The same reason console wars exist. If there are multiple choices, and it's not practical to take/use/buy all the options, people feel the need to justify the choice that they did make. When someone's starting from a defensive position, unemotional rationality is uncommon.
AKA, it's human nature.
While i am no apple fanatic, i will readily admit that much of their hardware is designed extremely well from an ergonomic standpoint. Barring obvious failures like their push to make things needlessly thin, a lot of their hardware is durable and holds its value well. Personally, i have a macbook from 2014 that i still use daily for basic tasks and its keyboard is very well built.
While some user behaviour is fanatical, one cannot deny that apply invest a lot into usability of their hardware and software and it shows. Can't say the same for a lot of windows laptops.
The post wasn't about how you engage with the device. It was simply another similar scenario where the same behaviour emerges.
It's an emotional decision dressed in layers of thought and reason.
While is this true, the number of console wars spawned from comparing physical controller feel might bring the parallel back on track.
It's also a form of entertainment.
> unemotional rationality is uncommon
Tangentially, I'm not certain it even exists outside of sociopaths. A certain amount of emotion or beliefs underlies most rational arguments.
The problem is when emotional rationality devolves to either shallowness (i.e. fleeting trends) or fanaticism ("there is only one true option forever").
But shallowness and fanaticism are always present because they are both easier routes to self appeasement in a world that usually pushes people towards lower self concept.
Windows is always lagging with its legacy burden, Linux on desktop doesn't have commercial interest to begin with.
Consoles are pretty much the same unless they have exclusive games.
It's not really emotional matters. Used Windows 10+ years and not missing it.
Definitely not.
> Linux on desktop doesn't have commercial interest to begin with
Red Hat is literally IBM now...
Linux has also gotten dramatically easier as well of course and is free. I still like MacOS generally but I always thought it was a mistake to completely ignore server-adjacent stuff that powerusers would want. If I buy a Mac and own MacOS why can't I also run a MacOS VM on that same machine? Would be pretty cool to have 3 or 4 running simultaneously with these new processors.