People who were brand loyal??

[whirlcool]

Way back in 1983 Apple pissed me off. I told them I'd never own another Apple product again. They more or less told me "See if we care". And I've kept my word. I have never nor will I ever own an Apple product again.

 

[washer111]

Was going to keep up with Apple for a while - but I've decided this Macbook will be the first and last new product I buy. 

The new Mac OS coming this year sets to break an interface that never needed fixing to "align" it with what is fast becoming "DumbOS." I won't be upgrading - even if for free!

 

The Mac OS interface - its nice, but coming from modern Windows systems I miss some of the "snap" features. I also dislike how programs don't stat fully maximised (MS products, particularly), and you have to do that yourself. 

I DO like the tabbed Finder interface. That and colour-coding files/folders is a very nice touch. 

 

If it wasn't this machine, it would have been a Dell or Acer notebook. We know some hardcore "brainy" Apple hardcores that wouldn't have anything else. You can't put PC in their mouth without them spitting it out. 

 

But I reckon that most of the people who switch to Linux become VERY brand loyal. Another person I know prefers running Linux/BSD on his Macbook

 

Other brand loyalty - None in this family, really. Many years ago it was Ford Falcons, and another relative still gets a new Holden (GM) Commodore every couple of years, but thats about it. 

We've a mixture of appliances (F&P/Westinghouse/Panasonic/HP/Apple/JVC/Onkyo/Denon etc). 

 

[beekeyknee]

In the 60's we had different brands for the home and cars were GM. Around 1970 everything became Sears (mostly ordered out of a catalog--small town and local stores were disappearing). Then the Sears items for the home stared falling out of fashion and were replaced by various brands. KitchenAid, Amana, Reliance, York, Maytag, Sylvania, Sony and Samsung. You can probably guess which brands went with type of product. The only thing left in my parent's house that is Sears is the range (there have been 3 gas ones), the furnace (hot water) and the garbage disposer. My Dad is GM loyal and my Mom is Ford loyal.

I buy vintage things that my parents had that worked best and longest. I'm GM loyal on trucks.

That's why I love AW.org and Vacuumland. If you want to know what to buy, just enter.

 

[maytagmike]

brand loyality

growing up my mom always had Maytag washers, drove Oldsmobile's and cleaned with an Electrolux vacuum cleaner. To this day I use a vintage A408 Maytag automatic, have owned a couple of Oldsmobile's in 1976 and 1978, but I am loyal to Ford now, My next new top loader will be a Speed Queen, reminds me of the way Maytag use to build their machines.

 

[moparguy]

Each time that I have viewed this thread, I have thought that perhaps we need a related threat... companies that were CUSTOMER LOYAL. Customers were often brand loyal to companies that were customer loyal. Customer loyalty was not only building a good product (rather than the cheapest product) but a product that offered similar feature characteristics year over year... some companies may focus on offering the newest or flashiest design features, others the most innovative engineering or technical features, others the most durable long lasting machines or those with longest warranties, and others may offer the least change year over year for those customers who didn't want all the 'newest of new' changes. There are a lot of good companies and products still out there today, including companies who desire to make the best product for their customers, but unfortunately and increasingly, it seems that building brand loyalty with the best product is viewed as less profitable than building the product with the lowest cost.