Thinking in terms of nations is something for peasants. The ruling elites don't care about nations. They care about class war. And they are winning it.
One can only hope the apple design circlejerk is not going to start now. Also: not everyone likes shiny blinky silvery things.
Think about it from this perspective: Which notebook would Darth Vader buy? A silver MacBook Pro or a matte black Thinkpad?
Yeah, you're right Luke...
So with a handful of out of context citations and some rather retarded points of view (Greenspun WTF?) you are trying to convince people? Really? At least give it _some_ effort. This way it is rather boring...