You know, I used Macs only on a 'need-to' basis for 20 years mainly because of that 'fandom'. I'm not a cultist, and I love/hate all computers equally, for different reasons. But if you use a Mac, you're a 'Mac lover'. If you use a PC, you're, well...you're a 'computer user'.
Now that I have one of each sitting on my desk (a 12" PowerBook and a 15" Dell Latitude), I feel as though each is good at most things, and some things seem better done by one than the other.
My PowerBook is pretty, and very portable. But have you seen that new Vaio? My Latitude can interface with my pen. But it doesn't have Dashboard. My PowerBook can run BBEdit. My Latitude can run Winamp, and connect to Exchange servers natively.
Do you think it's the 'prettiness' of Macs that makes people fall in luhrve with them, rather than just think of them as tools? Because I'm as much about the 'ooh shiny' as anyone else. But maybe not when it comes to computers. :-)
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Now that I have one of each sitting on my desk (a 12" PowerBook and a 15" Dell Latitude), I feel as though each is good at most things, and some things seem better done by one than the other.
My PowerBook is pretty, and very portable. But have you seen that new Vaio? My Latitude can interface with my pen. But it doesn't have Dashboard. My PowerBook can run BBEdit. My Latitude can run Winamp, and connect to Exchange servers natively.
Do you think it's the 'prettiness' of Macs that makes people fall in luhrve with them, rather than just think of them as tools? Because I'm as much about the 'ooh shiny' as anyone else. But maybe not when it comes to computers. :-)