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It's one thing to have little or no appreciation for a system that is "different" from your experience.

Or, in the case of Mac OS, one that costs about four times more than it should and do four times more than it should.

It's quite another to have a visceral, emotional need to insult

Or in your case a visceral, emotional attachment to a hunk of silicone/hatred for Bill Gates.

And I didn't insult you. "Mac fanboy" is a general term used to refer to someone who is inordinately attached to their mac.

I have used Macs since 1986, and I have never wished I had a PC instead.

Maybe not, but I bet you wish you had some of that money back that you could have saved.

It has an elegant interface, powerful hardware, and everything I need to do my work.

I have all that AND mine also runs more software, is faster, easy and cheap to upgrade, and cost about a third as much. Don't cry.

How is that such a threat to you

Why do you think that everyone who doesn't agree with you must be "threatened?" Seems to me your failure to address my original points about your inferior machine indicate that you feel threatened and/or regretful.

that you have to refer to it as a "boat anchor"?

It IS a boat anchor.

(and by the way, they haven't been beige for years.)

I said they were teal. As if changing the color made them better or something.

I cannot even address your response to me because it is based on the premise that the Mac is useless, overpriced, and that I am somehow jealous because your PC will run more virus protection systems than my Mac will (or will ever have to). I have not expressed any hatred for Bill Gates. I simply prefer the Mac to the PC for the kind of work I do, and that, in your mind, is apparently indicative of a huge mental deficit on my part. I find that insulting, considering the fact that I have spent more time working with PCs than you will ever dare to put in on a Mac. I have my preference, and that is all. I think it is worth a few extra bucks to get the quality, reliability, and speed (yes, I said speed) that comes with a Mac. Your insistence on claiming that they are somehow worthless pieces of junk makes no sense, and strikes me as more of an emotional argument than one based in any reason. You have attributed to me some level of regret over money spent on my Macs over the years. I have not regretted a penny.

Get back to me when you can argue from some experience. Til then, enjoy your hobby.

I hate to break it to you, Mericco, but OSX is a great operating system. I'm posting this from a $500 computer running OSX. By the way, I'm a professional software developer on Windows and Linux. I use Windows by necessity at the office, but at home I use OSX by choice.