I have joined the dark side

[BarTopDancer]

I am a reformed gamer who likes the opportunity to play games if I want to. Now, I haven't touched a game in close to 4 years, and despite attempts by co-workers, boyfriends and friends, I have no interest in playing WoW, or the SIMS or any other game out on the market. But I like knowing that I could if I want to. Does that stop me from wanting a Mac? No. Will it sway things more in that direction if they become gamer friendly? Sure. Would I start gaming again if Mac was conducive to it? Highly doubt it. My interests are elsewhere now.

I agree with GD completely. It is all about the market segment that they choose to go after. They don't need to go after the gamers. PC and Mac will compete until pigs fly, but they cater to two different markets, and until one can do what the other does, better, they will both be around.

On the topic of Macolyte's, I find that they aren't around as much, or as vocal as they once were. I used to swear I would never own an iPod, or buy a Mac (BE can attest to this), however, times change, market segments change, people change and the economy changes. A Mac, or an iPod is no longer a "status" of sorts. Sure, there are people who define themselves by their machines but that falls on both sides of the "war". Macs are now available to the "common man", and are being marketed to them as such (see Mac vs. PC commercials). If one stops looking for the Macolyte's, they pretty much cease to exist.

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by BarTopDancer

(see Mac vs. PC commercials)

Funny that you bring up the commercials. Those were actually kind of a risky move on Apple's part as a similar tactic many years ago, in the early days of the Mac vs. PC war, really backfired on Apple. The year after the now famous "1984" commercial (directed by Ridley Scott, featuring Anya Major as the heroine), Apple put out a commercial during the next Superbowl showing IBM users as lemmings, which promptly pissed off the business world.

Doh!

[BarTopDancer]

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby

Funny that you bring up the commercials. Those were actually kind of a risky move on Apple's part as a similar tactic many years ago, in the early days of the Mac vs. PC war, really backfired on Apple. The year after the now famous "1984" commercial (directed by Ridley Scott, featuring Anya Major as the heroine), Apple put out a commercial during the next Superbowl showing IBM users as lemmings, which promptly pissed off the business world.

Doh!

I remember those commercials and hearing about the fallout. I think the difference between then and now is this: the "lines are drawn". Those businesses that deal in graphics and graphic art gravitate towards Mac. Those who don't gravitate towards PC. Office for Mac helped bring Mac's into the business world, although it doesn't seem that Mac will ever replace PC. But who really knows what the future holds.

*I* didn't take the new commercials to be targeted at businesses (even though some used business as a backdrop). I took them to be targeted at the person who still has a hard time with a PC (getting viruses, blue screen of death, etc...). We're a pretty tech savvy group and we associate with a lot of tech savvy people. But there are a lot of people who can barely figure out how to turn their computer on, or get online.