LOL, you couldn't be more wrong. Those guys would be douches without Apple or even Starbucks. Those types of douches latch on to Apple products. Apple does not create douches. I thought you were smarter than this. They latch onto something like Apple because it gives them an identity which they clearly don't have becuase they suck as individuals. If not for Apple, they'd latch onto something else like Unix or TurboGrafx-16.
Exactly my point. Apple is exploiting the lowest common denominator in society. So many people believe these products are great, because they were told they were great so many times.
It's the reason the Tea Party is successful, just like Triumph of the Will pumped up a nation a long time ago. People like to get pumped up and follow the masses. If you are not with the masses, you are generally considered weird. "What's that Sansa MP3 player? It must suck."
We are on a TG16 fan site... if anything, our system's death has a lot to do with this group think mentality. Apple is the latest in line, there have been many before, and there will be many if the future.
Remember when Starter jackets costs $150 because they were the best? Now North Face cost $200 because they are the best. Are either of these things actually the best?
The majority of what we spend money on as American's is advertising. When you buy a product, how come companies only make 20% margins on something that cost $3 to make and they sell for $80 (here's looking at you Nike, another great example). It is because even though their slave laborers make $1 a week to make the shoes, it costs them $50 a pair to market.
Long rant, maybe got off point... but anyway, Apple is overrated hardware, period.
