I don't think those statements imply that all users of Apple products are fanboys. You're reading into it what isn't there. Also . . . I think being a "fanboy

I don't think those statements imply that all users of Apple products are fanboys. You're reading into it what isn't there. Also . . . I think being a "fanboy" isn't dependent on the object of fandom being a "dud". One can just as easily be a "fanboy" for something good as for something bad. It's the attitude that makes a "fanboy", not the product. If Apple turned out nothing but crap for the next two years and you continued to defend it, you'd be a "fanboy". If it turned out nothing but crap for the next two years and you immediately jumped ship to, say, a Thinkpad running FreeBSD, or just stuck with your two year old better-quality Apple products because you liked what Apple did before it went down the tubes, you wouldn't be an Apple "fanboy". If the product is a "dud", that makes it easier to identify the "fanboys", but it's not the deciding factor. Also . . . I think implicit in the label of "fanboy" is that the only lying they do is to themselves. They really believe what they tell everyone else. If someone's lying to others, that's not fanboyism -- it's called being a shill.