[avenir]

Good points. A neighbor of mine has a 90's M3 and I went for a ride in it recently. When he found a safe stretch he nailed it and it was like the WHOOSH! you get from a modern roller coaster. I laughed out loud in glee.

At times you'll hear a Mac afficionado claim that Apple is the BMW of computers. I dispute this because one has to be thoroughly steeped in the Apple mythos to believe that the Mac offers an essentially "other" computer experience, on the level of exhilaration.

Apple has a better corporate identity shell, but they aren't offering quantum leaps in user experience analogous to an M3 vs. Intrepid.

[pageonetoo]

he nailed it and it was like the WHOOSH! you get from a modern roller coaster. I laughed out loud in glee. ...

I did drive a 740 turbo wagon, but have replaced it. I drive a Mac, too. Same exhiliarating feel... It's not the Porsche Cayenne, but it's half the price, with most of the go... whoosh, whoosh!

[papertyger]

I dispute this because one has to be thoroughly steeped in the Apple mythos to believe that the Mac offers an essentially "other" computer experience, on the level of exhilaration. Apple has a better corporate identity shell, but they aren't offering quantum leaps in user experience analogous to an M3 vs. Intrepid.

You simply don't know what you are talking about. The exhilaration comes from the protracted computing experience without any episodes of BLIND PANIC because Joe Six-Pack doesn't know .dll means "driver." When a Mac throws up a dialog box, it actually tells you what the problem is.