They’re out there, you know. The Apple Zombies. The brain-numbed Undead mindlessly following the dictates of their jean-clad Leader. They live among us, blending in. But, we’re hip to them.
You have seen them, of course. They drive minivans and SUVs, identified in carpool line by the ubiquitous white Apple sticker on the rear window. They’re at Starbucks, sitting conspicuously, hoping someone will notice their newest MacBook, as they sip their double Frappucino, sweetened with Splenda and light cream. Their icy superior stares to those with PCs in the room are even colder than the five dollar drink they claim to enjoy.
For years, I had lived in a state of ignorant bliss, never expecting to become one of them. I didn’t need an Apple, I thought. My Windows box suited me just fine. Why change? So, I went through life, avoiding e-mail attachments, ignoring the annoying adware, and just thinking that reloading my OS was normal and expected. Eventually, I got the joke. It was time to move on. Had I become one of the Walking Dead?
Finally, in an act of desperation, I entered the Zombie lair, my local Apple Store. They were there, alright, walking though the displays with vacant stares, quietly, almost inperceptibly moaning, ready to open wallets to assimilate the latest technology from their Bay Area collective. I was among them, lost.
One spoke, as I displayed my Apple incompetence while wrapping on the track pad of a MacBook, looking for the Internet. “A Windows user?” one asked with a condescending tone. I didn’t answer, afraid of what might happen by looking an Apple Zombie directly in the eye. Still, I was feeling changed somehow, yet I still did not feel the need to dine on the flesh of the living.
I bought my MacBook that day, inviting this instrument of the Undead into my home. I like it. I cruised the Internet, opened e-mails, and wrote documents without crashes or viral infections. Or was it me who had been infected? Over the next couple of months, I returned to the Store of the Damned buying iPods, accessories, and finally the swanky iMac I type on tonight. Yes, I have become one of them, an Apple Zombie. See you at Starbucks.
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I have been using PC’s forever (never used a Mac) I presently have 6 in the house and home office. Never had a problem with emails, viruses, never had to reload an operating system. XP has locked up about 3 times. Pulled the power plug, waited a minute, plugged in and continued working. I’ve never opened attachment unless I know who sent them–no problems.
Know only 2 people who have Mac’s and they have had far more problems than I have with their computers.
Mac’s are very overpriced, software hard to find and expensive.
PC’s are just fine. Mac users just THINK they are better.
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ha ha! i was laughing out loud while reading this!
i’ll confess, i was born an apple zombie. ah, yes, i’ll never forget the day my dad brought home the macintosh plus and set it on the kitchen table, and we all hovered around in amazement at the grey box. then came several generations of newer and improved apples and power pc’s and oooohhhh the blue eggs, aka 1st generation imacs…. now i schlep around town with my cool smooth macbook and iphone, from coffee shop to library, scanning the room for other mac users…. challenging my boyfriend and his dell to laptop races…..