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I hate the company, so I voted Yes (since Apple is a company).

I hate anything with the words Apple and Mac in them like:

Apple Pie
Apple Juice
Candied Apple
The Big Apple (I consider myself a Manhattanite)
Mac & Cheese
Big Mac

CAREFUL NOW!
There may be some copyright issues here that you are shedding light on!!!!
I also would not want to be the guy accused somehow of defaming some company by referring to them in some common paltry sense that demeans them more than the food that is hated.....

sad though, certain words now hold a distaste as a result of "some" companies in my mind as well.....

I second that one, it's not even small!

http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-AP [...] =MB111LL/A
It actually is a 3 button mouse now.
Course that is more of a recent thing, but third-party mice with 2+ buttons have worked with Macs for quite some time just like they do in Windows. Just saying. I agree though, years ago using a one button mouse was stupid. Glad Apple finally changed that.

They are very different platforms but let's not forget that the hardware inside is largely the same, now more than ever. Mac's all come with Intel C2D's...so a Mac and a PC are extremely comparable in terms of performance and capabilities. And they have had the same memory and graphics cards and hard drives that PC's have had too obviously. It's not like there is some magical company out there that makes parts only for Apple that are sooo much better than the parts used in PC's. It just comes in a much different packaging with the Mac, for better or worse. The only thing that still separates them is the OS, but that largely depends on what someone is more used to. But Mac screwed themselves with their proprietary crap.

Would I choose to use a Mac over a PC, even being able to run Windows on it? Nope. I like being able to upgrade or fix something myself and being able to pick and choose exactly what parts I want and nothing more. Does that mean I hate Apple's hardware? Not at all. I love the design and the compactness of say, the iMac. (Although I frickin hated the look of the original iMac, stupid fruity-colored CRT's). I like Apple's products, for the most part. It's always nice to use the new iMacs at school but I still prefer my PC for the things that I like to do. I love the iPod but the battery is still HORRIBLE. And some say that having to use it with iTunes is bad. Meh, I don't mind that...I just hate how iTunes is such a resource hog on Windows.

The thing I do hate about Apple is, as many have already mentioned, the attitude of Apple users. I know a number of diehard Apple fans that are so smug about their personal computing and that's just stupid and unnecessary. It's a computer! At the same time though, I have the same contempt for people that take their cars too seriously. Yeah sure, you have a BMW. It's nice. Good for you. You overpaid to get from point A to point B. Get over yourself. Same thing in this case. Yeah, Mac's are nice. If you have the money to spare, more power to you. But it's still just a pile of metal, silicon, wires, and plastic...just like my PC...which does the same thing. It's not a cultural movement for cryin out loud.

I have to say, Apple has picked up some steam of recent and they have made a better OS of recent. But they also dropped the ball with quality and making sure their recent releases of OS or built strong and have little defects. No, Leopard has dropped the ball.

There have been benchmarks done that show Macs faster then PC's (laptops, excluding desktop replacement laptops). This is good news if you like Macs and only read the title but bad news Mac if you read the articles. They have been using bran new Macbooks vs. 8 month old Windows laptops. There are major differences in the hardware (the PC having the lower grade hardware in it) and then the Mac normally only wins by a point or two. The sad thing is not that the Macbook won, but it almost lost to PC's that have inferior hardware (slower hardware). That alone shows that the current Windows platforms (XP or Vista) run more efficiently then OSX.

Well, the fruity CRTs.... The company is named after and run by a fruit.

Good points here, but we also have to realize that there are PC owners who are just as smug about their PC's. I have a theory about Apple owners. If you own a Mac, you drive a VW. If you drive a VW, this does not mean you own a Mac. I say this because of all the people I know who have a Mac, they all have a VW except 1 person. Whenever I drive, I normally see the Apple logo on the back of VW's. This is just my observation.

I love this thread

As of this post:
107 votes----Yes <== Past 100!
39 votes-------No
21 votes------Just the Macs
8 vote---------Are you kidding me?!? I love Apple products <==wonder who voted for this
9 votes--------- Love the OS, Hate the hardware
10 votes-------IPod Rulz!

I feel like starting this thread @ a pro-Mac forum and seeing what they have to say.

I love Apple products. I've had a Dual G4 and several iPods. Yes, they're overpriced...but so are a lot of things. Apple products always elegant and well-crafted to me.

Make sure when you do start it to show this poll!!!

I just say don't knock em till you try it. Found out something I didn't know the other day while studying for my apple certification, did you guys know I think it was Apple's G5's had quads in them a couple of years ago, maybe it was a different system, but kind weird huh? Didn't know that.....