Today, my final day at the Academy (more on that later), I bought in my MacBook Pro to show off OS X to all of the PC lovers. I met resistance everywhere, even from the most intelligent students. While we were outside during lunch, one proclaimed:
Macs are so cheap, they only have one button mouses!
Before combatting the deeper issue here, there are two mistakes I must point out. The plural of mouse is mice. Also, Macs most definitely aren’t cheep.
I promptly whipped out my MacBook Pro and showed them how my trackpad works. I opened TextEdit, and typed a few words. I double clicked on one of those words, highlighting it. Then, I held down two fingers on the trackpad and clicked, evoking a contextual menu. For those of you who don’t know, a contextual menu is the expected response to a right click.
I don’t need two buttons. It’s simplified design.
Of course, I couldn’t sway any opinions. To quote Barack Obama:
Values are faithfully applied to the facts before us, while ideology overrides whatever facts call theory into question.
That’s pretty funny. Macs are MORE expensive. (Unless you got ripped off for a crap-puter through QVC or something)
They’re more expensive, but in my opinion, they’ll last you longer and more happily.