Comments on: Warhammer Online Comes To The Mac; John Hodgman Dons Armor http://www.manolith.com/2009/07/30/warhammer-online-comes-to-the-mac-john-hodgman-dons-armor/ Man Guide Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:09:35 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: jim http://www.manolith.com/2009/07/30/warhammer-online-comes-to-the-mac-john-hodgman-dons-armor/comment-page-1/#comment-6890 jim Thu, 30 Jul 2009 19:29:12 +0000 http://www.manolith.com/?p=34835#comment-6890 i remember growing up, dutifully insulting and jeering at anyone who had a mac, but then at some point in time that all changed, and it was I - the PC user - that was being made fun of. i always assumed that under Steve Jobs, Macs had simply become much, much better. which, is likely true. but i'm now beginning to realize that this change happened at the same time as i switched from a die-hard gamer to a once-in-a-while minesweeper player (the horror!). so my question? among gamer-circles, is the Mac still succinctly derided as worthless and useless? or have even gamers jumped ship, realizing the true powers of an Apple computer? i remember growing up, dutifully insulting and jeering at anyone who had a mac, but then at some point in time that all changed, and it was I – the PC user – that was being made fun of.

i always assumed that under Steve Jobs, Macs had simply become much, much better. which, is likely true. but i’m now beginning to realize that this change happened at the same time as i switched from a die-hard gamer to a once-in-a-while minesweeper player (the horror!).

so my question? among gamer-circles, is the Mac still succinctly derided as worthless and useless? or have even gamers jumped ship, realizing the true powers of an Apple computer?

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