Yup, peterfile – it can be a bit much at times.
I’m not advocating there be no style in the Laptop world – I recoil at IBM Thinkpads like they carry disease. Macs now seem like a uniform to me. Sure they’re stylish, but the lock-ins to Apple and cancelling of jailbroken items etc just scream to me that Apple products don’t really belong to you. Fair enough, but how does individuality come into this?
I know no one cares about my personal experience with Mac or PC, but there might be more ad revenue from me typing this. I’ve simply not had a problem with Windows since ’98, unless you count failing to boot because I thought 4.2GHz on an old Pentium 4 on stock air was a good idea. The benefits I get from using Windows still exist: Stuff like hacking drivers so my little gaming card acts like a workstation card. Using the hardware I want very easily.
*wanders off muttering about the death of the American Dream, Apple drones…*