People always say that Apple fans are bad. But I sometimes think it's the Other people who just can't let go.
In the past, when Macs weren't that popular, when I said I used a Mac, I always got sniffed at. Why would I use a Mac? What would it be good for? It's way too expensive for me. That sort of thing. You have to defend your purchase, while a PC buyer could just go with arguments like: I got it cheap, and because I can built it cheap, because everyone uses DOS or Windows, because I want to use programs, because Windows is easy enough, because there's no real point in owning a Mac.
And actually, now that the Mac and Apple is sort of more popular, you still see this attitude and it's even stronger on the Web than before on any "PC site" or even gadget site. There's no way one could defend your choice of a Mac or Apple product without being stamped as a fanboi, or worshipper of cult of Jobs. Some people just can't let go that people make other choices or have other priorities.
Okay, so these Mac user shouldn't go to these PC sites or gadget sites and post. But it's also "PC magazines" that review Macs. It's also gadget sites that review Apple products. I just find that with each review or article related to Apple, the bashers come in, and make every argument for a Mac a moot point by stating: They're overpriced as I can built it for less, or can get a Dell for less, or until it does this or that I won't buy an Apple (these people wouldn't buy Apple if it had this and that), and Macs aren't better at doing anything, until Apple releases the Mac OS for PCs, people buy Apple because of Apple makes great advertising and because people are ill-informed, people buy Apple because it simply looks good on them. Also, there is an ardent crowd that simply can't get passed the point that Apple is different, has different values, and makes different decisions. That's a choice some just make.
Some people like to argue that Apple fans are worshippers and don't criticize. This simply isn't true, but it's a point they like to make. With every release Apple makes, there's discussion among Apple fans about the loss of this or that in this and that product. It's just that at the end, we accept things as they are and move on. There are pros and cons and we live with it. But if we do take the cons, we are always the target of outsiders who simply can't seem to live with a crowd willing to take it, like the Flash thing. So people start to hate Apple, and its users, because of Apple's Flash stance.
Now you can say, Apple fans should just stop arguing and start doing their business. And I think most Apple fans actually do just that. I don't want to go into the constant dialog of my choices for liking Apple, or maybe not liking Windows. There is never going to be a reasonable discussion in which I can defend me purchasing a Mac or Apple product, because there will always be so many arguments against that I cannot steer positively, and my decisions will simply be disputed at every turn. So I don't make the argument. And I think most Apple fans have let go, or just don't care. I buy an Apple because it fits me, and I'm not going to argue about it, and I'm not going to defend it. And because of this, and which is the problem I believe, the web is filled with the more extreme Apple fans, the real fanatics. And so Apple fans are stamped as being fanatics who succumb to the reality field distortion of Jobs. I sometimes read the comments against Apple products on sites like Engadget, and I think I should post a comment, but then I think, there's no point.
