I think that all of this stems directly from the Mac culture itself.
The Mac is a drastically less used, more expensive, and a slower computer (sorry guys....benchmarks vs reality). Despite those huge marketing nightmare's many of us in the culture (as defined when you put down your hard earned $$ on a Mac) expect more than our constantly complaining Window's compadre. The facts are hard...that those who buy Mac's fit one of three patterns....they make their living on a Mac, they want to make a living on a Mac, or they love the obviously superior OS. For the first group, an upgrade is simply a necessity of business. For the second group, an upgrade is usually at a student discount brought to you by student loans. For the third group, an upgrade (or rather 4 in 4 years) is almost as great of a financial strain as the damn computer itself. Simply put....Mac user's spend a great deal of time talking about their Mac. Bragging even. And then they find that the $3000 they spent three years ago is now completely obsolete (even an old Dell runs WinDoze XP with minor hardware upgrades)...and well, that hurts. Blame whomever you like, the pain is still there......in my years as a #3 I often questioned just what the hell I was doing and why. By the time I am able to afford a new powerbook they'll have G6's (if Moto and IBM ever kick it into gear). My Wallstreet, while still functional is OSX Jag, doesn't have Panther....can't have Panther. Am I complaining? At first I did. At every chance. Now I just grin and bear it....and the keyboard of the Wallstreet will get dusty from neglect and the three year old Dell with the inferior OS will be used more and more. I feel a tad neglected, rejected even.....but it's all about money kids....Apple can't spend the next two years updating their OS to run on every computer made in the last 4 years....that's Microsoft's job.....and while producing an inferior OS, they still have 95% of the market. Apple is blessed. If they showed their customers 1/4 of the dedication their customer's showed them.....they might have a chance in this market.
Mac forever....even if it's just a museum piece,
ed j
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