The Apple Religion

I bought a Macbook Pro prior this past August, prior to my first semester of law school. Previously, I was using a Dell Inspiron 5100 I purchased four years prior, which gave me no problems, but was a bit slow and getting to be past its prime. I figured it was time for a new computer, so after a lot of consideration, I decided to buy the Macbook Pro.

The first and second computers my family ever owned were Macs, but there was simply no good software out there for Macs at the time so we switched to a PC. But over the past couple years, I noticed more and more people switching to Macs, so I became curious. One thing led to another, and I spent a lot of money to get the shiny thing I’m typing on right now.

Looking around at my law school classmates today, I notice a lot of people have switched to Macs, even during the semester. One day when I was working in the library, one of my friends asked me about whether or not I liked my computer. She said she was having trouble with hers, and wanted to buy a new computer. A few days later, she had a Mac. Similar situations have occurred with other friends.

And it seems like once people “convert” to Mac, they want to talk to each other about how great their computers are. I’ll admit I’ve done it. I don’t know why, I feel like such an elitist sometimes. It just feels like I’m the member of some oppressed group that started rising up to the top, even though I abandoned ship when Apple was in a downfall and jumped back on when things were looking sunny. I almost feel guilty… like I joined some sort of cult but I’m a B-class member.

Do other Apple users feel guilty like I do? I spoke to someone once who had an iMac, and asked him how he liked his computer. He quickly shot back that he was a “lifetime” Mac user and did not recently convert. Is there an elitist group within the Apple elite?

I’m certainly overanalyzing and rambling here. I’m just curious to see if there are any other Apple users out there that feel this way…