{"id":785,"date":"2007-05-13T16:59:44","date_gmt":"2007-05-13T15:59:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2007\/05\/mac-vs-pc-vs-linux.htm"},"modified":"2007-08-06T23:14:26","modified_gmt":"2007-08-06T22:14:26","slug":"mac-vs-pc-vs-linux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2007\/05\/mac-vs-pc-vs-linux.htm","title":{"rendered":"Mac vs. PC (vs. Linux)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A few months back, I wrote a post about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2007\/02\/mac-vs-pc.htm\">Mac vs. PC<\/a> ads (which, funny as they are, as a user of Macintosh, Windows <em>and<\/em> Linux PCs, I find to be a little misleading sometimes and downright untruthful others) before following it up when I heard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2007\/03\/my-computer-is-better-than-your-computer.htm\">an amusing Mac vs. PC parody on BBC Radio 4&#8217;s The Now Show<\/a>.  It was interesting to hear that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.macformat.co.uk\/page\/macformat?entry=new_podcast_30_04_07\">Mac Format magazine judged the ads as ineffective because the largest group of consumers to whom they appeal are already Mac users<\/a> (although Apple&#8217;s continuation of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/getamac\/\">Get a Mac<\/a> campaign would suggest that it is working for them) and, in the comments on my recent post about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2007\/05\/get-a-mac-maybe-but-windows-vista-offers-a-more-complete-package-than-you-might-think.htm\">some of the consumer-targeted features in Windows Vista being just as good as the functionality offered by Mac OS X<\/a>, I was criticised for saying:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Apple&#8217;s Get a Mac campaign draws on far too many half truths that will only become apparent to users after they have made the decision to switch, splashed out on the (admittedly rather nice) Apple hardware and then found out that the grass is not all green on the other side.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Regardless of the effectiveness (or honesty) of the original ads, late last night, whilst researching for my rebuttal of those comments, I came across some more Mac vs. PC ads:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/tv.truenuff.com\/mac\/\">The TrueNuff TV Mac vs. PC spoofs<\/a> &#8211; which really are just about poking fun (and do it rather well).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.novell.com\/linux\/meetlinux\/\">Novell&#8217;s extension of the Mac vs. PC theme<\/a>, where Mac and PC gain a new playmate&#8230; SUS[i]E Linux!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I&#8217;ve said before that the whole &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2006\/05\/forum-evangelism.htm\">my operating system is better than your operating system<\/a>&#8221; nonsense is quite ridiculous really but the TrueNuff guys have it all just about summed up:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Why would you love a Mac? Computers are computers. Macs are great. So are PCs. So are toasters &#8211; what&#8217;s your point?  It&#8217;s just a computer &#8211; get over it.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I&#8217;m enjoying the spoof ads though!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few months back, I wrote a post about the Mac vs. PC ads (which, funny as they are, as a user of Macintosh, Windows and Linux PCs, I find to be a little misleading sometimes and downright untruthful others) before following it up when I heard an amusing Mac vs. PC parody on BBC &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2007\/05\/mac-vs-pc-vs-linux.htm\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Mac vs. PC (vs. Linux)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[35,49,3,33],"class_list":["post-785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-mac-os-x","tag-humour","tag-linux","tag-windows"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Mac vs. PC (vs. Linux) - markwilson.it<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2007\/05\/mac-vs-pc-vs-linux.htm\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mac vs. PC (vs. Linux) - markwilson.it\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A few months back, I wrote a post about the Mac vs. PC ads (which, funny as they are, as a user of Macintosh, Windows and Linux PCs, I find to be a little misleading sometimes and downright untruthful others) before following it up when I heard an amusing Mac vs. PC parody on BBC &hellip; Continue reading Mac vs. PC (vs. Linux)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2007\/05\/mac-vs-pc-vs-linux.htm\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"markwilson.it\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2007-05-13T15:59:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2007-08-06T22:14:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mark Wilson\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@markwilsonit\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@markwilsonit\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Mark Wilson\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2007\\\/05\\\/mac-vs-pc-vs-linux.htm#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2007\\\/05\\\/mac-vs-pc-vs-linux.htm\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Mark Wilson\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/98f61365e7c39d6be942174b8c4de468\"},\"headline\":\"Mac vs. PC (vs. Linux)\",\"datePublished\":\"2007-05-13T15:59:44+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2007-08-06T22:14:26+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2007\\\/05\\\/mac-vs-pc-vs-linux.htm\"},\"wordCount\":339,\"commentCount\":12,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/98f61365e7c39d6be942174b8c4de468\"},\"keywords\":[\"Apple Mac OS X\",\"Humour\",\"Linux\",\"Microsoft Windows\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2007\\\/05\\\/mac-vs-pc-vs-linux.htm#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2007\\\/05\\\/mac-vs-pc-vs-linux.htm\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2007\\\/05\\\/mac-vs-pc-vs-linux.htm\",\"name\":\"Mac vs. PC (vs. Linux) - markwilson.it\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2007-05-13T15:59:44+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2007-08-06T22:14:26+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2007\\\/05\\\/mac-vs-pc-vs-linux.htm#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2007\\\/05\\\/mac-vs-pc-vs-linux.htm\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2007\\\/05\\\/mac-vs-pc-vs-linux.htm#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Mac vs. PC (vs. Linux)\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"markwilson.it\",\"description\":\"get-info -class technology | write-output &gt; \\\/dev\\\/web\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/98f61365e7c39d6be942174b8c4de468\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":[\"Person\",\"Organization\"],\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/98f61365e7c39d6be942174b8c4de468\",\"name\":\"Mark Wilson\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/uploads\\\/image-4.png?fit=800%2C800&ssl=1\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/uploads\\\/image-4.png?fit=800%2C800&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/uploads\\\/image-4.png?fit=800%2C800&ssl=1\",\"width\":800,\"height\":800,\"caption\":\"Mark Wilson\"},\"logo\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/uploads\\\/image-4.png?fit=800%2C800&ssl=1\"},\"description\":\"A Chartered IT Professional, with recent experience in technology leadership, IT strategy and practice management roles, Mark Wilson is an Enterprise Architect in the Advisory and Management Group at risual. During a career spanning more than two decades, Mark has gained widespread recognition as an expert in his field including both industry and national press exposure. In addition to certifications from Microsoft, VMware, Red Hat, The Open Group and Axelos, Mark held a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award for three years and is now part of the MVP Reconnect programme. Mark is also well-known on social media and maintains an award-winning blog.\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/markwilsonuk\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/in\\\/markawilson\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/markwilsonit\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/channel\\\/UCWHlZCoHRTocdvtrOJ2IL4A\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/mark-wilson\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Mac vs. PC (vs. Linux) - markwilson.it","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2007\/05\/mac-vs-pc-vs-linux.htm","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Mac vs. PC (vs. Linux) - markwilson.it","og_description":"A few months back, I wrote a post about the Mac vs. PC ads (which, funny as they are, as a user of Macintosh, Windows and Linux PCs, I find to be a little misleading sometimes and downright untruthful others) before following it up when I heard an amusing Mac vs. PC parody on BBC &hellip; Continue reading Mac vs. PC (vs. Linux)","og_url":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2007\/05\/mac-vs-pc-vs-linux.htm","og_site_name":"markwilson.it","article_published_time":"2007-05-13T15:59:44+00:00","article_modified_time":"2007-08-06T22:14:26+00:00","author":"Mark Wilson","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@markwilsonit","twitter_site":"@markwilsonit","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Mark Wilson","Estimated reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2007\/05\/mac-vs-pc-vs-linux.htm#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2007\/05\/mac-vs-pc-vs-linux.htm"},"author":{"name":"Mark Wilson","@id":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/98f61365e7c39d6be942174b8c4de468"},"headline":"Mac vs. PC (vs. Linux)","datePublished":"2007-05-13T15:59:44+00:00","dateModified":"2007-08-06T22:14:26+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2007\/05\/mac-vs-pc-vs-linux.htm"},"wordCount":339,"commentCount":12,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/98f61365e7c39d6be942174b8c4de468"},"keywords":["Apple Mac OS X","Humour","Linux","Microsoft Windows"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2007\/05\/mac-vs-pc-vs-linux.htm#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2007\/05\/mac-vs-pc-vs-linux.htm","url":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2007\/05\/mac-vs-pc-vs-linux.htm","name":"Mac vs. PC (vs. Linux) - markwilson.it","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2007-05-13T15:59:44+00:00","dateModified":"2007-08-06T22:14:26+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2007\/05\/mac-vs-pc-vs-linux.htm#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2007\/05\/mac-vs-pc-vs-linux.htm"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2007\/05\/mac-vs-pc-vs-linux.htm#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Mac vs. PC (vs. Linux)"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/","name":"markwilson.it","description":"get-info -class technology | write-output &gt; \/dev\/web","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/98f61365e7c39d6be942174b8c4de468"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/98f61365e7c39d6be942174b8c4de468","name":"Mark Wilson","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/uploads\/image-4.png?fit=800%2C800&ssl=1","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/uploads\/image-4.png?fit=800%2C800&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/uploads\/image-4.png?fit=800%2C800&ssl=1","width":800,"height":800,"caption":"Mark Wilson"},"logo":{"@id":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/uploads\/image-4.png?fit=800%2C800&ssl=1"},"description":"A Chartered IT Professional, with recent experience in technology leadership, IT strategy and practice management roles, Mark Wilson is an Enterprise Architect in the Advisory and Management Group at risual. During a career spanning more than two decades, Mark has gained widespread recognition as an expert in his field including both industry and national press exposure. In addition to certifications from Microsoft, VMware, Red Hat, The Open Group and Axelos, Mark held a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award for three years and is now part of the MVP Reconnect programme. Mark is also well-known on social media and maintains an award-winning blog.","sameAs":["http:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/markwilsonuk\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/markawilson\/","https:\/\/x.com\/markwilsonit","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCWHlZCoHRTocdvtrOJ2IL4A"],"url":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/author\/mark-wilson"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":872,"url":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2007\/08\/kernel-panic.htm","url_meta":{"origin":785,"position":0},"title":"Kernel panic","author":"Mark Wilson","date":"Monday 6 August 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"I've written before about how, according to Apple, reason number 1 to get a Mac is because \"all the hardware and software just works, and works well together\". I can't be bothered to get into the whole Mac vs. [Windows] PC (vs. Linux) thing now... I've written plenty on that\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"Apple Mac OS X\"","block_context":{"text":"Apple Mac OS X","link":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/tag\/mac-os-x"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":693,"url":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2007\/02\/mac-vs-pc.htm","url_meta":{"origin":785,"position":1},"title":"Mac vs. PC","author":"Mark Wilson","date":"Wednesday 7 February 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"A few months back, I commented that Apple's Mac vs. PC ads were amusing but it still strikes me as odd that a company with a brand as strong as Apple's would drop to what is effectively bragging. Anyway, despite the rumours of Mac guy Justin Long being replaced (which\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"Apple Macintosh\"","block_context":{"text":"Apple Macintosh","link":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/tag\/macintosh"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":605,"url":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2006\/09\/macbreak-weekly-rant.htm","url_meta":{"origin":785,"position":2},"title":"MacBreak Weekly rant","author":"Mark Wilson","date":"Thursday 14 September 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Leo Laporte's TWiT Podcast Network has some really good podcasts including This Week in Tech (TWiT). More recently, the network has launched MacBreak Weekly and (I understand) will soon launch a Windows Podcast hosted by Paul Thurrott. Of course, some of the information is subjective and must be taken with\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"Apple Macintosh\"","block_context":{"text":"Apple Macintosh","link":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/tag\/macintosh"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":404,"url":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2006\/04\/running-another-operating-system-on.htm","url_meta":{"origin":785,"position":3},"title":"Running another operating system on a Mac","author":"Mark Wilson","date":"Thursday 27 April 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Since Apple switched to using Intel processors for certain Macintosh models, I've been excited by the possibility of running Windows on a Mac. Some say its sacrilege. I say it's sensible. I love the Apple hardware, but am not a fan of the software, which (in my opinion) is proprietary\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"Apple Macintosh\"","block_context":{"text":"Apple Macintosh","link":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/tag\/macintosh"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":212,"url":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2006\/01\/windows-on-mac.htm","url_meta":{"origin":785,"position":4},"title":"Windows on a Mac?","author":"Mark Wilson","date":"Thursday 5 January 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Ever since Apple announced last year that they will switch to using Intel processors, the industry has been alive with speculation as to which Mac model will switch first. My view is a bit different - Apple make fantastic-looking PCs, and if they have Intel hardware I ought to be\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"Apple Macintosh\"","block_context":{"text":"Apple Macintosh","link":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/tag\/macintosh"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":977,"url":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2008\/01\/macworld-2008-looking-beyond-the-steve-jobs-reality-distortion-field.htm","url_meta":{"origin":785,"position":5},"title":"Macworld 2008 &#8211; looking beyond the Steve Jobs reality distortion field","author":"Mark Wilson","date":"Thursday 17 January 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Before the Apple fanboys call me a hater, I'm not a PC bigot.\u00a0 I've written here many times about how a PC is a PC, and that the MacOS X vs. Windows vs. Linux thing has gone too far, with advocates of each platform treating theirs as the one true\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"Apple\"","block_context":{"text":"Apple","link":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/tag\/apple"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=785"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/785\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}