The last one was in response to:

I'd said:

Let's start with: "Hail Steve"!! [Not Jobs, but Wozniak, the real Engineer behind the PC revolution! When did it exactly become Macs vs. the PC!! ]

Dude "dude" [get another nick please, it's a problem addressing you here! ], I understand that Apple "seems" to be charging a premium on it's computers, but, let me assure you, once you own one, you will never regret it! Just for a comparison, pick a similar spec'd Sony Vaio or something from Toshiba. It is a known fact that Apple doesn't even enter the "commodity" segment, i.e., the consumer space where the margins are incredibly low! Request you to start another thread with this Mac and PC discussion, and I promise [] that I will try to answer any questions/doubts on Apple computers w.r.t. the "PC", or otherwise! Let's leave this thread alone for the real reason it was opened!

By the way, I suggest everyone move to "Webkit" (sorry, Apple again!), as it is the fastest browser on the planet, and because of it's not being on a very large install base, it is not targetted by hackers either! Firefox, of course, can be used just as well, as long as you don't "upgrade" to the version 3!

Dude said:

Woz was the guy who got the short end of the stick and Jobs (for all technical purposes) was the man responsible for Apple's rise in the 90s. (and also being worshipped as a new age iMessiah).

I fail to understand how Apple not being in the 'commodity computing' market helps a guy like you and me! Perhaps there is some thrill in being an Apple wannabe and getting oohed and aahed by people (no attack directed against anyone in particular, except those who think that oooh so white iPod and anything that starts with a lower case i makes me so hip and so techno savvy) that makes up for that.

I tried (and I really mean TRIED) using a Mac (out of all the hype) and found it to be too limiting. Games are obviously one of the things, but seeing Apple lose confidence in its own OS and allowing people to boot into Windows just shows how insecure the company is about its new 'technologically superior' system (just my opinion about the insecurity thing, maybe the company isn't ) and that too after years of maintaining a no x86 allowed architecture!

Schumi said:

Nicely put !

My 2 cents, Apple is an over-expensive brand, even people with Apple notebooks agree, the only good thing is that you get a 2nd look if you carry an Apple Macbook.

Then you have the Apple fanboys, people whose only purpose in life is to worship apple, apple products and buy anything Apple makes. (No offence meant to anyone )

Also adding to the spice, got this off the internet : (Warning 15+ content, there might be some expletives)

Apple frequently runs "clever" ads. Although they've made a ton of them, all the ads boil down to how Windows has viruses and crashes all the time. Apple also have an enormous, cult-like fanbase that like to remind us of these things every five seconds. Apple fanboys are generally smug, annoying, and arrogant, despite the fact that most of them don't know jack shit about computers.
Apple Fanboy: "M$ is teh sux0r! Apple pwns!"

Windows User: "Windows has a wide selection of software and games, and a huge developer community."

Apple Fanboy: "BUT IT CRASHES AND HAS VIRUSES LOL"

Windows User: "My OS hasn't crashed since I had Windows Xp. And AVG is a free program that keeps my computer secure."

Apple Fanboy: "BUT WINDOZE SUXX!"

Windows User: "Would you care to tell me about your Mac? I hear it doesn't have many tools for software developers, which are important for my work."

Apple Fanboy: "lolololol but windows sucks!!!11"

Windows User: "Did you know that a great amount of Apple software is made with Microsoft Visual C++?"

Apple Fanboy: "omg wth is C++, windows just sux so much LOLOL?"