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I’m a graphic designer and musician (check out my profile page). And I hate Macs.
Apple is no longer the computer of “creatives”, hasn’t been for a very long time. Macs only have one mouse button... how creative can you be with only one button..? What software does Apple have that isn’t on PC? Final Cut Pro and Logic Audio... and... ummm... that’s about it. For years now Apple has only been the computer for the computer illiterate, TV and movie characters, the tragically hip, and of course, Al Gore.

I’m a graphic designer and musician (check out my profile page). And I hate Macs. Apple is no longer the computer of “creatives”, hasn’t been for a very long time. Macs only have one mouse button... how creative can you be with only one button..? What software does Apple have that isn’t on PC? Final Cut Pro and Logic Audio... and... ummm... that’s about it. For years now Apple has only been the computer for the computer illiterate, TV and movie characters, the tragically hip, and of course, Al Gore.

I'm a designer, music and video editor. I use a Mac. All of the other designers in my department use Macs. The print vendors we use are mostly Mac. This industry is still saturated with Macs. I have also used a Windows PC and found little support for it. I'm sure that has improved, but the Mac is still the leader in this market.

I am typing this on my Mac and using my Apple 2-button mouse to navigate this site. Actually, it's capable of more buttons, but I find too many annoying. I do like the scroll button on it though.

Apple is no longer the computer of “creatives”, hasn’t been for a very long time. Macs only have one mouse button... how creative can you be with only one button..? What software does Apple have that isn’t on PC? Final Cut Pro and Logic Audio... and... ummm... that’s about it. For years now Apple has only been the computer for the computer illiterate, TV and movie characters, the tragically hip, and of course, Al Gore.

Counter, the Mac has had a multi-button mouse with a scroll ball (very useful for "creatives") for almost three years now. Macs have supported multi-button mouses for at least 15 years... usually without needing a driver. Plug one in and it works. Where have you been?

I could use the same outdated information by asking "Does the PC still have those weird rectangular pixels?" that prevented them for so long in being true WYSIWYG.

Computer illiterate, Huh? I've only got 26 years of IT experience under my belt, some of it with a sideline as both a graphic artist and as a musician. I assure you that my SMB IT clients do not pay me over $100 an hour for being "computer illiterate." I am computer multi-literate, being a consultant on DOS, Windows, Mac, Unix, and Linux. In fact, most Mac users are at least computerly bi-literate as they have been forced by mono-literate Windows only IT departments to be Windows users at their work... but have chosen to use a Mac at home.

Nor am I 'tragically hip"... my daughters say I'm about as square as they come.

I am not Al Gore, either...