Why So Many Mac Fanatics?

daeley writes "NewsFactor has published an article, Cult of the Mac - Why So Many Mac Fanatics? -- looking for answers to '...what is it about the Mac that commands such loyalty? An even better question might be, what is Apple doing right?'"

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Re:what apple did right

[foobar104]

macs only appear to be a success because they sell products to the *same* people.

You're simply wrong. According to Apple, of all the people who bought iMacs, 40% of them had never owned a computer of any kind before.

Sure, it's Apple saying that, so consider the source. But despite the apparent prevailing attitude on Slashdot, big companies are not in the habit of out-and-out lying in their marketing materials. There's obviously a grain of truth to the statement.

Re:What is apple doing right?

[Ford Fulkerson]

They used to be what, 8% of the market, but the market grew and they didn't.

Well I'm a mac user and the one thing I always hear from Wintel users is how small Apple's market share is. Like I'd care..

When it comes to Apple there are only two things that I feel completely certain about.
The first thing is that Apple will never die, they will always have their loyal group of supporters to keep them afloat.
The second thing is that Apple will never dominate the personal computer industry.

The thing that my Wintel using friends don't understand is that I as a mac user am perfectly happy with this. In fact I want Apple's situation to be like it is right now! Apple are after all a creator of a proprietary operating system and perhaps the most important thing thing that stops them from treating their customers as bad as Microsoft does is that they really need to satisfy the customers they have. If Apple had the same monoploy that Microsoft enjoys today, they would probably we just as bad, and I would not be a mac user.