Mac vs PC

The Mac Vs PC wars have occupied many a cameo appearance in my Youtube surfing over the years, and the animosity between these two pillars of the technological world has always been a source of wonderment. I do not mean by this that I have abstained from participating in this most ferocious battle. I have valiantly fought for the black and grey of the PC since the beginning. But why did I stick so stubbornly to the PC, whilst attending a private, Jewish school in which Macbooks are the planets around which Blackberrys and Itouches revolve?

Maybe the answer is in the question. Maybe I resented being considered technologically backward with my Dell Inspiron 560.

You see, whilst Macbooks are quite simply: very cool, I do not accept the fact that “they can even run Windows” as a convincing argument. This is akin to making a 3D movie and releasing it in the normal, two-dimensional format. Macs are the 3D film of the computing world. They’re cumbersome, functionally useless and expensive. The analogy weakens slightly when one acknowledges that they, at least, do fulfil their purpose without requiring cheap, unattractive eyewear.

Furthermore, Apple seems to encourage more thought to be directed towards the concept than towards its practicality. As a veteran of the iPhone revolution, I can conclude that whilst it is a great toy, it is a terrible phone. Missed calls, freezing for hours and a battery that doesn’t last the amount of time it takes me to eat a bowl of Coco Shreddies, I could be forgiven if I occasionally yearned for my old Nokia.

Anyway, the significant point is that Macbooks and PCs are now very much identical. Aesthetically, and in price, of course, there are differences, but in terms of hardware (I’m reliably informed, by my computer scientist brother) they are very similar. As a result, one might expect the war to be over. Apple users can admit that their computer can get viruses after all, and PC’s troops can admit that they are ugly in comparison. But judging by this latest skirmish in the Jungfernstieg section of Hamburg, Germany, it seems that the war is still very much alive.

NB: It is essential that I inform you here that the building featured in this video is destined to be an Apple store, and the completely unnecessary lengths to which these people have gone are the source of my amusement.

Finally, I must apologise here, because I am about to disappoint my thousands of avid readers. I have exams until the end of next week, so will be taking a temporary leave from the blogosphere. This post was hastily constructed, for which I duly apologise, but my exams must take precedence. With that, I wish you all goodbye, and I wish myself good luck!