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Dvorak praises (and recommends) Macs.
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Jul 26, 2007, 04:41 PM
 
Me and My Mac - Columns by PC Magazine

Isn't this the same guy that has been bashing Macs for years?
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Jul 26, 2007, 04:50 PM
 
He's a troll who will do anything to drive traffic to his site. Nothing to see here.
     
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Jul 26, 2007, 05:02 PM
 
^^ agreed. He realizes that everyone knows his schtick of Mac hating. So now he's posting this to get people to say "WHAT???" and he gets hits.

Can't wait until that dick retires.
     
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Jul 26, 2007, 06:14 PM
 
Damn it. I was going to use the headline "Dvorak comes out of the closet". Man, he's been bashing the mac for so long. Who didn't see this coming?

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Jul 26, 2007, 06:20 PM
 
dude's an idjit, don't care what he says one way or another

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Jul 26, 2007, 06:30 PM
 
Dvorak has always been in favor of Macs. The only reason he's ever pretended anywise is the money.
     
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Jul 26, 2007, 07:25 PM
 
I can confidently say that I don't read Dvorak, never will, I will prevent him from getting those advertising pennies.
     
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Jul 26, 2007, 07:34 PM
 
Originally Posted by Salty View Post
I can confidently say that I don't read Dvorak, never will, I will prevent him from getting those advertising pennies.
Come on, admit, you LOVE that guy.

Come out of the closet already

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Jul 26, 2007, 07:54 PM
 
Originally Posted by Salty View Post
I can confidently say that I don't read Dvorak, never will, I will prevent him from getting those advertising pennies.

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Jul 26, 2007, 08:07 PM
 
Originally Posted by turtle777 View Post
Come on, admit, you LOVE that guy.

Come out of the closet already

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This DOES remind me of Salty coming out of the closet. Heh.

From basher to lover.

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Jul 26, 2007, 09:55 PM
 
The guy speaks out of his butt half (all?) the time. I don't read his articles and I don't put any stock in any of his prognostications.
     
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Jul 26, 2007, 10:30 PM
 
I'm really not sure what to think of this article. I read it through, but I found it extremely basic, really.

And I don't trust him.
     
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Jul 27, 2007, 02:17 AM
 
Quick on the trigger as always:


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Jul 27, 2007, 03:00 AM
 
Dvorak used to write for the MacUser magazine years ago, you know...

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Jul 27, 2007, 03:08 AM
 
Didn't know that. I don't pay much attention to the tech writers.
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Jul 27, 2007, 04:44 PM
 
Originally Posted by CharlesS View Post
Dvorak used to write for the MacUser magazine years ago, you know...
I remember that. I used to read his column (usually at the last page of MacUser) back in 1994-1995. He sure wasn't bashing Macs then, quite the contrary.

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Jul 27, 2007, 07:09 PM
 
Originally Posted by Rumor View Post
Me and My Mac - Columns by PC Magazine

Isn't this the same guy that has been bashing Macs for years?
Dvorak is an idiot. He used to be a staff writer for MacUser back in the eighties and early nineties before becoming a turncoat to increase his status. He routinely has poked at Apple to drive more traffic to his web site through sensationalism. These latest statements follow the old pattern of praise and then later on a sensationalist anti-statement that is over the top.
     
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Jul 27, 2007, 07:33 PM
 
Article summary:

Opening: "The original split between PC users and Mac users was a battle between the masculine command-line interface and the girlish GUI."

Conclusion: "The Macintosh uses an experimental pointing device called a 'mouse'. There is no evidence that people want to use these things."
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Jul 28, 2007, 02:48 AM
 
Good old John C. Dvorak. =]
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