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   On Fri, 20 Aug 2021 06:02:23 -0700 (PDT), Roger House <61rroger@gmail.com>   
   wrote:   
   >One of my favorite movies is the Sandra Bullock called The Net.  Although I   
   >don't remember if I've read the whole thing, I have read some of Roger Ebert's   
   >review of it.  At one point in his review, he wrote the following, and   
   >I'm doing a cut and paste thing here.   
   >   
   >"It's a revealing detail that she uses Macs (which for me means she loves   
   >computers instead of merely working with them)."   
   >   
   >Here's my question, if anyone has an idea.  What do you think he means/meant   
   >by the part that is in parenthesis?  Thank you.   
      
   The mythology was (and to some extent still is) that Apple Macintosh computers   
   were much easier and more reliable to use than Intel-based PCs running   
   Microsoft   
   Windows.  They were supposedly "more intuitive."  Many Mac users became   
   passionate about there machines, regarding them as something more than a   
   computing appliance.  Mac vs. Windows debates were often quite heated.   
   Windows users were seen as being more utilitarian, treating their machines as   
   just a tool, while Mac owners, many of whom were in the creative arts, often   
   saw   
   the Mac as an extension of themselves.   
      
   Ebert's comment suggests to me that he was a Mac user and bought into the above   
   mythology.  The real reason Sandra Bullock uses a Mac in the movie was probably   
   a product placement buy-in on the part of Apple as opposed to a statement about   
   the values of Bullock's character in the film.   
      
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