This statement above is so ridiculous I can't believe it.
Then you didn't comprehend it. See below.
Ok then, so you are also saying, if you buy a $4 bottle of 2 buck chuck wine at Trader Joes, and I go and buy a $20 bottle of Wine at Whole Foods, in your twisted logic it is only because of the pretty packaging or a "status" thing? It couldn't POSSIBLY be that the $20 bottle of wine tastes better, and the $2 buck Chuck tastes horrible? So...the ONLY reason I am buying the coffee is for a caffeinated drink, or the wine to get drunk...I couldn't POSSIBLY be buying something more expensive because it tastes better? And if I do choose to buy a $4 cup of coffee or a $20 bottle of wine, is it ONLY because I am trying to be a shallow, superficial elitist?
Nope, I never said any of that. You are trying to put words in my mouth.
if you buy a $4 bottle of 2 buck chuck wine at Trader Joes, and I go and buy a $20 bottle of Wine at Whole Foods,
Not even remotely the same comparison as paying $4 at Starbucks for essentially the same quality of coffee at the Higgins & Burke stand at the gas station for $2. Completely different comparison, sunshine.
Your example is horrible. Try another one, since you seem to love this thread and constantly want to tell us all our mac purchases are frivolous and "superficial"
You haven't been paying attention. I never said it was frivolous. I said it was superficial. Look up the definition.
Oh, here it is:
concerned with or comprehending only what is on the surface or obvious
And Joe, I DID read what you said before and after that quote. To be clear, didn't you lump every mac buyer into buying their computer for superficial reasons?
No, he did not.
Sounds like a sweeping generalization to me?
Are you asking a question or making a statement?
Last time I looked up the definition, it wasn't too flattering a term. Aren't you basically saying: "All mac users choose macs because they look pretty?"
No, he never said that.
Do you honestly not think that some users simply prefer the operating system,
I'm sure some of you do. And that's fine. Its just that when someone makes an unsupportable statement like Macs were "intended for design" as if a Mac is superior somehow in promoting the creative process, that's when others will object. Are you understanding this?
or any other myriad of reasons?
I invite you to support that statement.