Lol! Love that last line, Martin!

I have to agree with you, to an extent. I’m a marketing guy, and I think that, while statistics can help support marketing efforts, in many cases, they are the result of marketing efforts — especially in the case of Apple, who used different statistics to target the young city folk by understanding that they were going to be the money powerhouses of our technology-driven age, and that they would be big on convenience, slick and pretty, as well as a hearty sense of elitism. Apple’s marketing plan, while evil, was and is brilliant.

That PC statistic, on the other hand, is skewed due to the simple fact of the long term market saturation and accessibility of the PC, as well as the increased adoption of computer technology by older — and country — folk.

Personally, I have always liked Macs — though I’ve never trusted them not to eat my work, and no one ever should — but they are out of my price range. I also like to tinker, and am not a fan of proprietary computer systems that I can’t mess with. With Apple’s move to Intel, that is not so much of a problem anymore — but I am still more likely to build a Hackintosh than buy a Mac.

I should note, however, that while I have always felt this way and am only currently 35, I did grow up in the backwoods. Been a city boy since I was 19 though. ;)