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Apple Fanboy

I understand brand loyalty, but Apple fanatics take it to extremes..  Buying something just because it has an Apple logo on the side is ludicrous..  Recently I had (via a forum) a conversation with someone who was in the market for a new monitor and they had their heart set on either the 24″ or 30″ Apple Cinema Display..   I pointed out the 28″ monitor that I use and offered it as a possible alternative simply because the ACD’s are stupidly expensive..

I told him that my monitor was much less than the 30″ ACD he was leaning towards, and in fact you could likely get 6 of mine for one of those.. Plus I pointed out that the majority of the stats for my monitor was actually better than the ACD.  To which he said that the monitor I used was cheap and ugly.   And compared the Apple Cinema Display to a fine bottle of wine, where as my monitor was a cheap sixpack.

What a pretentious douche..  He completely discounts my suggestion not on merit.. not on facts like specs or technical reasons.. No.. but because the Apple product is a fine bottle of wine, where as mine is a single out of a cheap six pack..  Wow..  The level of snobbery amazes me..  Hey buddy, you’re douchebag is showing..

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Huge Monitor

So Tigerdirect was having a hell of a deal on something I have sorta wanted for  a while…   I have been playing games, programming, and generally tooling around on a 20″ wide screen monitor for years now.

My old 20″ wide screen viewsonic worked great to be sure..  I really liked it and when I moved it from my old 17″ square monitor I thought I had found eden..   Well let me tellya.. This new monitor is something like six inches bigger all the way around and I have found nirvana…

All for $279.  *gleee*   For the record that’s less than what I had paid for my 20″ wide screen a couple years ago.. This new monitor is way bigger and has better stats all around, for less!

I have my new monitor replacing the old on the wall mount behind my desk..  I love technology..

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