Are you a Windows user?

jakoblodwick:

It seems like most Tumblr users are Mac people. But there must be some PC/Windows Tumblrs out there. If you are a Windows user, can you explain why in a reblog?

If you are a former Windows user, like me, you can still participate. Just reblog why you used a PC before you switched.

In my case, I thought PCs were the real deal, while Macs were slow and for posers. Two years ago, the most serious computer users at my company (Kunal and Andrew) were like, Yeah, Macs are so much better. Reluctantly, I tried one and immediately fell in love. I soon enjoyed being a computer user without needing to be a computer expert anymore.

I am a web+/php developer. I learned how to code in Dreamweaver 4, and back then Dreamweaver for Macs sucked (actually in my opinion it stopped sucking around Dreamweaver 8). I had an iBook that I really liked, but I kept having to switch over to the PC at work. Then as I grew (up?) as a developer I started using programs that were available first and sometimes only for PC. So really, it was all a matter of timing and circumstance. Now I choose to have a PC because they are cheaper and because I find there’s easier developing/programming workflow.. or maybe I just got used to it and all its quirks.

Permalink | Comments | April 6th, 2008 at 10:43 am | 1 year ago
  1. puzzler reblogged this from ladynasty and added:
    If you are a former Windows user, like me, you can still participate. Just reblog why you used a PC before you...
  2. melanyouth reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    I always think of Macs as being the machine for people doing computer-based creative work, Linux for full-on geeks (who...
  3. livejamie reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    Because I don’t let an operating system define who I am as...enjoy building/upgrading
  4. ladynasty reblogged this from livejamie and added:
    When my computer (which I’ve had for three years) breaks,...open the side, pop out the...
  5. theopie reblogged this from twistedfork and added:
    It seems like most Tumblr users are Mac people. But there must be some PC/Windows Tumblrs out there. If you are a...
  6. monkeytypist reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
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  7. organicalgorhythm reblogged this from maybe-not and added:
    Linux in 2004 when...was sick of windows dying once a month.
  8. andrewdangerlove reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    typically self-absorbed, arrogant pricks. Have...user push or defend
  9. jaycruz reblogged this from peterwknox and added:
    I’ve been a PC/Windows user since forever. If I have to answer why, well because their cheaper. There has always been...
  10. saidmichael reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    Linux ftw? …sigh.
  11. peterwknox reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    were both instrumental...my switch from PC to Mac. In college I had
  12. lolorly reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    am currently a windows user. I’m actually saving up...a mac. I’m not THAT close but not...
  13. paulm reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    I recently switched to...and love it, but this is the third time I’ve
  14. yasmary reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    web+/php developer. I learned how to code in Dreamweaver 4, and back then Dreamweaver for Macs sucked (actually
  15. wizkid reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    user. I am also not...Mac user (oh, they...don’t care). I am...
  16. edscoble reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    talk about your operation system...relationship with, rather than a tool, as it should’ve...
  17. golden-and-delicious reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    My first computer was an iMac. I hated that hunk of shit. Then I got...had that...
  18. alohanico reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    (but I cheat on my Mac at work all the time)...user. I used Windows for pretty much the...
  19. theshalom reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    bit halfway. I’m writing this from...shiny new iMac, but “my computer” is
  20. throughtheprism reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    just don’t have
  21. ipat630 reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    I guess my reason for being...this iMac (just three months old now!) was much the sames as...
  22. ruhi reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    ‘classic’ way of getting reblogs: ask questions! And here...am…not answering
  23. burn reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    PC, but my PC is my main [desktop] computer, and my Macbook I have because there...laptops...
  24. billga reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    created equal. I’m...and these things have more problems than any other mac, enough to...
  25. twistedfork reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    yep, i use both mac (osx)...vista). i’m dependent on both for getting work done.
  26. chvnx reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    because I am familiar with...and honestly have no real need to switch to
  27. jeremyduncan reblogged this from kevinmosley and added:
    Same here. I just got done ordering my first Mac. I hope it is better, because it sure costs a lot more.
  28. franksino reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    windows user because...family has been using it since our first computers. i have used...
  29. siddman reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    Macs don’t offer me anything special. I’m...the freedom to download or buy anything. Mac...
  30. biola reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    because i dont have any money to buy...only reason i want
  31. fuckinnerd reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    I use windows because it’s easier to find software to download and it has...larger gaming...
  32. mfs reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    Now that I read Jakob`s original post that I kinda misinterpretated, I have...bit more to...
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  34. mfs reblogged this from desaturated and added:
    I make Michael`s my explaination too, adding something that 90% of Tumblrs cannot state for. I used apple II, I bought...
  35. wewereborntosin reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    I use windows because there is no reason for me to waste the money on purchasing a mac. Sure, I’ve used them and I think...
  36. desaturated reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    user primarily because I am...software developer. I could probably get by with
  37. amwelles reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    My parents bought...was more or less forced to use them. I got to use my first Mac
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    I’ve had this empty tumblr for a while, unsure of how to start. I guess it’s fitting that I do so with a reblog. The...
  39. mayagantt reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    absolutely hate them, but due to money, I am stuck with...simply adore Macs and plan
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    Four years ago I didn’t even know what...Mac was, that’s how computer ignorant
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    I’ve never owned...Mac… I quite simply cannot afford one. Here
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    In then end I’m using the OS to do something else. The best operating system on the planet wouldn’t
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    90s, I was force-fed...PC — mostly through school, but mainly because I just didn’t know...
  47. andygolden reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    The answer is quite simple. I am...poor college student who wishes he had
  48. dzys reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    am still using Windows because
  49. ofcourse reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    They’re awesome, but too expensive...know someday I’ll own one.
  50. nunostudio reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    The slight insidery-ness of this question annoys me a little bit,...the Apple ads that...
  51. jayaustin reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    got my mac last Feb. Since then Iv been using it has my main computer...love it. I have to...
  52. sampurtill reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    It’s very simple for me....ThinkPad, I’d have...Macbook Pro....
  53. kevinmosley reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    still have it right now. It was...cheap computer. That’s why i bought it. I want
  54. youreatowel reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    Admittedly, yes, I am...user. The reason being….my family have always been PC users- from...
  55. maybe-not reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    Not anymore. jakoblodwick:...I literally switched to a
  56. mentalreminder reblogged this from crookedspin and added:
    i had a PC, and would still (it’s broken) use it in conjunction with my mac i book. it has tonssss of harddrive space on...
  57. esandberg reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    happy Mac user who couldn’t believe she hadn’t been converted earlier, but my academic and professional upbringing...
  58. debbyherbenick reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    Why? Because I can’t decide between...travel frequently so
  59. caseyliz reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    diehard Mac person, but its relatively new; I got my MacBook...November ‘07. When I was...
  60. sneakyjane reblogged this from noraleah and added:
    PC/windows user….because I just don’t like Macs. Everyone else in...annoy the crap...
  61. matthewgruman reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    I switched the second I could afford it. I’d always owned...PC for price reasons: when I...
  62. cowsandmilk reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    I still have windows....mainly has to do with it having
  63. thelinkfamily reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    PC user. Why? Bc 1) they don’t sell Mac’s at Best Buy & Wal-Mart way...husband is...
  64. noraleah reblogged this from biteofpythias and added:
    Jakob has tapped into...deepest shame. “Hi, my name...use a...
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    When i first started law school, we were required to have PC’s if we wanted to take our exams on laptops. Since I can...
  66. iheartjoo reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    Simple, it’s all about the games. Apple has dropped the ball on the games front over and over. The continuing decline of...
  67. rhad reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    So I could sit here and rage against corporate america, as in “Corporate America made me use this damn PC” but that...
  68. sugarcookies reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    Mac person. Then...Mac crashed (hard drive just gave out
  69. theipodguru reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
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    use windows because i can’t afford...Mac/Macbook right now.
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    Hi Jakob! It’s funny that...blogged about this today since I am literally on the cusp of...
  72. ohsusquehanna reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    I have. Recently I got...can start to save towards buying my own computer. So that’s my...
  73. biteofpythias reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    i am, but contemplating...switch.. mainly just b/c
  74. dan-is-king reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    First time reblogging! Probably won’t make it too much of a habit, but given the explicit request to reblog I felt fine...
  75. crookedspin reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    see Apple products as little more than decent products that have been arbitrarily fetishized by
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  78. cayce reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    mac user. However, I still use windows on...day to day basis because I own
  79. clablr reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    use Windows, but I guess that’s just because that’s what...parents have always had,
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    My work requires it. 95% of...build is based on Microsoft technologies (.NET, WPF,...
  81. peterberkman reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    I use Windows! This is mostly because all of the programs I use run off of it, my laptop has
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