Apple of Our Eye: Macs Save Money,

[MattSh]

There's been a distinct sea change in the way people think about Apple in the last few weeks.

Recently, people have been saying the strangest things about Apple and the Mac. Everything is topsy-turvy. Pundits aren't trotting out the old conventional wisdoms any more. They're saying odd stuff, like Macs are good for business; Macs can save money; and that Apple's stock -- at $90 a share -- is a bargain.

In fact, there seems to be a widespread re-evaluation of Apple going on, a cultural shift that's changing the way people think about the company. It's been building for a while but it has reached a tipping point in the last couple of months. Here's what people are saying now.

Macs will save you money

Macs are good for business

Less is more

Closed (proprietary) is good

Apple is the darling of Wall Street

Macs can run more applications

Read all about it here..... http://www.wired.com/gadgets/mac/commentary/cultofmac/2007/03/73005/

[Elwood P Dowd]

1. Great article.

Several friends and relatives have swithced over to Macs recently.

[TommyO]

2. I switched last January and have never been happier with a computer.

It's old-tech, a 2.3Ghz dual-core PowerPC-based PowerMac, but it does everything that I need it to do, and pretty darned quickly at that. Would a new 8-core encode things for my AppleTV faster, sure it would, then again a new iMac probably would also, but I'm happy and not changing anytime soon.

[Elwood P Dowd]

3. Welcome aboard.

"Once you go Mac, you will never go back".