I'm pretty positive about Apple from at least 3 perspectives:
1. I think Apple makes great products, and I own several of them. Apple operate in a space where making great products is pretty difficult, and great products are thus pretty unusual.
2. I develop for the iPhone, and I find the experience generally pleasant. I've developed for other platforms, and found those experiences often a lot less so.
3. I'm the informal support guy for various friends and family. In my experience, those with Apple products tend to need less support. So I'm pretty clear, if asked, that it's in my interests and theirs that these people also get Apple products.
Fanboyism suggests a degree of tribalism -- and a lack of rationality -- that I don't recognise in any of the above.
1. I think Apple makes great products, and I own several of them. Apple operate in a space where making great products is pretty difficult, and great products are thus pretty unusual.
2. I develop for the iPhone, and I find the experience generally pleasant. I've developed for other platforms, and found those experiences often a lot less so.
3. I'm the informal support guy for various friends and family. In my experience, those with Apple products tend to need less support. So I'm pretty clear, if asked, that it's in my interests and theirs that these people also get Apple products.
Fanboyism suggests a degree of tribalism -- and a lack of rationality -- that I don't recognise in any of the above.