There’s a difference between blind religious devotion and liking something on its merits. I’m an old-time Windows hack since version 2 who switched to Mac three years ago for home use. I did it because Apple’s product is simply better. I have an Android phone because I’m with Verizon, but I’ve used iPhones, so I know the iPhone is superior. My three year-old, first generation iPod Touch (an iPhone minus the phone) has a FAR more responsive and fluid interface than my year-old Android phone.
Any devotion I have for Apple is because the products and services are usually far superior, and I have the experience and expertise to be able to make such a relative judgment. If the superior products stop, so will my “devotion.”.
You can stop it with the “cult” thing.
No, he can't. He's a member of a cult, one that requires that the members recite a worn-out, tired litany of false slurs and inaccurate evaluations. If he ever stops calling Apple customers "cultists" and "fanboys", or stops calling Apple products "overpriced", -his- cult will disown him.
It's sort of a tribal thing, I guess.
As one with little-to-no brand loyalty, but who sees the value in quality products over cheap ones, I think those guys are a hoot. (You know, the -other- cultists...) ;-)