He specifically said he wanted his computer to be sexy. The exact quote is "and while they’re sturdy as heck and are well built and last forever, they’re not really all that sexy. I wanted sexy." He literally said that he was choosing form over function there, and it has nothing to do with operating systems.
Suits and dresses aren't sexy, the person wearing them is. Suits or dresses may make them more or less sexy, but hanging on a rack they're devoid of such ability.
Can a laptop someone is holding do the same? Perhaps that's what I'm missing. If I see a beautiful woman holding a laptop I'm 0% likely to notice what brand it is, or likely that it even exists. My guess is that my wife wouldn't notice whether George Clooney was holding a Macbook Pro or a Lenovo x60 either.
I say exactly what I'm thinking. You read into it and assume I did not say what I meant, I cannot help that. I wasn't commenting on Macs at all, and I came to that thought before the word was ever mentioned in the article, though to be honest, I probably wouldn't have had trouble guessing where it was going. Nobody ever says "Lenovos are great, but they aren't sexy, so I got a Dell."
But regardless there's a much broader point there, as this probably applies to a range of things from clothing, to cars to laptops.
Suits and dresses aren't sexy, the person wearing them is. Suits or dresses may make them more or less sexy, but hanging on a rack they're devoid of such ability.
Can a laptop someone is holding do the same? Perhaps that's what I'm missing. If I see a beautiful woman holding a laptop I'm 0% likely to notice what brand it is, or likely that it even exists. My guess is that my wife wouldn't notice whether George Clooney was holding a Macbook Pro or a Lenovo x60 either.
I say exactly what I'm thinking. You read into it and assume I did not say what I meant, I cannot help that. I wasn't commenting on Macs at all, and I came to that thought before the word was ever mentioned in the article, though to be honest, I probably wouldn't have had trouble guessing where it was going. Nobody ever says "Lenovos are great, but they aren't sexy, so I got a Dell."
But regardless there's a much broader point there, as this probably applies to a range of things from clothing, to cars to laptops.