I personally don't dislike Apple computers, as I have always preferred the processor architectures in Macintosh machines. The x86 used in IBM PCs was pretty dreadful until the 386, and even now after billions of dollars and unknown man-hours, it is still not as good as the PowerPC used in Macs - even the new X-Box is going to be PowerPC based. [loads of technical geeky stuff involving numbers and acronyms removed - Ed]. Put Linux on a Mac and you get yourself a pretty good machine.
When windows 95 came out, many Mac fans tried to claim that Mac OS had done it all before. In reality, Mac OS has not even been pre-emptive until OS X, which is in fact based on Linux. For me, the OS has always been geared at non-hackers, and while it may be arguably more user-friendly than Windows (in reality it's not), I have had little interest in their machines. I do have an old Mac with LinuxPPC on it, and I once had a 68030-based Powerbook 170 on which I used to use Linux-68k, but I have never liked MacOS.
The other funny thing about Mac fans is that they see Microsoft as an evil multinational corporation, but think that Apple isn't, despite the fact that they're paying one company more money for both hardware AND software AND they are unable to see Apple's blatant and cynically manipulative marketting. But wait! Steve Jobs wears sandals, so he can't be like Bill Gates, he must be like Jesus. If Gates represents the Devil, Jobs seems to have been cast as the messiah, if only by the simple fact that he's not Bill Gates. This kind of logic perhaps explains why Apple devotees are loyal to the brand to point of evangelical smugness.
One Fat Shit, who got his picture in the papers, queued up in the freezing cold all night, and was unable to see how the promise of getting a few quid knocked off one of their overpriced products meant in any way that he was a stupid sucker, whose money the Apple Corporation was not only more than happy to take, but they would also be quite happy for him to spend a freezing November night out in the streets beforehand. To add insult to injury, he was convinced he was part of some ultra cool, epoch defining event, believing totally the company's marketting bullshit.
Apple also promised "Lucky bags" which they claimed would be available for £249, and would be worth over £750. This is a trick commonly used in so-called government auctions in which a stooge buys a bin liner full of cd players, encouraging all the greedy, thick suckers to pay two-hundred quid for a bin liner full of broken irons, kettles and a scart lead. In this case, Apple cleverly filled the bags with all the accessories you would need, should you wish to pay over a grand for one of their G5 computers. Still the brainwashed wankers could not see how they were being shat on. "I wanted an iPod" said one mug, "but I was going to buy an iMac G5 anyway", so this keyboard lead, wireless mouse and bluetooth adaptor will probably come in handy". Very handy for Apple, who have just got another two hundred and fifty quid of your money to convince you to buy another of their computers.