Apple played on that angle a lot. They were the computer for the cool kids who made music, took wowing photos, edited gorgeous books, and gave snappy presentations. Things clicked. They had the cool typeface, always, without even pointing at it. They even knew those were not called ‘fonts’. They made computers you actually wanted to spend time with, not be paid to be next too.
Not sure why OC is pissing: either at the office gimmicky memories, or how Apple’s angle seems dated now. But, at the time, that was compelling.
Sir if this laptop is for your daughter starting college, you'll probably want to get MS Office or Pages. "What? No Office included?!" Well it comes with TextEdit. "That's fine she'll use that" I'd then tell them about OpenOffice but that would confuse most people even more