YAY for Mac v PC
Yet Another Yawn, that is
Common sense is MIA
At the end of the day, it is what works best in the eyes of the user.
Just as users don't know or care which OS is on their cell phones, they generally don't care which OS is on their larger devices. I always thought it was the 90 percent outfit that fostered the notion that there were big differences, to scare people away from trying anything else.
Then Apple came out with the "I'm a Mac" stuff, which I thought was terrible at the time and still do. Seems to be working fine for Apple, but seems pointless other than to inflame discussions about the inherent superiority of one OS over the other. A discussion which doesn't matter to most.
Common sense people will keep flocking, or at least gradually accepting, the stuff that works best for them. Lost in the hype and the flames, that is the secret weapon of the Mac.
Secret Weapon on the Web
"You and your fellow columnists do a marvelous job of providing straightfoward, commonsense material that's enjoyable to read. I really wish more sites out there on the 'net would take that cue."
http://lowendmac.com/misc/10mr/mb0318.html
Blaine sums up what most people think about the Web as well. Too much hype, not enough real world useful. That is how Twitter beats NBC for Olympics coverage*. Big media may be too big too ever "get it". Real world netizens are not nearly so interested in the flash (freudian slip) as in simple access to the information we seek.
People care a lot about how they get their Web information, they just don't always have the choice of getting it the way they want it.
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Twitter beats NBC
http://www.wired.com/playbook/2010/02/golden-games-for-social-media