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Originally Posted by FanIn80
Like seriously. Wtf is it about Apple products that pisses Windows fanboys off so much? It isn't Apple users, because I don't see very many of us posting the same crap in other threads that they post in Apple ones... Is it just that age-old "hate everything you don't understand" thing?
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A Fanboy(tm) will hate things that are not of their specific realm of fandom mostly because it justifies their own personal choice.
Macs could be seen as over priced and closed if you spent half as much on a PC to do pretty much the same thing.
iPods and iTunes can be hated because of DRM if you have 3 different media players, none of which support the format they need to.
iPhones suck because the keyboard is hard to use if you are in love with the Blackberry keyboard. <---(this is me btw)
Of course, the reality is though none of those products suck. They are all excellent products that have done very well in the market.
Macs are slick looking and high quality hardware running a very good OS. They also come bundled, with no extra charge, with a smug sense of superiority because the reality is there are not many other computers that come close.
iPods are cheap, reliable and easy to use for listening to music or watching video. My Blackberry has a heart attack with every single error in a video file, but the iPod plays like nothing is wrong.
iPhones are far better at surfing the web than a Blackberry. That touch screen makes me drool every time I am not trying to type on it.
Bottom line is, only an idiot is a true and blind faith fan boy. Sclithero said it best when he said
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have to temper that enthusiasm with a right-time-right-place mentality
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Macs might be better at X while a PC is better at Y and an Android Phone might be this while the iPhone is that. To lock yourself in, for really nothing more than your ego, is really very foolish.
For me, I am a Windows and Linux guy due to my current stage of education and work. Right now, I prefer my iPod, my Blackberry and if I can justify the cost this weekend I might just end up with a shiny new iPad.