Love in the Time of Cupertino

摘要

Mel Sampat's girlfriend was getting jealous of his iPhone. Once a Microsoft program manager loyal to his company's wares, Sampat left his job last February and became an Apple convert, buying a veritable catalogue of products-iPhone, MacBook, Nano. By early April, his new fetish had become contentious. At their dinner table in San Francisco, Sampat's girlfriend would complain he was too busy playing with his gadgets to pay attention to her. "Can't we talk about us?" Sampat recalls her saying. "Can't we talk about Des-verate Housewives?"