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Re: How to turn a PC user into an Apple fanboy

Mark Dykeman — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:35:55 -0000

I wasn't thinking in terms of cost, but sure, that's a factor in any buying decision.

Re: How to turn a PC user into an Apple fanboy

Rick Powell — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:03:04 -0000

Off the top of my head, The Mekons, a first-wave British punk band, recorded a two grand records in the mid-80s called Fear and Whiskey and Honky Tonkin, both obviously and unironically influenced by American country. Mekon leader Jon Langford later moved to Chicago and formed the Waco Brothers, labeled alt-country by some but it still sounds like roots rock/country played by punks, to me. Some of his Mekons buddies joined him later. The Godfathers, also British, always played a Cash cover during their encores. Again, off the top of my head. :-)

Re: How to turn a PC user into an Apple fanboy

Michael Kozakewich — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:50:55 -0000

Everyone always goes on about Macs as if it's a simple choice between Windows or Mac. Really, though, a Mac tends to cost three or four times the price. Most of America (by which I mean USA and Canada) and lots of Europe have a hard time spending an extra hundred dollars, let alone an extra thousand.

I'll get a Mac in a few years, but at this point in time it's hard enough for me to afford a Windows laptop. Actually, I'd be more inclined to go Linux or Ubuntu. Then there's Debian and Unix and so many things to research...

Re: How to turn a PC user into an Apple fanboy

Mark Dykeman — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 07:26:05 -0000

HS: this is interesting. Although I'm not deeply knowledgeable about punk, so was a bit surprised at the country connection (though perhaps more for US bands than UK bands?)

Re: How to turn a PC user into an Apple fanboy

Rick Powell — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 22:41:22 -0000

X was always country-influenced, as were quite a few great punk bands, back in the day. Social Distortion's cover of Ring of Fire, for instance, is about a billion times better than Adam Lambert's, probably because it admitted that you could not improve on the original. Some people get that.

Window OS, for the most part, has always been a series of riffs on, homages to, rip-offs of Mac OS. I don't think that fact would persuade anyone without a sense of history. Which excludes most American consumers.