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> You're not taking into account that there are many of us who prefer ThinkPads (or other PC hardware) over Mac hardware and prefer Windows 7 or Linux over OSX.
by azakai 14y ago
> You're not taking into account that there are many of us who prefer ThinkPads (or other PC hardware) over Mac hardware and prefer Windows 7 or Linux over OSX. We're not "compromising" on another machine, we're choosing the machine that best suits our needs.
Sorry, yeah, I didn't mean to say that. I was trying to say that there is a strong "style" element in picking a machine. People should be rational as you say and pick the one that is better for them, but often whichever is "cooler" is more important - again, until recently, having a non-MacBook in certain circles would get you odd stares and you would feel like you didn't fit in. That seems to be changing now though.
- Stratoscope 14y agoVery true, and thanks for not taking offense at my comment. Did you ever see the movie Legally Blonde? There was a funny scene where Elle was tired of being seen as a dumb blonde, so she bought a MacBook of whatever vintage they made back then and brought it to class. (She was wearing her Playboy bunny outfit when she bought the machine, but that's another story!) She took the Mac to class and there was one great shot of the whole class from the front of the classroom - so what you saw was the top lids of everyone's laptops. They were all solid black - presumably ThinkPads but they hid the logos - and she had the one lone Apple logo. Guess she didn't fit in after all! How times change... :-)