It's funny when things are too easy.
That's possibly because so much of our experience with computing can be summed up by a quote from _Serenity_:

Operative: "It's worse than you know." Mal: "It usually is."

Your remark on for most people, the software truly is the defining factor for their computer reminds me of a friend who I describe his preferred platform as Photoshop. He really doesn't care too much which OS is underneath.