I’m a Mac, and I’m a PC — the Fine Print
For a change of pace this week, we look at the lighter side of fine print.
For over a year, Apple has been poking fun at PCs with a series of clever commercials showing a straight-laced, geeky PC guy and a cooler, hipper spokesperson for Apple. In the latest ad, every time the PC guy says something about the value of owning a PC, such as “you can’t just say getting started with a PC is the easiest thing in the world,” a chunk of unreadable fine print pops up on the screen.

The more the PC guy talks, the more the screen fills with mouse print. But what exactly do those disclaimers actually say?
*MOUSE PRINT: Thanks to the folks at MacJournals.com, now we know.
To remove unneeded bloatware first open uninstaller, select applications to remove, and uninstall. To remove optional components, click start, go to all programs and open control panel, select remove components, select components you want to remove, select next, when done, select finish. Once initial prep is complete, PCs may then be easy to use under certain controlled conditions and when properly maintained. In order for PCs to achieve optimal performance on a regular basis and for long periods of time, routine maintenance should include (but is not limited to) the following: download and install updated anti-virus software, run anti-virus software, check for system updates, clean out registry, defragment hard drive, free up disk space, remove temporary Internet files, empty the recycle bin, remove unnecessary programs, run error check utility and fix file system errors.
And that is just part of the fine print. For the rest, visit MacJournals.






Please excuse the following unprofessional comment: the folks at Intuit who market TurboTax tax preparation software are a bunch of money-grubbing creeps. You will see why in a moment.







