The Wow Starts Now?
I need a new computer. My video editing software runs like molasses on my current PC and I need a faster one. Unfortunately, Windows Vista is now offered on every new PC that I look at. I don’t want Windows Vista. I’ve watched it run. It runs like molasses on the fast machines.
All over CES, there were huge signs screaming “The Wow Starts Now,†but everyone on the shuttle buses and on the convention floor were talking about the iPhone. Any “wow†that was discussed was reserved for Apple, not Windows Vista.
The thing is, I don’t want an Apple computer. There are some things about Apple that just aren’t as good as on the PC. I know the Apple Cult cries foul everytime someone says that, but it’s true. Some much greater minds have discussed in detail here:
Sure Apple is better at some things, but they aren’t better at EVERYTHING and I have a hard time giving up the PC. But Windows Vista is totally different than Windows XP. I’m going to have to learn a new system if I upgrade to a faster PC and I’m going to have to learn a new system if I upgrade to a Mac.
In the end, I don’t think Microsoft was thinking of me when they created Windows Vista. I think they were thinking a little too much of how to compete with Apple. I don’t know if Apple was thinking of me either. I’ve never really felt part of the Apple Cult. It always seems like Steve Jobs is a little elitist and I don’t know if I’m “good enough†to be an Apple owner.
All I want is to be able to edit my video and burn it to a DVD in less than 12 freakin’ hours. Is that too much to ask?