The topic title is wrong. Platform vs. Platform vs. OS?! Should be OSX vs. Windows vs. Linux.

Macs are PCs now too, though.

My OS of choice? Windows. No matter what the Linux preachers say, Windows is still the most versatile OS, when I'm trying to work on a normal PC (as opposed to a cellphone or a router). Macs are just too expensive.

Ironically, I find that I'd be more suited to Linux for everyday use if I used my computer like my grandma.

Quote Originally Posted by Jun aka Pekto View Post
That may be the case in forums and BBSes back then. But out in the real world, I've never seen Windows users evangelize their platform to non-pc users. Mac zealots on the other hand almost always try to get a word in ad nauseum. Amiga zealots were far more obnoxious than Mac zealots. Unfortunately, the Amiga was my platform of choice back then. It pained me to have to share my platform with those clowns. I tried to stick to my principle of not letting zealots get in the way of my platform preference. But, those Amiga zealots were something else. They really drove me to almost abandon the platform.
Mac zealots are just bloody annoying. It's as if they're trying to convert you to their religion...

Windows user: *pops out his Taiwanese laptop with Windows XP on it*
Mac zealot: Hey, have you tried Mac OSX yet?
Windows user: No.
Zealot: You should, it has blah blah blah...
Windows user: No, I don't have the...
Zealot: ...blah blah blah Windows blah viruses blah Mac blah Steve Jobs is God blah blah...
Windows user: *walks away*
Zealot: ...blah blah...

The Linux zealots are just as annoying and a lot more incomprehensible. I especially hate the way they preach about how good their distro is (damn distro wars) or how "intuitive" the CLUI is (not for people who aren't used to it!). They're just as elitist as the Mac zealots, but in a really weird and geeky manner:

Windows user: I'm having problems with Internet Explorer, can anyo...
Linux zealot#1: Switch to Linux, it's a lot more secure. Here, have a copy of GeekWare 3.6...
...two hours later...
Windows user-turned Linux newbie: Hey, I'm having trouble getting my sound card to work in GeekW...
Zealot#1: WTFLOL STFU RTFM n00b!!!1111one!
Linux newbie: ...
Zealot#2: You should really be using NerdAss 4.1, it's a lot more compatible with existing hardware and has a nice GUI wit...
Zealot#1: What do you know! Have you ever used GeekWare?!
Zealot#2: Yes, and it sucks, ***********!
*Zealot#1 and Zealot#2 goes on having a fight*

Windows zealots on the other hand, can be hardly described as "zealots". They're often haters of MacOS or Linux (the latter more rarely, because the Windows zealots tend to be PC zealots too). They're bitterly hateful of Mac (or Linux, or any other OS), for whatever reason:

Mac user: *types*
Windows zealot/Mac hater: *punches Mac user in the face*
Mac user: Wha...?
Zealot/Hater: That's for contributing to Stevie Jobs' world domination fund.
Mac user: What about Bill Gates then?
Zealot/Hater: *punches Mac user in the balls*