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We live in a polarized computer world. Full disclosure, I have drunk the Apple koolaid, I upgraded to Leopard and I have an Iphone. But I am thinking of using a person's choice of computer as a factor in choosing Presidential candidates and I am considering using it to screen potential friends.
The "corporate" world, now I live in Chicago, how more middle of the country can u get, is a WIndows world. I am really starting to believe what type of computer someone uses is an indication of how they think and what they value. An old friend of mine here is becoming less and less of a friend. Is one factor because I keep going down the Mac road and he lives completely in the Windows corporate world?
The creativity that a Mac gives the simple person, like me, who isn't a techie is unbelievable. The integration of the Iphone with the Mac is unbelievable. My old media life, reading newspapers and watching TV is now becoming an Online media life as the Mac makes it so easy for me to interact with the web, access music, pictures,video, etc.
But for someone not to appreciate what the Mac/Apple world enables one to do is an indication of how they think overall I've decided.
The problem for me as I look for a job is that my Mac skills do not necessarily transfer over to the Windows world, because WIndows is much more rigid, I'll have to say it, "corporate".
So it easy for me to see why some people are reacting so angrily to your article. And I could probable tell u some more of their preferences, just because they r attached to PCs. But as Apple opens up the world of movies, DVD's, music, the web in an easy to use format for the average person I think the divide between PCs and MAC users will only get bigger.
