I don't mean to be an elitist but I have found that the people I know that are dedicated Mac users tend to know the least about any sort of actual computing. I think many of them are just drawn in by the prestige of it all. The actual "guts" of a Mac aren't worth anywhere near as much as they are charging for it... you are basically just paying for the name.

I saw a sign somewhere in a cafe that was anti-Apple and it said "Macs aren't expensive, they are simply overpriced."