Jun 20 2008
The Cult of Mac – Weird and Scary
There is no nice way to say this, but for those people who are a part of the Cult of Mac: You’re weird and scary.
Really, there is something incredibly freaky about the fervour that Apple lovers have about a BRAND. It’s a brand people. It’s based around an electronics company.
For people who are members of the Cult of Mac, there a religious like awe usually reserved for the divine.
It seems that no matter what they release, be it good or sub par product, there are people who will line up for days or hours to get if first. It isn’t like they wouldn’t be able to get it if they waited a week. It isn’t a rock concert that can sell out, without the possibility of more tickets released, in a matter of minutes. The i-pod / i-phone / i-whatever will still be available the next week and the week after. You won’t miss out.
Now, I admit, Mac isn’t my thing.
Some of it seems pretty nice but I find the all white notebooks hurt my eyes. If I want something really portable, I still want it to be powerful enough to be able to do things or, I want it really small like the Asus eee.
My experience with iPod’s isn’t that great because I did a series of sound tests using a computer, Sony HiMD and a first or second gen ipod. Using the same MP3 we (my friend and I) did a sound test on each plugged through the same set of speakers. The iPod didn’t sound a lot like the original. I’m sure this would go unnoticed without a comparative test and probably has more to do with the audio codec than the iPod itself, but between this and the fact that I like my music DRM free and my player DRM free and my software DRM free and not have my music re-encoded into crappy formats and hidden from me in my player, Apple failed to win me over.
Now, the iphone does seem pretty cool. But I wont be getting one because I don’t want to have Mac-Restrict® on every part of it.
But my point is; even though they have some possibly decent products, some crap products, some products that are to (only) some peoples taste, and some really good products (or what would be good products without Mac-Restrict®), there is no need to be so passionate about it.
Why do people from the Cult of Mac always feel the need to defend the products of a company? Look online, in forums, chat rooms and comments and if there is anything said that is negative about Macs, there will be those followers of Mac, ready to defend their mighty white god.
It makes me sick. It’s just a fucking BRAND. I don’t hate Mac, I hate followers of the Cult of Mac. You scary weird fuckers!
