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    LetsBrushYourTeeth said:
    You lot automatically think people who buy Macs are blinded imbeciles. I find it a joke people care so much about what products people buy and actually have some sort of movement against it.
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    I didn't call Greg an imbecile, did I? He's a Mac user. I think some people have good reasons for what they do, and some don't. As with everything. Are you actually denying that marketing is making millions of people buy stuff and establish brand loyalties that are completely vacuous?

    Do you not see the irony that you are one of the loudest haters of various things around here and yet you're so unhinged about anti-Mac talk?
     
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    Martin said:
    I didn't call Greg an imbecile, did I? He's a Mac user. I think some people have good reasons for what they do, and some don't. As with everything. Are you actually denying that marketing is making millions of people buy stuff and establish brand loyalties that are completely vacuous?

    Do you not see the irony that you are one of the loudest haters of various things around here and yet you're so unhinged about anti-Mac talk?
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    So your gripe with Apple is marketing, not product?
     
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    ßüякε;1821745 said:
    I understand that, and i know bother are PERSONAL COMPUTERS, it is just that some PC's are using a Windows operating system, so they are WIndows OS based, or Windows based.
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    You can run Windows on "a Mac" and you can run Mac OS on "a PC". Ie. there's no difference.

    Saying "Windows based" implies that the machine is somehow tied to Windows, which it isn't. You can put a banana on a table and it's not "table based".
     
    Bjerknes

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    Martin said:
    I didn't call Greg an imbecile, did I? He's a Mac user. I think some people have good reasons for what they do, and some don't. As with everything. Are you actually denying that marketing is making millions of people buy stuff and establish brand loyalties that are completely vacuous?
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    I already said it: anybody who buys products solely because of commercials is an idiot.

    Do you not see the irony that you are one of the loudest haters of various things around here and yet you're so unhinged about anti-Mac talk?
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    Haters of what? Football teams?

    Football is different from a computer, Martin. Unless you work for one of Apple's competitors, I find it silly you seem to care so much about this issue.
     
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    ßüякε;1821746 said:
    So your gripe with Apple is marketing, not product?
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    Both. And they are separate issues. The marketing thing is quite trivial, and therefore easy to get on board with. The other stuff is a lot more serious.
     
    Bjerknes

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    Martin said:
    You can run Windows on "a Mac" and you can run Mac OS on "a PC". Ie. there's no difference.

    Saying "Windows based" implies that the machine is somehow tied to Windows, which it isn't. You can put a banana on a table and it's not "table based".
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    But that's the vernacular used around the world, correct or incorrect.
     
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    LetsBrushYourTeeth said:
    I already said it: anybody who buys products solely because of commercials is an idiot.
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    So apparently we call the same people idiots. Problem solved?

    LetsBrushYourTeeth said:
    Haters of what? Football teams?
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    Football teams, Glenn Beck, local sports teams, it's like you have something new every week. And I don't criticize you for it, do I? If anything, it adds color.

    LetsBrushYourTeeth said:
    Football is different from a computer, Martin. Unless you work for one of Apple's competitors, I find it silly you seem to care so much about this issue.
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    So you're on a football forum saying it's silly anyone would care so much about a computer company. Do you want me to go on a computer forum ask if the people there find it silly that anyone would care about a football club? Because I think I could swing that.
     
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    Martin said:
    You can run Windows on "a Mac" and you can run Mac OS on "a PC". Ie. there's no difference.

    Saying "Windows based" implies that the machine is somehow tied to Windows, which it isn't. You can put a banana on a table and it's not "table based".
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    Martin said:
    Both. And they are separate issues. The marketing thing is quite trivial, and therefore easy to get on board with. The other stuff is a lot more serious.
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    Then what are the other reasons?

    LetsBrushYourTeeth said:
    But that's the vernacular used around the world, correct or incorrect.
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    Exactly.
     
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    Martin

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    LetsBrushYourTeeth said:
    But that's the vernacular used around the world, correct or incorrect.
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    "Windows based PC" is not the vernacular around the world, if it were I think I would know. People just say "Windows" because it's clear what it means and it's accurate.
     
    Lawnchair Bes

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    the way i see this, as an informed consumer i found out that i could get similar product to a Mac, have it do the same thing or more at only a fraction of the cost. now if martin goes out and calls most mac users uniformed consumers (read: idiots) then those who informed themselves shouldn't feel threatened
     
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    you can't go out and compare a $500 laptop that runs windows/linux to a $1500 one that runs mac. what apple did, through their advertising is convince people that the extra $1000 was worth it
     
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    Works, burkeman. They have meaning.

    Gene Hackman was great in Enemy of the state.
     
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    ßüякε;1821772 said:
    weak
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    Exactly, it's much easier to just say "you're fat", which is what this thread is all about. And look at how many posts it has compared to that one, which actually explains a serious problem.

    People love petty stuff.
     
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