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hotrod wrote: I must say that I hate the word "fanboys". If I use AOS 4 I'm an AOS 4 fanboy, if I use a Wii I'm a Wii fanboy, if I play my Jackson guitarr I'm a Jackson fanboy.

Kind of true... but also not. It's not just what you're using, it's your advocacy. If I just play my Martin or Line 6, I'm not necessarily a fanboy. If I'm preaching the Martin gospel in every guitar forum I can find, I am most assuredly a fanboy.

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What if I also use MacOS X and Windows?

The only possible reason to use MacOS is as a fanboy... or fangirl, in the case of my sister Kathy, who has drank all the Apple kool-aid she can get her hands on. Then again, she's now in TWO separate rock bands, as well as having a PhD in Psychology from Stanford... thus, cooler than me, and by extension, all of you. So "fanboy" isn't the end of the world.

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What if I like to try playing on any guitarr I can get my hands on?

I also have an Ibanez electric-acoustic, made of cocobolo, an Ibanez 12 string ($50 at a flea market), a Martin Backpacker (Kathy's ex, Bob, designed it for Martin) and a Go Guitar (a slightly better sounding, slightly heavier backpacking guitar).

But in answer to your question, no, that doesn't make you a fanboy. In fact, far from it. If you were a true Jackson fanboy, you'd have no interest in touching a Martin or a Gibson or even a Line 6. I've never actually met guitarists that dedicated to one brand... I think we all have a little of the GAS. Photographers, on the other hand... Nikon vs. Canon is like religion.

But this does seem to be a part of the human psyche (I only minored in psychology). You have Ford vs. Chevy arguments between their respective fanboys. The cameras and camcorders, other CE stuff... I know people who also are reverse fans... hating anything from Sony is nearly as popular as hating anything from Microsoft. I think, at least in part, that all of these involve big money. Once I commit to that thing, that decision says something about me, and if you're attacking that decision, you're getting close to calling me a fool. This is not reasonable behavior... specifically why I said "FOR ME" the Natami is the one that makes sense, of these many not-quite-Amiga things that are sold to Amiga fans.

But really, if you want a Taylor or a Gibson, a Nikon or even a Pentax or Sony (yeah, I have Canon SLRs, but Panasonic camcorders -- go figure), a Bud instead of a Guinness, or even an Impact instead of Prius.. no problems. You have different needs. I don't know why so many human activities have to be converted to religions.