Does the look and design of a Mac affect you?

[ka jowct]

I remember being shocked when I got a look at the innards of my brother's mid-range Dell years ago. Yeah, it was cheaper than a Mac. But it was a shoddy throwaway machine. It had expansion slots but one was taken for Ethernet, and the graphics card was so bulky that the adjoining slot could not be used. Cheap, flimsy plastic parts. And so on. The exterior was not attractive. I saw enough crummy windows PCs at my old job that I took added pleasure in having my various Macs, whether it was a Plus, a Mac II, a 7500 or an 8600.

I love my Silver Mac Pro, which is my favorite of all the Macs I have owned and used. I just wish that Apple would produce a post-Snow Leopard OS that matched the 5,1 MacPro's elegance and power and flexibility.