No, I am in sales, and I am not seling Apple Computers. (I did take advantage of their depressed stock price last spring, and have more than tripled my investment. My wife and I are spending 12 days on a cruise ship to spend some of the profit).
I absolutedly believe you with your x86, xp, just as much as I believed that guy trying to sell me a bridge.
I have an appliance, called a Macintosh. You have a personal computer.I have been using Mac since 1985. It worked out of the box, then. I never learned c >, didn't need to be bothered.
You must have been more dedicated to computing, than I. I have long used a graphic environment, and its accompanying mouse. You used code until Gates copied the Mac interface. Your mouse has two buttons. Mine is easy, and sensible. Yours is bound by copyright infringement, from getting any closer to the ease of Macs. I like mine. You are welcome to yours. As for speed, I already have more than I will ever need.
I use my Mac for digital video production. I use it to process music. I use it to read email from family, day and night. I enjoy hearing from my 81 yr old mom and dad. They let me know they are alive. I used my Mac in the '80's to join an environment of users on the Internet, America Online. They made it interface with my Mac, and made it easy to navigate on the "web". I don't use it much, now, but I do stay on the web quite a bit. I even read news on the FreeRepublic website, which I support. I discuss things, with other Freepers!!!
But, to be as critical as you are, of us Mac users,seems to border on the fanatical. Some people like Fords, some like Chevy's. You really feel it necessary to defend the dinosaur. That is what you accuse me of doing... sounds just like sKerry!