24 July 2005

On Being and Deliciousness, with Wil Shipley:

Mac users love their machines; Windows users put up with their machines because they don’t believe there’s anything really better.

It’s depressing, really, because it’s like dealing with victims of abuse: “Seriously, there’s a better world out there, and you deserve it! You don’t have to put up with this! You can leave! Mac will treat you right!” And their response is right out of the textbooks: “Why would I trust Mac? I don’t think anything can be good after this.”

I had trouble quoting this analogy, because it makes me uncomfortable, but on a very clinical level it’s perfectly accurate.