[KeriVit]

Apple Cult: Drinking the Kool-Aid

I just don't think I'm like the Mac user the guy describes. Maybe you are?

[Cold Warrior]

He's a fanboy on a site for the Zune. I wouldn't expect any less.

[C.A.T.S. CEO]

Did the article or the comments offend you?

[KeriVit]

I just don't go tryin to convince people to buy Macs, I don't have back and forth debates about Mac vs Windows, etc.

Not to mention being compared to a cult that killed 900+ people.

[Chuckit]

The dude can't even get his timeline straight (he implies that the QuickTake was released after Jobs' return, around the same time as the iPod!). Is this really somebody whose opinion you value highly enough to be hurt by it?

[alligator]

I'm not sure about you, but when I find something better than average, I like to keep it for myself. Yes, when asked, I'll explain to people why Macs are better than an equivalent PC, but in general, if the PC people want to keep drinking the Microsoft "Kool-Aid," then so be it. Those of us who have found the Apple platform better than the alternatives can just keep this to ourselves. Apple is in no danger of going out of business. I like my Macs, and I'll continue to buy them if the quality and performance is there.

[mitchell_pgh]

I was using a Mac when the author was still in diapers.

[goMac]

If you talk to a Macintosh user he or will eventually try to sell you a Mac. They will tell you how superior the Macintosh is over the PC.

Yeah. I just can't help myself.

Stupid egotistical PC users.

[zro]

It doesn't offend me. Just another dummy with a half baked preconceived opinion that matches what he's trying to rant about. I do find it unfortunate that he'll undoubtedly be able to spread his FUD far and wide to cheers from the moron gallery. Hell, it got posted here, it's spreading very well already.

[KeriVit]

Sorry. I don't get out much.


How many people remember the Kool Aid thing?

[zro]

I wasn't trying to wag my finger at you, really. This type of stuff gets posted at Mac sites all the time. Plus it is entertaining in a repulsive kind of way. Kinda like watching a dog eat it's own vomit.

[highstakes]

He talked about the success of the Xbox, but forget to mention the recent $1b loss alone for 360-repair/warranty extension

[Chuckit]

Originally Posted by KeriVit 

Sorry. I don't get out much.


How many people remember the Kool Aid thing?

Even people who remember the Kool-Aid thing usually aren't thinking about it when they use the saying, and this guy looks like 18.

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by alligator 

I'm not sure about you, but when I find something better than average, I like to keep it for myself. Yes, when asked, I'll explain to people why Macs are better than an equivalent PC, but in general, if the PC people want to keep drinking the Microsoft "Kool-Aid," then so be it. Those of us who have found the Apple platform better than the alternatives can just keep this to ourselves. Apple is in no danger of going out of business. I like my Macs, and I'll continue to buy them if the quality and performance is there.

Yeah unless someone asks, or someone else is making ridiculously outdated slams on Apple I rarely say anything. I use OS X because it's the best for what I do. If something better/cheaper came out, I would be all over it.

Fanboys usually don't hang out on Apple boards. They hang out in say PC boards and preach the word. PC zealots hang out in Mac boards to the same thing, same with Linux users.

I have no desire to go on a PC board, or Linux board (bored?) and talk about Macs for some reason.

It makes one look zealous and insecure.

Originally Posted by Chuckit 

Even people who remember the Kool-Aid thing usually aren't thinking about it when they use the saying, and this guy looks like 18.

He looks like your typical Welcome to Ihateapple.net Forums poster.

[Super Mario]

That type of Mac user was widespread on these boards before MacIntel. It was even worse years ago. We had Macidiots who would argue for ours the merits of co-operative multi-tasking over pre-emptive multi-tasking, how the G4 was five times faster than a Pentium III, and how amazingly stable OS 9 was compared to NT. Much more respect these days between Mac and Windows guys.

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by Super Mario 

That type of Mac user was widespread on these boards before MacIntel.

Huh? Most fanboys have been made fun of for awhile now. WAAY before The Mactel deal.

It was even worse years ago. We had Macidiots who would argue for ours

For your what?

how the G4 was five times faster than a Pentium III,

Those people usually got made fun of in here too.. as I remember.

and how amazingly stable OS 9 was compared to NT. Much more respect these days between Mac and Windows guys.

Stable meaning over-all stableness. OS 9 had less PROBLEMS over all than NT did.

NT was praised as the "Crashless OS" At the time I worked for a company and used both NT and OS 9. They both went down just as much. NT with the blue screens, and OS 9 with the stoopit "restart" window that never worked.

[Super Mario]

Originally Posted by Kevin 

For your what?

LOL. Yeah I lost all rhoticity in my accent so hours has become ours.

Stable meaning over-all stableness. OS 9 had less PROBLEMS over all than NT did.

Nah OS 9 was ****. It was easy to use **** but I couldn't do a damn thing properly except type in it without it crashing. In my NT 4 box the thing was running Premiere, After Effects and Photoshop side by side smoothly without a crash. All the PCI and AGP slots were taken up too. Good days. I had a Matrox Mystique in the AGP, Creative Voodoo 2 SLI in two PCIs, Creative Encore DVD in another PCI, Creative Soundblaster Live! in another PCI, and Creative PCI-TV card in the last PCI. Yeah I really liked Creative in those days. All 5 PCIs taken up and machine was solid stable thanks to Creative NT drivers

[Oisín]

Originally Posted by Super Mario

LOL. Yeah I lost all rhoticity in my accent so hours has become ours.

(In my experience, NT is very much a hit-and-miss system. For me personally, it was mostly hit—I used it for about two years and it was by far the most stable version of Windows I’d ever used before XP, excepting perhaps 3.1/3.11, which I didn’t use intensely enough to really give much reason to crash—but for others, it seems to have notoriously unstable and flaky. Conversely, 2000 and Me were absolutely horrible for me—Me literally crashed on me within 10 seconds of installing it and rebooting—but they seem to have been the apotheosis of stability for others I know)

[Super Mario]

The 3dfx Glide drivers were really good for gaming on NT 4.0. Much faster than Windows 95/98 or W2K. NT didn't have USB support. That was the only reason I upgraded to W2K...and the cheap price for full OEM version.

Correction. My PCI TV card was by Pinnacle.

[Chuckit]

It seems like most Mac users in the OS 9 days would have been comparing it to Windows 98 or Windows ME, not Windows NT.

[OwlBoy]

hehehe "IBM PC or clone." Was this written in the 90s and reposted?

-Owl