Macs vs. The Rest

Right now I'm watching Phil Schiller's keynote speech at the 2009 Macworld tradeshow- a keynote that was dominated by Steve Jobs in the past. I think Phil's doing a great job. This thought lead me to thinking about what it means to be Apple or Mac-like, because obviously there is more going on than Steve Jobs' showmanship.

And I believe that a good starting point is with the following, which I just tweeted:

Mac vs. PC boiled down to essentials: Mac is basically user-based, PC is basically Microsoft-based. Or a-ton-of-vendors based. Period.

In other words, the Mac represents an attempt to provide a computer that "works" for all of us, without regard to legacy issues such as the technical legacy imposed by the DOS/Windows/Microsoft way of doing things.