I’ve owned and used both Macs and PCs. I love the Mac brand. The machines look great. The GUI is slick. Steve Jobs is cool. Their stock price is way up. Why do I still like PCs better? I have designer friends that will fight over dissing a Mac. I ask them, “Have you ever used a PC long enough to be comfortable with one?” “No”, they reply. Such loyalty. If it weren’t for font availability and compatibility, and this passionate loyalty, Macs would not exist today. Since the Intel PIII processor, PCs do graphics as just well. 

I'll admit Microsoft does make some really clunky GUIs for some of their software. Ever use PowerPoint, or for heaven's sake Visio?

Now everybody is excited that Macs can run Windows. Why is that such good news if the Mac OS is superior to Windows as Macs pundits tout? Could it be that deep down Macs lovers are tired of being the minority?

Can people finally have their cake and eat it too? Imagine a cool guy at Starbucks on his Mac laptop wearing his headphones. The stereotype is creative, iTunes loving, individualist. Further investigation reveals he is running Windows and listening to some right-wing podcast while doing his taxes. What is happening?

My prediction is the Macs OS will become another OS one can run on their Dell. Open Type fonts will take over. Steve Jobs has a coronary and people will be sitting around remembering the good old days when they lost four hours of beautiful design work because their Mac crashed again.

It’s tax time. I think I’ll buy a Mac laptop and a cappuccino, but only if I get one on sale.