[mdlug] Fashion-sensitive buys unix (iMac)

[Jeff Hanson]

On Nov 22, 2007 9:04 PM, Robert Meier <eaglecoach at wwnet.com> wrote:
> Trend watchers,
>
> A friend who for the last decade has been a staunch Microsoft and
> Windows advocate just knowingly bought an iMac, after last year
> (unknowingly) buying a linux-inside box.

For the masses no amount of usability studies, cost/benefit analysis,
security aspects, and stability comparisons can have as much impact as
just being "trendy".  It's a fundamental property of being a sheep -
don't do anything risky but don't be left behind when the rest of the
herd jumps off a cliff.