I has a confession. [rant]

[annikk.exe]

I've been holding my tongue because I didn't want to go off-topic, but the vitriol is building and I thought I'd try to expel it in a controlled way, in a thread all of its own.
I hope I do not offend anyone.. :S

But anyway. Here goes.


I hate macs. Hate them.

I hate the very idea of them. I hate Steve Jobs with the pure, burning rage of ages. I hate Apple's products, their marketing strategy, their little catch phrases and the mac fanboys who rave about how amazing their computers are and that they "never crash" and "can't get viruses".

I hate the fact that Apple refuse to adopt many of the global standards that allow different components to work with other components like all other personal computer manufacturers do - paving the way for the manufacturers of dedicated aftermarket components to flourish. I hate the Mac mouse and the ridiculously contrived user interface. I HATE the propensity to put "i" before every single product, as if this somehow makes it more Advanced. iPod, iPhone, iMac, iHate.

I hate their logo and I hate the vomituous "cutesy appeal" Apple tried to use to sell more machines. I hate the stupidity of claiming "it just works" when sites like macfixit.com exist. Most of all, I HATE that several leading effects manufacturers like Lexicon only really support Macs and write drivers for the PC as an afterthought, skimping on features and preventing the use of their product in full to anyone with the audicity to choose PC.

Hate. Hate. HATE.


Ok, I'm done.



-Annikk