Actually, to find "the same kind of bitterness, sneering elitism and boorish behavior" one needs to look no further than the Mac snobs.
Heck, just look at the article which started this thread, for example.
I have to say, tho, the only place I encounter the same kind of bitterness, sneering elitism and boorish behavior of the anti-Mac crowd is with liberals.
Actually, to find "the same kind of bitterness, sneering elitism and boorish behavior" one needs to look no further than the Mac snobs.
Heck, just look at the article which started this thread, for example.
I'll agree with you, there are many suspects on the Mac side - to have a war, you need two or more players. I've read things from Mac users that make me cringe, like claimng they "never" crash, or things along those lines.
However, I'll stand by what I said, examples of the behavior I refer to is everywhere you look these days, even here at FR, where I hoped to get beyond this kind of things - how many times are Mac users accused of being homosexual on these forums? How many other products are used as a basis of attacking anyone, exept possibly French products? "Oh, man, you bought a Sony TV? You're a fag!" No, it just doesn't seem to happe, does it?
Computers are just tools. Yet people think that just because someone uses a Mac, that it gives them license to insult them in ways that would start a fistfight in real life. I'd expect that kind of behavior on DU, or anywhere else liberals gather, and it's a great disapointment to see it here.