Entries in Crash (2)

Monday
20Apr2009

I'm a PC... With Vista!

Just for fun...

Friday
27Mar2009

The trouble with PC

Or perhaps, My problems with being a PC.  One of the biggest complaints I have with being a PC is simply that things just don't work.  As a PC, with so many applications, devices, tools, toys, peripherals, and things that can be attached it's amazing that all of the manufacturers haven't figured out a way to standardize stuff so that it works.  For example, there was this whole idea of "plug and play."  Remember that?  You werePlug and Play? Hmm supposed to be able to plug stuff in and it would figure out what was needed and make it play.  Yeah, that doesn't work so well.

But to give credit, it has gotten better.  There really are a lot of devices that when they are plugged into a PC, like cameras and printers, they do "just work."  But it's so inconsistent.

As I look into becoming a Mac it seems that many of those concepts have been thought through.  I often hear Mac fan boys say that "Mac's just work!"  That sounds pretty good to me.  However, it's not a guarantee, right?  Is that enough reason to turn my back on years of being a PC?  Is that enough to throw away all of my time, money, blood, sweat, and tears?  Yeah.... many, many tears.

I guess I better really think about this whole idea.  Maybe I'll just talk myself out of it in the end.

The new plug and play...