These particular people are rocket scientists and engineers, specifically the people who were responsible for landing the Curiosity Rover on Mars.Have to disagree with your implied response. "...because these people are scientists and engineers automatically makes them PC tech-savvy."
BS. I know several engineers and scientists, good friends of mine. Not only are they horrible with troubleshooting PC's, they have ZERO tolerance to troubleshoot! I was talking with one of those friends one day while he was having issues with his PC. He asked if I would take a look at it having admitted he was no good with them, and what did I find?? PC-laptop was hosed up with several viruses.
Yup, he was a EE and couldn't figure out his PC's ailment. Oh, yeah... I also had to show him how to change the RAM in it. So yeah, for many... MACS are indeed for those who have no patients for PC troubles or care to resolve them.
So your experience with ONE EE means that all are not? Talk about taking the specific to the general. My experience is the opposite. Most Mac users are actually quite computer literate, being familiar with TWO operating systems, since the majority of Mac users came from the Windows environment, while most Windows users are barely savvy in the one they're working in now.
On the other hand, most engineers and savvy in the know people DON'T want to spend their valuable time trouble shooting a dumb computer, so they select one that doesn't require trouble shooting and works with them on what THEY want to get done. Ergo, the sheer number of Macs you see in the photo personally selected by people who don't want to waste time trouble shooting machines that are prone to requiring trouble shooting.