Is Apple a Cult?

[krashkart]

Originally Posted by Terrax

I'll say yes. Back in 93 - 95, I did contract work at Union Carbide (now DOW) taking care of their computers. They were 75% PC, 25% Macs. I was shocked at how arrogant they were just because they used Macs. They genuinely thought they were smarter, more productive employees, and NEVER missed an opportunity to tell you how much better a Mac was to a PC. I had to listen to it all day. Comments like "When will you PC people stop working with toys and get a Mac, you'll finally get some real work done?" or "It must be hard to get out of bed every day knowing you have to work with a PC?" And as I said, they weren't joking, they were dead serious.

When Carbide started rolling out Windows 95, the Mac people rolled their eyes, and make a huge deal about how Microsoft released a very poor copy of Mac's operating system. I left the job at that point, but heard later that it was decided to standardize the computers and all the Macs were going to be replaced with PC's. My former co-worker said it was an open revolt. Shouting matches, threats of resignation, and even protests with signs in front of the IT building took place. I lost track of what happened after that.

The experience with those 100 odd, (very odd) people has been close to what I've experienced with most Mac people I've met over the years. They all have a superiority complex and love spewing their pro Mac sermon. Last month a construction contractor was in my building, saw all the Dell boxes, and started in with his Mac speech. I told him pretty much what I've said in this post, and he was literally ready to try to "beat my ass" because I downed his Mac. It was ridiculous. I've been anti Mac for years, not because of the computers, but because of the users. The only other time I've seen people get so defensive about something is religion or NASCAR (driving around in a circle for 4 hours, what fun!) So I definitely think it's a cult.

Odd. '95 was about the time I bought my MacBook. Oh, let me tell ya what an awesome machine that was! j/k

I had a period there where I fawned over my MacBook and abhorred the PC. I later moved on to an early distribution of Linux and fawned over how much better that was than the Winblow$ systems. Nowadays I'm back to a standard Windows PC and have enjoyed building my own rig. I've been running XP since it came out and found it stable enough to do what I need it to do. Mac was a passing fad for me, and Linux was more of a hobby. iPhone, iPod, and now iPad... I don't really need or want any of them - same with Amazon's Kindle (it's... not.... paper! Sorry, it just popped in there. ).

Interesting that contractor wanting to beat you up just to defend a stupid computer. Maybe Apple should include regular therapy and massage sessions with their devices.

[August]

Originally Posted by krashkart

Interesting that contractor wanting to beat you up just to defend a stupid computer. Maybe Apple should include regular therapy and massage sessions with their devices.

LoL. "A free anger management class with the purchase of every Mac!"

[XabbaRus]

I just wish Steve Jobs would realise the faded jeans and blue sweatshirt look just isn't hip any more and doesn't make you 'down with the kids' when releasing a new toy...