Oh, I think the ads are funny ... no question about that.  They just don't make me want to run out and buy a Mac.  Very funny.  Misleading, but funny.

Elfwine, I have, from time to time, considered buying a Mac.  I've even gone down to the store to look at them and price them.  But, whenever I start talking specifics as to what I want in a computer (mostly hardware), I am told that they don't make a Mac like that and that I can't modify a Mac to be what I need.

Not having what I want does not equate to an "enjoyable computing experience" to me.  Also, not being able to fix it quickly when there is a problem bothers me.  (Of course, I'm still pissed off from when I found out that when my iPod battery goes, I can't just replace the battery.  I have to turn in my iPod and be given someone else's used iPod as a replacment .... WTF??)

I live out in the sticks.    I really need a machine that I can pull apart, get replacement parts fairly easily, and do the repairs and upgrades myself.  The Mac (and the Mac culture) doesn't seem to be very accomodating to hardware junkies like me.

That said ... I'm not about to buy or build anything with Vista on it for quite a while.  Not until the driver problems are history.  But, then ... I don't have to ... as a DIY PC type of person, I can just build something and put XP on it.  I'm not limited to what they sell in the stores.  And, if I switched to Mac ... that's exactly where I would be ... limited to what they sell in the stores.

Could be worse, could be raining.