[voidlogic]

The poster I responded to mapped out why logically PC, Linux and Android is the best combined platform, but then suggested that it is not really true is intangible reasons ("Not everything can be reduced down to specs and numbers").

I was expressing that I follow his logic and think this logic is valid. And not just for techies like me, but lay people as well.

[Volpe]

So people who bought iphones and macs just didn't understand the options available to them through linux? I seriously doubt that premise.

[voidlogic]

I think that many tech people use apple because its what they think hip techies use and that is what they want to be. Its a brand, and image. Apple also has an aesthetic that many people like. I'm not saying people don't have a right to make up their own mind, but I have a right to think they are choosing wrongly.

[lowkeykiwi]

So you are saying those intangibles don't exist? Maybe you and your mother just don't value them as much.

[voidlogic]

I never said that they don't exist, and I would agree I must value them less, that is implied by the choices I have made. There are also intangibles that push in the opposite direction as well, say such as Apple being a comparatively evil tech company in regards to opensource interactions, market tactics, patents and labor/human rights.