When the World of Bigtime IT Flipped on its Ear

When IBM is touting Apple systems and spending serious money to increase the money in its internal workforce since not only was IBM one of the biggest backers of PCs, they also built them.  The reversal now is there are tens of thousands of Apple computers through IBM's own workforce and they have rejected generous offers from Microsoft because Windows systems can't deliver, as Mac users have always claimed, the low cost of upkeep over the long run.  The Apple systems really are a better deal.  (MacWorld:  How switching to Macs is paying off for IBM)

IBM said Wednesday at the Jamf Nation User Conference that it’s actually saving money on each Mac: $273 to $543 per Mac over four years, compared to a Windows PC over the same time period. And no, that’s not because Microsoft is charging more.  Fletcher Previn, IBM’s vice president of workplace as a service (yeah, that’s a real title), said Microsoft is giving IBM its best pricing ever. But Macs are still cheaper over their lifetime, and using them results in fewer service calls.

- MacWorld

For Mac users, that's such a surprise it becomes like the Holy Grail since IBM is the legendary Computer King and Microsoft took over due to high-volume sales.  Through it all, Apple satisfied itself with sitting on the sidelines while feeling smugly superior.  Suddenly Apple is recognized by the King and ain't that a thing.

Here at the Rockhouse, there's no particular satisfaction, it's simply novel to see such a reversal in a major player.

As an example, Yevette's computer is over ten years old and it still runs well enough that she uses it daily.  It crashes quite a bit due, most likely, to a failing video card but it's not clear and the system as a whole is getting too old to upgrade.  That could still be done but it gets progressively more expensive to do it the more back in time it fades from current.  Even so, it's only a bitch when it crashes and relief takes as long as is needed to boot the computer ... or she just goes to bed, whichever suits better.

That segues in no way whatsoever to People Who Need to Be Killed, in honor of George Carlin's original suggestions.

People who who use 'proverbial' when there is no proverb.

Last night I heard a video with Keith Olbermann, whom I would not have watched, interviewing Lewis Black whom I will almost always watch.  During that talk, Olbermann mentioned the 'proverbial pork in a potsticker' or something equally vacuous.

That makes me want to jump through the screen to strangle him while I scream, "There is no fucking proverb with that in it, you fucking moron."

What's more he's even more of a moron because he knows that but does it anyway.

Fuck you.  Fuck you, Keith Olbermann.  You should die when we spill your guts so they can be eaten by fucking army ants.  Tell them some fucking proverbs if you like.

(Ed:  just a little overreaction, don't you think?)

Overreaction, you haven't even seen overreaction yet so how about we kill anyone who says, "Don't get me started?"

You're already started, you with the brain of a Zamboni.  If you don't shut the fuck up then I'll get my gun and play 101 Dalmations with your dumb ass to see how many holes I make in your worthless body.

There is no loop back to IBM.  They will probably be happy about that.