Over at Macworld there’s an opinion piece on whether or not Apple is heading in the wrong direction, and it utilizes various (stubborn) design lunders by Apple over the years (read the article here.
After reading this I thought “Why does the Apple-using culture get so up-in-arms over these things? Why do we still feel such wretched rankor and loathing over things like a mouse? I think it largley has to do with a few factors:
1. On average Mac users tend to be more liberal thinkers than cheap PC users. We see something dumb and say “That’s dumb!”, think it obvious that things should not be that way, and it rankles us when it doesn’t get fixed for years simply because Uncle Steve is such a stubborn, arrogant ####### and won’t fix one stupid little thing.
which leads me to…
2. It’s one stupid little thing, besmirching an elegant field of white. Apple does so many things right that the bad things stand out in sharp contrast.
3. Simple resentment. Let’s face it, many times we, as Apple users, get kind of trampled on. We’re kind of like abused wives who keep making excuses because we think it’ll get better. Many times things do get better, but they often take years, and then other things fall apart.
4. Love. We love our Apple gadgets, and like a parent to their children we get upset when they fall short of our lofty expectations. But in the end we love them anyway.
It’s pretty rare you see this with other brands in the field of computing.

