Why do Apple customers care so much?

Iria · Dec 12, 2007, 05:46 PM

Source: One More Thing Blog (News.com)
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The question inevitably comes up when I meet people and they learn I write about Apple for a living: "So, what's that like?"

I usually answer, "It's crazy." There perhaps has never been a more interesting time to write about Apple and its growing impact on the computer, telecommunications, and music worlds. Unfortunately, it also means that I have to witness (and sometimes join) a daily descent into a pit of mudslinging.

Falstaff · Dec 12, 2007, 06:32 PM

I enjoy using Apple computers, thats my spin, those that "hate" them or "dislike" them are very narrow minded.

drakesteakn · Dec 13, 2007, 12:43 AM

Yeah, i have enjoyed using Apple products for a few years. They are just do damn expensive sometimes.

GutterPunk · Dec 13, 2007, 12:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Falstaff

I enjoy using Apple computers, thats my spin, those that "hate" them or "dislike" them are very narrow minded.

Guess you can put me in the narrow minded spot because I do dislike apple/macs. Just have never gotten along well with them. Nothing personal

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Originally Posted by drakesteakn

Yeah, i have enjoyed using Apple products for a few years. They are just do damn expensive sometimes.

Suprisingly enough, that isn't as much of an issue anymore. A comparable mac/apple product now is 50 bucks cheaper to 150 bucks more hardware for hardware in the macbooks.

ET3D · Dec 13, 2007, 09:11 AM

It's not just Mac users. It's everywhere in computers (and probably elsewhere, but I see it more in computers, where I just read a whole lot more).

It's the same with every underdog OS. There are rabid Mac users, but also rabid Linux users (I read Slashdot), and when I was an OS/2 user, they were there, too, the irrational people who would react without any proportion to totally valid observations.

It's in hardware, with ATI and NVIDIA fanatics dueling it out, saying things which might have been correct, to an extent, several years ago, for some. (I mean, sure, you had glitches in a game, but not everyone had them, and it was fixed a while ago, and it's not really a good reason to hate the company.)

It's in MMO's, where fans of some games can't hear a bad word said about it, and others hate a game with passion because their character was nerfed 2 years ago, at which point they quit the game, and even though they have no idea what it's like now, they'd continue to hate it forever.

That's just the way some people are, sadly.

BlueMak · Dec 13, 2007, 10:16 AM

This is nothing.
15-20 years ago, Atari ST vs Amiga. I have seen fights for them lol.

CDsDontBurn · Dec 13, 2007, 11:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Falstaff

I enjoy using Apple computers, thats my spin, those that "hate" them or "dislike" them are very narrow minded.

i would be less "narrow minded" if they natively made a mouse that had a left/right click and wheel scroller.

then, i'd probably use them more often.

GutterPunk · Dec 14, 2007, 12:43 AM

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Originally Posted by CDsDontBurn

i would be less "narrow minded" if they natively made a mouse that had a left/right click and wheel scroller.

then, i'd probably use them more often.

agreed

Vikingod · Dec 14, 2007, 02:56 AM

It would be much better if people would replace phrases like "hate" or "love" with, "I'm not familiar with" or "I prefer". Really, I don't see the bit difference. A few interface things and neat tricks (on each end), but honestly, if it weren't for Windows place in gaming, I'd probably be just as likely to pick up an Apple. I also know my way around Windows much better, so its just a bit more accessable to me. But honestly, the hardware is virtually identicle now, and they all do pretty much the same things. It really is a matter of preference and price.

Dec 12, 2007, 05:46 PM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 87	Why do Apple customers care so much? Source: One More Thing Blog (News.com) __________ The question inevitably comes up when I meet people and they learn I write about Apple for a living: "So, what's that like?" I usually answer, "It's crazy." There perhaps has never been a more interesting time to write about Apple and its growing impact on the computer, telecommunications, and music worlds. Unfortunately, it also means that I have to witness (and sometimes join) a daily descent into a pit of mudslinging.

Dec 12, 2007, 06:32 PM	#2
Falstaff Old Codger Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: USAFA Posts: 19,047 Rep Power: 206	I enjoy using Apple computers, thats my spin, those that "hate" them or "dislike" them are very narrow minded. __________________ "Inspiration is always a surprising visitor."

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drakesteakn boo!!!! Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Ft. Meyers, FL Posts: 2,041 Rep Power: 57	Yeah, i have enjoyed using Apple products for a few years. They are just do damn expensive sometimes. __________________

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BlueMak HH's Asteroids' Dominator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hellas->Macedonia->Thessaloniki Posts: 13,248 Rep Power: 328 System Specs	This is nothing. 15-20 years ago, Atari ST vs Amiga. I have seen fights for them lol. __________________ The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm *Sic semper tyrannis.*

Dec 14, 2007, 02:56 AM	#9
Vikingod Int'l Fish Liaison Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: By the light of lamp I sit and type... Posts: 16,187 Rep Power: 109 System Specs	It would be much better if people would replace phrases like "hate" or "love" with, "I'm not familiar with" or "I prefer". Really, I don't see the bit difference. A few interface things and neat tricks (on each end), but honestly, if it weren't for Windows place in gaming, I'd probably be just as likely to pick up an Apple. I also know my way around Windows much better, so its just a bit more accessable to me. But honestly, the hardware is virtually identicle now, and they all do pretty much the same things. It really is a matter of preference and price. __________________ *How You Can Help DriverHeaven By Using Digg*

Dec 13, 2007, 09:11 AM	#5
ET3D Hopeless Dreamer Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Dreamland, near the pool of infinite graphics cards Posts: 3,055 Rep Power: 103 System Specs	It's not just Mac users. It's everywhere in computers (and probably elsewhere, but I see it more in computers, where I just read a whole lot more). It's the same with every underdog OS. There are rabid Mac users, but also rabid Linux users (I read Slashdot), and when I was an OS/2 user, they were there, too, the irrational people who would react without any proportion to totally valid observations. It's in hardware, with ATI and NVIDIA fanatics dueling it out, saying things which might have been correct, to an extent, several years ago, for some. (I mean, sure, you had glitches in a game, but not everyone had them, and it was fixed a while ago, and it's not really a good reason to hate the company.) It's in MMO's, where fans of some games can't hear a bad word said about it, and others hate a game with passion because their character was nerfed 2 years ago, at which point they quit the game, and even though they have no idea what it's like now, they'd continue to hate it forever. That's just the way some people are, sadly.