By that measure they're the same when it comes to Windows.
In a sea of PCs, in virtually all price ranges, consumers have to actually *choose* Macs, for example. This is especially true in a recession. We saw that during a recession, despite MS' huge Laptop Hunters campaign, which advertised cheap notebooks that ran Windows (which also portrayed consumers as dumb yokels, that part was especially funny), Apple ended up selling more Macs than ever.
"Internet geeks" should refrain from market analysis because they routinely display a startling lack of understanding about the market in the first place. They are absolutely dumbfounded when Apple's quarterly report rolls around. Like it was totally unexpected, how all their assumptions were rendered wrong yet again. Pure comedy.
They understand megahertz, RAM, processor code names, and even the specific details of companies' tech roadmaps (mind-boggling.) What they don't understand are people. Know who understands people? Apple.
There is no brainwashing. Just products that manage to differentiate themselves in a sea of boring tech. When someone shows us that tech is just as much about art as it is about science and engineering, that takes it to a whole new level. And why shouldn't it. Apple treats tech like a gourmet meal. The presentation is just as important as the content. FINALLY.
Yes, you can be "geek" and cool, avant-garde, and one of the "crazy ones" at the same damn time. A geek made tech usable and desirable. Who woulda thunk it. So take heed, "internet geeks."