On 11/3/07, Suresh Ramasubramanian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It's just a commercial. An Apple commercial, for crying out loud. > > People who buy Apple computers think that a mouse with two buttons is too > complicated; these are not the brightest bulbs on the tree here. They > think > it's better to buy a new iPod every year when the battery dies rather than > buy a better player with replaceable batteries, because gosh darn it, that > iPod is so cuddly and adorable you have to fall in love with it > emotionally > even if the logic makes no sense. > > Talk about missing the point .... I wonder when people like this will get the point that most people don't buy things based on the sort of narrow definition of "utility" that this commenter seems to have.
This comment actually reminds me of the thread a while back discussing Rothko and art generally.
