Class signaling via Apple products

[firecat]

"A Macbook Pro is just as much of a status marker as a Louis Vuitton purse or a BMW."

I recoil at the notion because I think Vuitton purses and BMWs signal a different class than ones I identify with. (At least I tend to have prejudices about people who have those things—I'll assume "not like me" unless I get evidence to the contrary.) But I do think that, in California at least, there's a class I might call "hi-tech professionals" and having Mac products can signal identification with it.

FWIW, I think I'm kind of clueless about class.

Anyway, it's interesting to contemplate. What do you think?

Comments

[abostick59.livejournal.com]

I daresay that the MacBook Pro is most likely of the three to be bought for one by someone else as part of the tools they need for their job.

There are jobs which might provide the holder with a BMW, but that says something about the sort of person the employer is seeking to hire.

I am having trouble imagining the job for which an employer needs to buy the employee a Louis Vuitton bag. Unless perhaps the job is "spy."