You've probably heard the story by now. Guy gets a dual-processor G5 for Christmas, decides that he'd rather have a Windows PC, and converts it. Yes, it's a hoax. But don't piss off the Mac community… or else. As Wired News put it: Reaction from the Mac community was swift and brutal.
Andy said his e-mail inbox quickly filled to capacity, with more than 1,300 messages, and an unknown number bounced. The mail he did receive was full of nice, kind thoughts like death threats, insults and all kinds of colorful invective.Posted by rv at February 7, 2004 09:32 AM to geek"I hope your PC blows up and leaves your miserable face disfigured forever," read one. "You will surely burn in hell for an eternity for this one." [...]
Andy said he was critiqued by PC users as well as Mac fans, but the truly unbalanced stuff came from the Mac camp.
"Mac users are nuttier than a fruitcake," Andy said. "People have an unnatural emotional attachment to object(s) like computers. For some, their reaction was akin to me butchering their parents or a beloved pet."