Perhaps. Certainly one man's opinion. But a quick internet search reveals the meaning to be more of one that is "an intense fan", a "devotee", an "aficionado", or an "individual intensely devoted individual to a brand, product, etc.". Unless taken to an unusual extreme, I don't know that being a fanboy is a bad thing.
Seems for some though, their mileage may indeed vary if they took that as a slap of some sort. Sometimes folks think that any remark they don't like concerning a possession of theirs, their favorite team, a truck brand, or any of the other things they follow is a personal affront. Certainly, if needed all of us here can conjure up a satisfactory insult without using cloying innuendo to convey it; I wouldn't read anything into a statement of mine that wasn't there.
On reflection, I certainly fit my personal definition of a CASE fanboy back in the late 60s through early 80s. I only bought a couple of other brands at that time (exactly, a Buck 119 around 1971, and a Boker stockman around 1973), and didn't look anywhere else, and didn't care. All other purchases were CASE. Loved my CASEs. Fanboyism? You bet. I won't apologize.
Had they held their old standard, I probably would be one today.
As I said earlier, YMMV.
Robert
