>but their brand loyalty is almost worse that Apple fanboys in any online community you go to.
Let's unpack this. You are suggesting that the /tpg/ crowd is very brand loyal, more so than Apple users. Let's further examine that claim and compare it to the evidence.
>Libreboot-compatible models:
>T60 (check lcd), X60(s/t); X200(s/t. -s requires soldering), T400(s)/500; W500.
>Modern models:
>X220/X230 - 12", 768p, cheap and light
>T420/T430 - 14", 900p, widely available, socketed CPU, both Coreboot-compatible (Ivy Bridge CPU support on T420); Quad Core >Compatible, Old keyboard swap on *30 series
>T520/530; W520/530 - 15", 1080p, DTR, 32GB RAM on quadcore models, USB 3.0
>T440s - best price/performance ultra portable
>T440p/540p; W540/1 - Last Thinkpads with socketed processors, easily replaceable trackpad (W541 doesn't need trackpad replacement)
>Upgraded models:
>X210 - X200/X201, i5 8250u quadcore
>X62 - X61, i5 5250u
>T70 - T60, i7 7700 hq
So as we can see, the /tpg/ crowd is very conservative and particular with its recommended models of ThinkPads. For one, /tpg/ does not recommend anything recent. In any given /tpg/ thread, you can find at least a few comments denigrating the latest work of Lenovo, often calling them lelnovo or chinknovo. Does this sound like brand loyalty?
/tpg/ is almost completely unwilling to purchase anything released from Lenovo within the last year, let alone anything not pruchased on ebay or craigslist. Does that strike you as brand loyalty?
Your typical Apple fans will buy directly from the Apple Store or from Amazon.
The comparability between /tpg/ and your typical Apple fans is greatly lacking. /tpg/ fans don't go to Lenovo events, they don't care when a new ThinkPad is released and they certainly don't buy anything new from an authorized retailer.
Basically, your argument is shit and you are dumb.