

By: Stephan Segraves

Stephan Segraves — Wed, 10 Aug 2005 14:30:17 +0000

I used to be the same way about Macs. I thought they were a "showboat" computer with no real value. When I was required to use one at a job I used to have my whole perspective changed. Everything seemed easier, I found myself getting more work done, being more organized, and just enjoying the experience. The OS is built that way. It's clean, it's organized and it's fun.

I am now trying to get a PowerBook and it's gone from being something nice to have to being a need. Now I don't know what to do with the whole switch to Intel.

By: Kaitlin

Kaitlin — Wed, 10 Aug 2005 13:37:53 +0000

Help convince me of the superiority of Macs by buying me a Powerbook. Pretty please?