Have you ever gotten the impression that Apple is some kind of cult? It seems to me that a lot of Mac users are ravenously defensive of their OperatingSystem and are constantly trying to convert people. Not to mention all of the fluffy self-help-esque pep-talking, such as in MacOsx...
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Cult members: slavishly follow the teachings of their glorious leader/Messiah, hanging on his every word
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Mac users: slavishly follow the teachings of SteveJobs, hanging on his every word
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Cult members: the leader has a RealityDistortionField
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Mac users: SteveJobs has a RealityDistortionField
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Cult members: gladly pay large sums to the cult as a condition of salvation
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Mac users: gladly pay large sums to Apple as a condition of getting hardware
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Cult members: dress all in white (it was orange before The Leader changed his mind)
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Mac users: have all their devices in white (it was translucent blue before SteveJobs changed his mind)
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Cult members: worship in temple-like facilities being created rapidly around the world
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Mac users: worship in temple-like Apple Stores being created rapidly around the world
If Apple is a cult, Microsoft is a religion - the only difference between the two being market share. (Linux, of course, is the radical extremist sect of the other major religion.)
Is there some way i can get tax breaks out of this? -- TomAnderson