Liner Notes

Soundscape #107: “I’m A PC, I’m A Mac”

“Windows is nonintuitive … counter intuitive, sometimes. But it’s so MALE to just go buy a Windows PC system and waste a bunch of time learning bogus commands and reading a thousand dialog boxes every time you want to change a point size or whatever … MEN are just used to sitting there, taking orders, executing needless commands, and feeling like they got such a good deal because they saved $200. WOMEN crave efficiency, elegance … the Mac lets them move within their digital universe exactly as they’d like, without cluttering up their human memory banks.” — Douglas Coupland, Microserfs

So I bought a Mac about 2 weeks ago. I had enough of Windows and the thought of changing my ancient PC for Vista turned my stomach. I didn’t like the way Vista works and I certainly don’t like the way it looks. It just doesn’t make sense to me at all. But I had no idea of the ease I would have with my Mac (nicknamed Nelson); I was in fact worried that I wouldn’t be used to the “new” way of doing things.

But I was wrong, of course. It’s not so much a “new” way of doing things than the better way of doing things. I’d never ever have to click on “start” when I want to shut down the system. And being a keyboard shortcut freak that I am, I was happy to finally get rid of the mouse. I don’t want to go all metaphorical and extrapolate Mac qualities onto types of people and all that but it really makes you wonder why people aren’t running away from Vista and towards the Mac.

Playlist:

1. (0:00) Andrew Bird – Fiery Crash (Armchair Apocrypha)
2. (4:13) Bloc Party – Like Eating Glass (Silent Alarm)
3. (8:32) Weezer - Simple Pages (S/T, Green)
4. (11:28) The Lemonheads – Become The Enemy (S/T)
5. (15:26) Beirut - A Sunday Smile (The Flying Club Cup)
6. (19:04) The Delgados – Pull The Wires From The Wall (The Complete BBC Peel Sessions)
7. (23:11) Elliott Smith – Somebody That I Used To Know (Figure 8)
8. (25:22) Aimee Mann – How Am I Different (Bachelor No 2)
9. (30:24) Teenage Fanclub – Speed Of Light (Songs From Northern Britain)
10. (34:17) The Mendoza Line – Tougher Than The Rest (30 Year Low)
11.  (37:42) 18th Dye – Easy (& How We Got There First) (Tribute To A Bus)