Writer buys MacBook. Discovers that it doesn't come with a word processor. Shells out $400 bucks for Office. Bitches and moans in his paper's online blog
Rampant, Idiotic MacBookery
Also note that people - at least the ones I know - don't buy Apple products as an alternative to giving money to Microsoft. They buy Apple products because they are good tools and they work. Making purchasing choices to spite a gigantic corporation that couldn't give two flips about your opinion is as useless as a one-day hunger strike.
Mr. Constant, meet your researching friend, the lazyweb.
Rampant, Idiotic MacBookery
The motherfucking computer doesn’t come with a word processor. I am (allegedly) a writer. I write lots of things that I then send to people who publish them. I need a word processor. Open-source word programs aren’t compatible with my employers, and so, finally, today, I had to buy fucking Microsoft Office for Macintosh. For four hundred dollars. If a computer doesn’t have a working word processor that’s at all functional, is it realy ethical to claim that it does everything out of the box? I just want a word processor on my computer. When did this become too much to ask? How many computer-illiterate buffoons—like myself—were fucked over by Apple this way? I thought people bought Apples so they wouldn’t give a buttload of money to Microsoft.Writer is then told about the numerous 'free' and open source options for producing .doc format files by more commenters than you can shake a stick at.
Also note that people - at least the ones I know - don't buy Apple products as an alternative to giving money to Microsoft. They buy Apple products because they are good tools and they work. Making purchasing choices to spite a gigantic corporation that couldn't give two flips about your opinion is as useless as a one-day hunger strike.
Mr. Constant, meet your researching friend, the lazyweb.
