>Apple is not a computer, it's not a chip or even a platform. Apple >is a group of designers, engineers, developers and users who have >always danced on the bleeding edge of technology and have been doing >so since the late 1970's. That will not change. The common >denominator is we are "extreme" computer users. We love being >extreme; being ~3% of the market. Why? Because our computers are >the most stable out there. They have been and will continue to be a >thing of beauty...and we marvel at the beauty. To add emphasis to the above, this is a great explanation of why Macs are great: <http://daringfireball.net/2004/06/broken_windows>