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I think it is quite funny... Rush once said that being a Mac user is much like being a conservative. As soon as poeople find out you use a Mac the insults start flying. "Mac's Suck, You are a loser. Steve is an idiot." You see it on every Mac thread in this forum.

Funny. I see the Mac as the liberal computer – based much on hype and sold as a “lifestyle” just like liberal political philosophy. Mac users seem to base their computer selection on feelings not the reality of the situation.

Reality: A computer is a tool, not a lifestyle. A computer is means to an end, not an end in and of itself.

Trace the threads. It sure looks like the oversensitivity, lack of humor, and what looks like blind zealousness comes from our friends on the Mac-side. Like I said, the Mac sure looks like the "liberal computer" to me.

I use a Silver G4 at work, but it's time to upgrade at home. That 17" G4 laptop would be perfect -- but OSUX doesn't run QuarkXpress, and I gotta have Quark. What to do?

Should I bite the bullet and pay the $4K for the cool new laptop that won't run Quark, or consider -- gulp -- going over to the Dark Side?

Any advice?

Funny. I see the Mac as the liberal computer ? based much on hype and sold as a ?lifestyle? just like liberal political philosophy. Mac users seem to base their computer selection on feelings not the reality of the situation.

Since when? Does this mean that anyone that decides to go for a Gateway (since they promise so much hand-holding and offered a hideous "iMac Killer" PC that went nowhere) or a Sony (since they sell models specfically aimed at those looking to do the same things as Mac home users like make home videos and manage MP3s etc) is also merely basing their purchase decision on feelings instead of "reality," whatever that is supposed to be?

I bought my new iMac about three months ago not because it is, or represents, some "lifestyle." I bought it because it has the best monitor of any PC currently out there, bar none. Because I prefer the OS. Because I love having the infinitely-tinkerable Unix under the hood. For as long as I've had it, the only "lifestyle" tool I've used is iTunes. (And there were dozens of other ways to sort and play MP3s before iTunes came around anyway.) iMovie? iDVD? iPhoto? Hey, I don't even own a digital camera or camcorder. I've never even launched any of them a single time. Nice to know they're there in case I ever do get around to buying a camera or camcorder, but they played no role whatsoever in my decision to purchase.

I don't begrudge anyone who buys a PC. If they prefer Windows, fine. Hell, I have VirtualPC, I run WinXPPro myself sometimes. And the PC is absolutely the preferable platform for certain needs. But I, and millions of others, happen to prefer Macs for our needs. Why is this something that must be crushed?