In the 80s and the 90s “reality distortion field” was used to explain why people clung to Apple’s products against overwhelming Microsoft dominance. Now it is used as an explanation of Apple’s overwhelming domination of the handheld and tablet markets.

So which is it? Are Apple’s customers dumb fanboys who just have to be different and go against the majority? Or are they dumb fanboys who just buy whatever is popular?

Isn’t it more true that anyone who equates a Samsung Galaxy Tab to an iPad is the one living in a distorted reality?