two kinds of mindsets can be distinguished: hacker mindest and consumer mindset. buying an old ibm thinkpad (to install linux) is hacker mindset. buying a win

two kinds of mindsets can be distinguished: hacker mindest and consumer mindset. buying an old ibm thinkpad (to install linux) is hacker mindset. buying a windows laptop is consumer mindset. buying a macbook (in the case of an end-user) is consumer mindset. buying a macbook (in the case of a developer -- for the reason that is *nix based) is the consumeristic hacker mindset. i can see how someone buying a macbook sees themself as getting the best of both worlds. ofcourse macbooks are more popular than vintage thinkpads in our "developer" culture. a parallel: there is more pop than anti-pop in the music industry. consumers.