I suppose what I find sad is that some Apple owners (I know it's not all) have to somehow take on an air of superiority because they have a computer in a pretty box that runs a different operating system.
I'm not quite sure which part they need to brag about.
Is it OSX, is it the pretty box, or is it because it's expensive and they like to thing they are in some way better as they have a more expensive item than others they know?
I suppose it's their problem and if they do feel this way they must be making up for some personal issues from the past, where they are not comfortable with who/what they are, and need to in some way prove themselves with a purchased object.
Bill Gates and Steve Jobs are examples of people who don't have this hang up, they will stand in front of the worlds media in jeans, a t-shirt or a old sweater.
They don't have to prove themselves to others by dressing up fancy, showing off their expensive rings or gold chains or watches.
As I'm from the UK, I would call it class, and I know Americans do (or are supposed to have) a slightly different view on this (and the UK is changing a little to, more towards the Americans stereotypical way)
In the Money and ownership means everything. To me it means nothing.
You can be the richest person alive and still have zero class.
You could be as poor as a church mouse and still have class.
A PC and a Mac are just computers.
Who cares?
You just get the one that allows you to run the software you want on it.
It makes me laugh when someone says program X runs better on a Mac.
You ask why, it's the same program from the same company, with the same options and runs at the same speed.
And you get the answer back, it just is.
I've had a small Mac in the past, with OSX on it. It was ok, ran a bit slow, so could not really do OSX justice.
I did feel (and don't slag me off here) it was a bit "Simplified" which is no bad thing, and perhaps I had to delve in a bit deeper to get to some other options that were not apparent.
But then, that would really match what people say about Mac's you can just sit down, and almost without any training, start to do things. Well, that's just a long way of saying simplified to make things easier to use.
Does not have to be taken as an insult.
On the other hand I could say a PC is overly complex, with more complexity and options than most people really need, which is probably true.
Some people like being able to adjust 100 settings n an email application. Other people just want an email application that works without having to fiddle.
The only point where this will clash, is where someone who likes 100 options and want to set the email up his/her way is going to hate the fact that perhaps Apple have pre made those choices for the user and the user can't change them.
I'm not really taking about email, but almost anything Apple.
If you are going to give a customer an easier to operate and understand device, then by that same token, you are removing choices from the end user and making the choices for them.
iPad, iPhone, iMac etc etc.
Of course, I realise this is less so for the iMac than the other iProducts.
If you totally disagree with my views then please say so.
At the moment I run a PC which I put together myself, mostly made from 2nd hand (good quality) components.
Tomorrow morning I could buy a top of the line 27" iMac without even thinking. It's nothing to do with money at all.
I'm not quite sure which part they need to brag about.
Is it OSX, is it the pretty box, or is it because it's expensive and they like to thing they are in some way better as they have a more expensive item than others they know?
I suppose it's their problem and if they do feel this way they must be making up for some personal issues from the past, where they are not comfortable with who/what they are, and need to in some way prove themselves with a purchased object.
Bill Gates and Steve Jobs are examples of people who don't have this hang up, they will stand in front of the worlds media in jeans, a t-shirt or a old sweater.
They don't have to prove themselves to others by dressing up fancy, showing off their expensive rings or gold chains or watches.
As I'm from the UK, I would call it class, and I know Americans do (or are supposed to have) a slightly different view on this (and the UK is changing a little to, more towards the Americans stereotypical way)
In the Money and ownership means everything. To me it means nothing.
You can be the richest person alive and still have zero class.
You could be as poor as a church mouse and still have class.
A PC and a Mac are just computers.
Who cares?
You just get the one that allows you to run the software you want on it.
It makes me laugh when someone says program X runs better on a Mac.
You ask why, it's the same program from the same company, with the same options and runs at the same speed.
And you get the answer back, it just is.
I've had a small Mac in the past, with OSX on it. It was ok, ran a bit slow, so could not really do OSX justice.
I did feel (and don't slag me off here) it was a bit "Simplified" which is no bad thing, and perhaps I had to delve in a bit deeper to get to some other options that were not apparent.
But then, that would really match what people say about Mac's you can just sit down, and almost without any training, start to do things. Well, that's just a long way of saying simplified to make things easier to use.
Does not have to be taken as an insult.
On the other hand I could say a PC is overly complex, with more complexity and options than most people really need, which is probably true.
Some people like being able to adjust 100 settings n an email application. Other people just want an email application that works without having to fiddle.
The only point where this will clash, is where someone who likes 100 options and want to set the email up his/her way is going to hate the fact that perhaps Apple have pre made those choices for the user and the user can't change them.
I'm not really taking about email, but almost anything Apple.
If you are going to give a customer an easier to operate and understand device, then by that same token, you are removing choices from the end user and making the choices for them.
iPad, iPhone, iMac etc etc.
Of course, I realise this is less so for the iMac than the other iProducts.
If you totally disagree with my views then please say so.
At the moment I run a PC which I put together myself, mostly made from 2nd hand (good quality) components.
Tomorrow morning I could buy a top of the line 27" iMac without even thinking. It's nothing to do with money at all.
themselves (Not always, some of them would be like this though)
