This post might almost belong to the Rant Room, but I think it goes best here.

A friend of mine, a close friend mind you, bought a PC after years of asking me what to buy.  I told him over and over again to buy a Mac, but he chose to listen to the Lemmings who told him to get a PC.

One of the things I talked the most about was maintenance and the fact that most PCheads consider paying some techie to regularly fix their beige box a normal part of owning a computer.  I also talked about virii and the like, but he was not to be swayed.

Today, I got a call from a family member who manages the repair center for a local Best Buy.  She told me that my friend had come in with a problem that ended up being a virus!  He has only had the machine for about 5 months too.

I am not happy that my friend had a problem, but I am lamely deriving sweet satisfaction out of the fact that he is seeing what I said coming true.

Petty, I know, but it’s funny.  It’s even funnier that he didn’t tell me anything about it, but was busted anyway.

On 2001-08-29 18:37, Bryan wrote:
A friend of mine, a close friend mind you, bought a PC after years of asking me what to buy.  I told him over and over again to buy a Mac, but he chose to listen to the Lemmings who told him to get a PC.

Grounds for breaking up any friendship—some marriages, even Joke, people!

I am not happy that my friend had a problem, but I am lamely deriving sweet satisfaction out of the fact that he is seeing what I said coming true.

I’m expecting some strong I-toldja-so’s out of you, Chaffin!

And maybe a “Ha HA! Nya na na Nya na na!” or two as well. 

Hey, schadenfreude is a strong emotion. (For those who don’t speak German, schadenfreude means the joy we feel when bad things happen to other people. Leave to a warm, fuzzy race like the Germans to come up with a word for that concept.)

On 2001-08-29 18:37, Bryan wrote:
I told him over and over again to buy a Mac, but he chose to listen to the Lemmings who told him to get a PC.

Brian, the only Lemmings commercial I recall was in 1985 and was a commercial for: Macintosh Office. (Probably the first release of Office for the Mac)