Good post, General. You made some excellent points.
I still wouldn't buy a Mac, though. It's just the sheer principle of the matter.
Believe me, I'm no Windows fanboy. I despise Microsoft and their strongarm tactics. But Windows is what I use, good or bad. I like being able to click, download, and use anything I want from anywhere I want.
True, the only reason I can do this is because Windows has an ungodly saturation of the world market... but that can be used as a good thing.
I guess it's the whole 'elitist' attitude of Apple that gets under my skin. I can take a lot of things in stride... but being looked down on because I'm not in the 'inner circle' ain't one of them. Never have, never will.
Meh, that's just me, I guess.