Mac vs PC: Does it matter anymore? – O’Reilly Broadcast

by C.K. Sample III on 8/15/2008 · 0 comments

in Blogging, Online Media, Tech, web two point oh

I blogged over on my O’Reilly Author blog for the first time since 2005 today, wondering aloud if Mac vs. PC matters any more. Here’s the beginning bit:

Anyone who’s read what I’ve written in the past knows that I’ve always been a die hard Mac user. I’ve noticed a change recently, however, in my own approach to computers that I think may reflect a larger ongoing trend. Last year, I bought an Asus Eee PC, largely because it was cheap, small, and very hackable. I added a touchscreen, an extra flash drive, and installed both Ubuntu and XP on the Eee. Suddenly, I was finding this small laptop, running on hardware that reflected more closely a computer I’d had several years before, an appealing platform. Why?

Read the rest here: Mac vs PC: Does it matter anymore? – O’Reilly Broadcast.

ps–I hope they update my author profile picture soon. I sent them a new pic and the current one is beyond silly.

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