Thanks for the detailed response, I very much appreciate it. Looking back, I suppose you are correct that my comment didn't add much to the conversation. In my

Thanks for the detailed response, I very much appreciate it. Looking back, I suppose you are correct that my comment didn't add much to the conversation. In my defense though, my comment was a response to another poster who seemed to imply that no one buys Apple products due to it being a status symbol, at least that's how I interpret the line "Just stop with the status symbol crap". Said poster then uses their own reason for purchasing a Mac to completely dismiss the possibility that the broader market might base their purchasing decisions on less logical reasoning. My main confusion with the downvotes stemmed from the fact that while my comment may not have had much to do with the original topic, I thought it was appropriately related to the post I was responding to, and said post arguably had as little to do with the original topic as mine, while not garnering similar downvotes. In any case, thanks again for the explanation. I'll try and do a better job of staying on topic and crafting my responses.