What's so great about Apple products?

[highwaystar101]

Nothing, they just command very strong brand loyalty. A recent event has convinced me of this.

We're currently decommissioning some equipment where I work. We have old PCs and Macs that are to be scrapped this Thursday. Understandably, people are interested in the equipment that is being scrapped.

I've put two computers to one side that have some of my work on them. An old PC with a ~2 Ghz processor and ~512 MB RAM and an old Mac of worse spec. Not one person has asked about the PC, I don't think anyone would care if I chucked it in the skip. The Mac, that's a different story. I've had three or four people ask me what I'm planning to do with the 2002 Mac after I'm finished with it, even though its age renders it practically useless.

If someone said to me, "would you like a computer that has a 1.25 GHz processor and 512 MB RAM for free?" I would probably decline it because it would become clutter. But the fact that it's a Mac seems to make this a different situation for a lot of people and their reasons seem to be nothing more than brand loyalty. I don't get it.

That's why your friend's old Mac sold for so much. I suppose there's nothing wrong with brand loyalty, but it's something I fail to understand.