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Maddox on the iPone

4 replies · 1,670 views · Started 22 July 2007

I see we have some common ground.

Fixing computers for a living here in Olympia I see more than my share of Apple systems. You can always tell an Apple user when they walk in the door. They look like a hippie, smell like last week, and act as if they are some sort of royalty by virtue of their choice of computer.

When a Windows PC breaks, the user will blame Microsoft. When an Apple computer breaks, the user will blame his neighbours, the local computer techs, the stars - anyone but Apple themselves. Jobs and company have convinced a small yet vocal group of consumers that they are a special class, that their products are perfect.

If I had said two years ago that people would stand in line for the privilege of paying $600 plus another $1500 in contract fees for a smartphone that is not as smart as other, cheaper models, who would have believed me?


Main Entry: sheep
Pronunciation: 'shEp
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural sheep
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English scEap; akin to Old High German scAf sheep
2 a : a timid defenseless creature b : a timid docile person; especially : one easily influenced or led : Apple fanboy