iBlog – if iCan be bothered!

For some stupid reason I ended up waking up at the uncivilised hour of 5:30am, and listening to an episode of the antidote to panel games: I’m Sorry, I Haven’t a Clue. What does this have to do with anything? Well, just like the state of most computers and washing machines these days comedy seems to be short-lasting and cheap with ISIHAC being the exception that proves the rule. For anyone who is bemused by this please listen to BBC Radio 4 at the correct time (that I can’t be bothered to look up right now) or have a glance on BBC iPlayer.

The premise is very simple indeed, a panel game that very humorously and cleverly mocks all other panel games. Thing is, other broadcasters and forms of media have caught on to this (finally) and copied the format mercilessly with such programmes as “Mock The Week” and “Whose Line is it Anyway?” These imitators, as reasonable as they may seem are simply no match for the original. Yes, you have to invest some time and brain-power into ISIHAC, but it never fails to impress, never has one of those stale moments and is the complete package.

Now let’s answer the original question shall we? Why buy a Mac? Macs were out before Windows was invented and ever since Microsoft have been playing catch-up, they’re catching on to some of the ideas in Windows 7 like a dock, for instance. Sure, the machines with Windows on may be cheap, oddly enough if you try and match the Mac specs they’re not! If you want the original instead of some cheap imitator though, get a Mac, the full package, the lot, no hassle!

“Ah-ha, there’s a way to get the software on my PC” I hear the tech-savvy shouting and I can’t deny it, there is. Unfortunately you will be looking behind you all the time, wondering if this is the update that will kill your computer. That’s no fun is it? You’re having to use patched drivers, a patched bootloader and maybe more non-standard files and it kills the formula, could you imagine ISIHAC with Lee Evans as the host? It would still be ISIHAC but it would never be right and nor is Mac OS X on a PC!

If, like with “Mock the Week” you’re happy with what you know, don’t want to sample something clever but slightly different then I feel sorry for you and your wallet. I love my Mac and now you know why!