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Apple Fanboys Rap, They’re on a Mac

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Here’s another one for all you Mac fanboys out there. Ending the year right with another love-my-Mac, PC-bashing video created by the Apple fan boys at Switch to Mac.  Ok, I admit I actually enjoyed the clip even though I’ve never heard of the rap song “I’m on a boat” which I believe these guys spoofed so well.

Just set aside some hard-hitting curses and the presence of the Asian women in skimpy swimsuit doing some sleazy moves, and I’m pretty sure you’ll appreciate if not enjoy  the video. That is of course if you’re on a Mac and not on aPC.  Yes, we’re on a Mac and we all know what the PC guys are missing – no viruses, no drivers, 64-bit goodness, 8-core what-have-yous.

I wonder if the slander on Microsoft Zune and Mr. Gates’ exploding head are enough reasons for Microsoft to hit back on these guys with a law suit? Well, I guess if that happens, the guys were asking for it.

Now, excuse me. I’ve got to check my box of cereal to see if there’s a MacBook White inside. My friend PC Pain certainly needs it.

Yes, folks like these guys – I’m on a Mac.

In case you’re interested to know, these guys are the same Apple fan boys responsible for the “Mac or PC” video that went viral also this year.

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Originally posted on December 28, 2009 @ 6:02 pm

Snow Leopard Finally Shows Web Colors Properly

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Snow LeopardHave you ever noticed that Web page colors generally look brighter on Macs than on PCs? Contrary to what Mac fanboys will tell you, that’s not a result of Steve Jobs’ infinite wisdom. Macs use a gamma of 1.8 to match most printing presses. Windows uses a gamma of 2.2 to match the HDTV capture standard.

The gaudy brightness of Web colors on Macs is merely a vestige of print publishing. That’s why Web design newbies on Macs tend to come up with dark layouts that are hard to read on PCs.

People who still publish on dead trees would appreciate Mac displays matching print. The difference between how Macs and PCs show Web colors, however, has been a pain in the ass to Web designers for years. That pain is about to go away, as Mac OS X Snow Leopard switches to a gamma of 2.2.

For years, Mac fanboys have been trying to convince me that their brighter Web page displays are better. For years, I’ve been tolerating unreadably dark Web pages from newbie designers on Macs. Turns out they were all just hanging on to outdated specs.

Originally posted on September 7, 2009 @ 8:44 am

Outlook for Mac coming. Excited? Me neither

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emtourage-mac-xI’m one of those irritating Mac users that has barely any Microsoft software installed. When I want to read a Word document to get the gist (rather than the formatting) I’ll use TextEdit or Pages. Spreadsheets? Boring anyway. PowerPoint goes to Keynote.

So I’m not particularly excited to hear that Microsoft will be shipping Outlook instead of Entourage in its next business version of Office for Mac.

Microsoft has promised that Office will be better integrated with the OS because it’ll be built on Cocoa, with a new database and information rights management system.

True to Microsoft form, Office 2008 for Mac Business Edition will launch on September 15 2009, but do I care? [Read more…]

Originally posted on August 13, 2009 @ 12:11 pm