To me, part of being a Mac fan is loving what Mac is about, and recognizing some of the unfortunate pieces that make up Windows itself and what Windows is about. Many people never know those unfortunate pieces unless they are Mac fans. A possible reason for this could be a Windows user might think that what happens on a Windows machine is "just the way that it is" and "there is no other way". EVERY computer gets worms, viruses, adware, spyware and malware... right? Freezing, crashing and security holes are just a part of life...
Ahh... no. But platform wars aside her for a minute for a serious thought.
Microsoft leaving Mac headquarters in California off of their recently released new map technology (MSN's Virtual Earth) will probably not raise any eyebrows of Windows users, it may make some chuckle, and Mac fans will be irked, but know this is par for the course as far as Windows goes.
What hopefully will get everyone's attention regardless of platform allegiance is how disturbing it is that Microsoft's map still has New York's Twin Towers on it. Rolling out brand new technology with an icon reminding people of a day that changed everything versus having the map portray all of the positive, dynamic changes New York has undergone, all of the resilience of the last three and a half years-- is more than a bad choice or an oversight by Microsoft.
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