Well, sure, but that's human nature. Maybe not at its finest, but human nature nonetheless.
> Oh, but I forgot to say, thank you for the history.
You're very welcome, my pleasure.
> And even as a PC user, I thought the Mac ads were cute.
So did I.
I don't have any particular computer loyalties -- I've used nearly every major small computer since they were invented (my FR profile has a little personal history if you're interested) including MS-DOS from the start, Windows from version 2, all the Mac OSes, a huge variety of Unixes and Linuxes, etc. I am completely bored and annoyed by "mine's better than yours" battles, especially on internet forums. What a colossal waste of time! I do sometimes try to correct gross inaccuracies and misconceptions in others' comments, but that's often futile also, and sometimes gets me in hot water ... *sigh*
I started out with an IBM using DOS and recall not wanting to change to windows because I knew how to use the machine with DOS. Not that I knew much, but i didn’t want to relearn. It was like when I went to the trouble to learn HTML so I could have a webpage, and then, they made it *easier* but it just meant I had to learn a program (I’m still glad I know HTML—at least that I understand it even if I don’t remember code, I understand the process).
But people do waste so much time trying to be better because of what they have.
When my son talked me into my Mac last year I kept my PC laptop. He said, “Why, you’ll never use it.” And I said, “sure I will.” But you know, I’ve used it only once. I dont know why, but I really don’t like the way it *feels* anymore.
However, I don’t really care what someone else uses, and I don’t know why anyone else does. In fact, if someone doesn’t even want to use a computer at all, I’m fine with that too. As long as they don’t want to force me to do something they can do whatever they want. :) But you’re right about human nature.