When Mac Was Not So Cool

Want to see how hip and cool Mac was back in the day? Check out this commercial. Warning: you might throw up in your mouth a bit.

Per the music... Can you say shameless rip off of that one song from Flashdance? (I know I just dated myself. Children of the 80's, you with me?)

You Control Tunes - Cool Music Application for Mac Users

Here is a cool, free music application for Mac users. You can control your iTunes from the top menu bar. It sits near your Wi-Fi connection. I have found in very useful in the last few days that I have been using it. You can get it here.

New Mac Add and Colplay

See the new Mac add featuring Coldplay singing one of their new songs.

The Mac Progaganda Continues...

The truth about switching to...
PC users, here are some common misconceptions about why you think you should not switch over from the dark side. David Allison writes:

There are lots of reasons that people don't want to switch from Windows to Macintosh. I assume the most common reason is simply because Windows works for the people that are using it. The old adage "If it ain't broke don't fix it" tends to apply here. These people are not upgrading to Vista either, they're staying with Windows XP or even Windows 98 and are just fine.

There are however an increasing number of people that are moving to Macs now - many of them people like me that hated Macs at one time. I believe there are lots of reasons for this, not the least of which is that people that are running Windows XP are faced with an upgrade to Vista as their next logical step and feel that maybe it's okay to consider a Mac since they have to go through a full operating system refresh anyway.

One of the reasons I was not interested in Macs for a very long time was that I clung to many facts about the Mac that I felt eliminated it from contention. Well, as with many things in life it turns out the facts that I knew about the Mac were either hopelessly outdated or simply myths. What I wanted to do was tell you the ones that I was aware of and often cited when I dismissed Macs in the past.

His points are:

1. Mac's only use a single mouse button

2. There are not that many applications for Macs

3. Macs are closed machines that cannot be expanded

4. Macs don't work well with Windows machines on a network

5. Macs are more expensive

6. Macs can't run my Windows software

7. Macs are mouse centered machines. You constantly have to grab the mouse.

Read this whole post to see him flesh out these misconceptions about Macs.

Owning a Mac Will Help You Catch Criminals

Yet another reason to own a Mac. This is great:

Stolen Laptop Helps Turn Tables on Suspects

The thieves were voracious, filching flat-screen televisions and computer games, purloining iPods and DVDs, even making off with a box of liquor and a set of car rims in a burglary two weeks ago at an apartment three young people shared here. Luckily, they also took two laptop computers.

One of the laptops was a Macintosh belonging to Kait Duplaga, who works at the Apple store in the Westchester mall and thus knows how to use all its bells and whistles. While the police were coming up dry, Ms. Duplaga exploited the latest software applications installed on her laptop to track down the culprits and even get their photographs.

Read the whole thing to see how she did it.

(HT: Josh Harris)

This Is Actually Kind Of Funny

Macs are so far superior to PCs it no longer needs any explanation . Most rational people will admit this now. But still this comeback commercial from PC is kind of funny.