Apple Users

"people who use Macs are stupid and too dumb to use a real computer."

As if going through the hideous pain of editing the Windows registry just to make basic functionality work correctly, constantly fighting to plug security holes and remove spyware & viruses, rolling back device drivers to a previous version because they're not compatible with the other drivers on your system, recovering from freeze after freeze and crash after crash, etc. etc. makes one a computer expert!

In the days when I owned a Windows machine and had to go through all that -- not to mention nightmares like manually setting dip switches on hard drives (thankfully a thing of the past for everybody!), interpreting obscure messages on blue screens, etc. -- I didn't consider myself superior to users of Macs or Unix machines. I cussed and banged on the desk and dreamed of the day when just using a computer wouldn't consist of periods of normal functionality punctuated by occasional episodes of deep frustration. Thank goodness that day has arrived.

But what I can't understand is getting so emotionally invested in your choice of machine or device. Do Craftsman lawnmower owners despise, ridicule, and secretly envy owners of Bosch mowers?

Hey, if somebody wants to use a Windows (or Android, or Linux, or Unix, etc.) device, more power to them! I use a Windows machine at work and consider some Microsoft products (especially Outlook) to be excellent. Just don't get all worked up about it and cast aspersions my way because I prefer to use different tools when I have the choice.