Re: Nowadays Macs don't look different than PCs
Pretty amazing how Apple has got to where it is, given that according to the massed ranks of El Reg Commentardery, everything they've ever done is (a) a shameless copy of some unsung hero company's work, (b) crap, (c) ridiculously overpriced and (d) would never be bought by anybody.
It's not really amazing at all. Amazon is a fashion company selling ridiculously overpriced stuff on the USP of being without the latest iThing is Not Cool.
As to why that's less than universally popular, waving around fashion accessories worth more than the monthly takehome pay after tax of over a third of the population is something that generally has been socially unacceptable in the west since the peasants in France got fed up with their aristocracy rubbing it in like this and guillotined as many of them as they could get their hands on. The survivors decided that perhaps a more restrained mode of dress would be prudent and the aristocracy elseware decided they didn't wish to pointlessly antagonise their plebs and followed suit.
In short, extravagant dress, excessive jewelry or decking yourself out with gold chains etc to show how wealthy you are has been really deeply socially unacceptable for two hundred years. Apple has managed to make waving a fashion accessory around that's worth as noted more than a third of full time salaried workers in the UK take home a month cool (and fuck knows what percentage that is of the population given part time workers and the gig economy) Their supporters take great delight in waving their iphones around and exclaiming "oh, isin't that LAST YEARS model". (alternately, look at how rich I am)
Now if you don't understand why this is perhaps somewhat short of being universally popular in a time when there are people who struggle to afford to put food on the table then I suggest that there is probably nothing whatsoever that anybody can say on the subject that is going to make you understand why Apple is not universally worshiped as befits the messiah of overpriced tat, but i'll try anyway.
The above accounts for quite major one major source of opposition.
A second group is techies who have been at this for so long that we were geeks and nerds when that wasn't cool, and instinctively deeply loathe people trying to exert social pressure to force us to do things we don't want to do and will do something else more or less instinctively.
A third group looks at expensive kit that has perfectly adequate cheaper alternatives for a tiny fraction of the cost and wonders why any rational person would spend a huge price premium on buying it.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
