Screw you Justin Long! (pt2)

I wake up on Sunday morning, and power on my Macbook. Nothing. At this point all I could do was smile in frustration. Smile because I knew if I didn't I would've have probably thrown it out the window. Only 2 days after being "repaired" it stopped powering on again. And since I was going to be on Ortigas on Monday, I had to wait till today to bring it back to the repair shop. But just for shits and giggles, I pull it out of my bag and try to power it on. Wahey IT FUCKING LIGHTS UP. Ahh yes, because laptops that randomly choose when they will work ARE EXACTLY WHAT I WANT.

Now I know I don't speak for the entire consumer base, nor does this incident represent all of Apple's products. And this also doesn't mean that I suddenly love Vista and co. (The Vista campaign, and some may argue the OS itself, was horrendous. XP and even 2k are still my preferred Windows OS'.) Call me deluded and/or jaded, but when a product is advertised and tries to build its reputation as a stable product, unexpectedly fails for no reason, that's what pisses me off. When I build a Windows PC, I know what I'm getting into. BSOD's, spyware, IE7 (lol) and what have you, but I know it's expected and I can usually prevent it or find ways around it. With a Mac, according to Justin Long and co., "it just works". Well, for me, it did until a week ago. Then it became "It just works... sometimes".

Speaking of Justin Long, after being beat up by Apple ad's for so long, Microsoft answered with the "I'm a PC" ads, and I found these way better. Sure the "I'm a Mac" ads may have convinced me to buy a Mac, but the "I'm a PC" ads made me want to switch back, and that's a considerable feat. (Take that all you "once you go Mac, you'll never go back!" people. Fuck I hate that phrase. And I hate the people that use it. Yeah I went Mac, and it randomly won't fucking power on!)
That and Feng from Microsoft (@0:10 in the ad) is hot, she's like an Asian version of Sarah Chalke.



And again, every Apple pundit will probably bash me for the weak reasons I've presented, but what it all boils down to is a matter of personal preference. And for me, I prefer using a Windows PC. (except Vista. Ulgh. And fucking Biztalk Server. YEAH I'LL RANDOMLY NOT CONNECT TO THE DATABASE.)