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August 10, 2004

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Mac's back!

All is happy… For now. I’m trying to recreate all of my settings from before the last crash, which is a pain, but I’m moving speedily along.

I’m still bummed about losing my most updated NetNewsWire OPML file, but what can I do? This past week, I have been using Bloglines and, while it is very handy to have all of my RSS feeds online, I just can’t get used to the interface. Bloglines is still a very cool tool that I’m sure works wonderfully for those who started on it… Still, I am very thankful that a somewhat recent version of my OPML file is stored there.

iMacIn my 16+ years as a Macintosh user, there’s one thing that I just can’t get used to — something that I try very hard not to do myself. It is common in the Mac world and has just cause, but it’s just not right. It is “Mac-Snobbery.” Why is it that if one uses a Mac, one must think that they are the greatest, most knowledgeable Mac user on the face of the planet? Why is it that when one knows something about Macs they must make it a point to think everyone else around them are idiots?

Case-in-point…

I’m at MacHardware today picking up my G5 and one of the techs comes out to preach a sermon about proper hard drive maintenance and partitioning methods. I mean, I don’t know the guy. And the reason he came out in the first place was because I asked if the problem with my drive was a factory defect. So, anyway, this guy proceeds to tell me that 8-months (that’s approximately how old my drive is) is a very common length of time for a hard drive to last…

He says, “Yeah, so, some last a year or two, but depending on the amount of time that you use it — you know, like if you’re running video on it 24-hours a day — they can definitely go out sooner than that.”

I just stared at him. One to two years?!

When I finally snapped out of my “what is this guy smoking?” stupor, I responded, “I have been using the same hard drive in my G3 for over seven years and I run video and audio on it and it has never gone out on me and you tell me that 8-months is normal?”

(I must have had a crazed look in my eyes.)

The guy: “Yeah, I mean they can last a long time too.”

Whatever, dude.

The moral of this story?

I don’t care if you’ve used a Mac for 16 years or you’re just beginning to develop your own Mac-Snobbery… Don’t just throw it around at people. Please get to know them first.

Posted at 3:09 pm

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Comments (2):
Haha!! I dont even use a Mac and I’d think he’s high.. and partitioning methods… what the hell is that?! I’m glad you practice Mac-Humility. I just nod and say “uh huh” and pretend I know what you computer people are talking about.

Dennisthemenace () - August 10, 2004 at 3:31 pm

Good to here that you got your Mac back, have you seen the new G5 iMac allready? Looks great to me.
http://www.zdnet.nl/images/nw0407/040715_imacg5.jpg
Maybe I gonna buy…..no, probably to expencive :-(

Jöran (URL) - August 11, 2004 at 04:11 am

  
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