XPost: comp.sys.mac.advocacy   
   From: harvest-this@mail.utexas.edu   
      
   Woofbert wrote:   
      
   > In article ,   
   >  "Lefty"  wrote:   
   >   
   >   
   >>Andy Walton wrote:   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>>There is absolutely no point in appealing to the wisdom of the   
   >>>majority in matters of taste, unless you believe that Eminem is   
   >>>thousands of times more gifted as a musician than Yo-Yo Ma and   
   >>>a Macdonald's burger is better than Fillet Mignon on a   
   >>>price/performance basis.   
   >>   
   >>Well, when you say "matters of taste" you nail it.   
   >>   
   >>IMO the majority is probably choosing the best platform for them,   
   >   
   >   
   > This is debatable. The majority seem to be choosing the platform of the   
   > majority. It's pushed on them by corporate marketing or by the PC hack   
   > friend who builds them a box for cheap and installs all kinds of cool   
   > toys on it...   
      
   I would argue against this.  I think that these events are the result of   
   folks not trying to make a choice- in other works, these are people   
   /allowing/ corporate marketing to choose for them in order to avoid the   
   trouble of deciding for themselves.   
   Same for people who let their friends chose their platform for them.   
      
   I would argue that many who choose the mac- with out much consideration,   
   are doing the same thing: they are buying the cool looking box.   
   The next group would be those chose the Mac because someone that they   
   respect is using a Mac.   
   Lastly, would be those that chose the Mac because it had a capability   
   not present in other platforms.   
      
   It follows that the vast majority have the computers that they have,   
   because they did not _want_ to choose, but rather went down the easiest   
   path.   
      
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