Check it out, what happens when your an Windows user, and dislike Apple. Â Sometimes you are forced to re-evaluate your opinions. Â Here’s the story, of a “geekmom” who hated Apple, and yet due to job responsibilites was forced to use an iPhone 4. Â (Cue dramatic music)
See how she was forced to re-evaluate her opinion.
I resisted.  I begged and pleaded and even drafted up an agreement for them to pay a portion of my personal bill.  I owned and loved my Droid and carrying an iPhone, even one as admittedly nifty as the fourth gen miracle recently hyped up, seemed so hypocritical.  I hated Apple.  They were pretentious and controlling and responsible for the technological travesty of the iMac.
But sitting on my desk Thursday morning was the over-packaged, shiny new iPhone 4, prepped and ready with everything I needed to wallow in self-pity. Â I admit that the computer nerd who lives in my head was alternately screaming and fainting with joy at the prospects of exploring every nook and cranny of a brand new, highly coveted, piece of technology. Â The shop-aholic in there was giddy at all the hours of app shopping in a store that all other app providers dream of holding claim to. Â But the better part of my brain was weeping at the irony. Â I held it, and noticed how surprisingly light-weight it was. Â Especially in comparison to my Droid. Â Now in defense of my still-beloved pink-encased baby of a data phone, I do own the original Droid. Â The Droid 2, Droid Incredible, and Droid X came out long after my love affair with the all-seeing robot eye began.
Read the full story at The Saga of a Geek Who (Once) Hated Apple.