[technoslut]

Many Apple fans would say that Google is the favored child right now.

Journalists look for a good story (or the ability to make one) regardless of what device they use.

[scholia]

True, but a lot of journalists only know how to use Macs and don't have a clue when it comes to Windows. Also, they rarely know much about Microsoft, and what they think they know is quite often wrong. People who write about stuff they don't know very well can easily end up looking stupid....