[scottmandue]

First, let me state, I have no dog in this fight... I have been a lowly tech for the last twenty years and spend half of my life digging around in the guts of these machines.

I have worked with and taken apart a few apples... to me all computers (apples, PC's, whatever) are just circuit boards and components.

I don't believe apple is any better or worse than any other computer.

I do believe they are living on there reputation and you are paying extra for the logo on the case.

I also believe over time their rep will fade, people will stop paying the premium, and they will go the way of IBM.

Just my two cents.