My impression of a Mac user: Some cool rich dude wearing shades and using the latest expensive gadgets like iPhone. A computer -user-.
Linux user: The true geek, sitting in a dump surviving on cup noodles, snacks and red bull. A computer -developer-.

Just my two cents. Mac <not equal> expert. Linux <equal> expert.
Please take no offense though, that was just my opinion. Not necessarily fact

You're completely right about the SEO field; many of my colleagues use PC's. It's a matter of preference, and respectably so.

PC is faster? You make good jokes. Yep, the Intel chipset switch was a smart and necessary move for Apple. If it works, use it.
Losing files is a result of not saving every 2 minutes, and you know as well as I do that it's not unheard of (or even uncommon) for a PC to freeze, crash and lose a file mid-save.
Welcome to my entire high school experience.
Are we on the same wavelength here? I'm talking about application/program failure and file compatibility. Why I would even consider reverting to old hardware or software is beyond me.. updates are meant to be improvements (although Vista tried it's best and succeeded on disproving that idea).

If you use Mac's as well as PC's, I really don't understand why you would attack it? The point is, anything that can be done on a PC can be done on a Mac.
And then some.

Second, the arts, education, startups, and who? Oh, yes. Those in the SEO field. Pretty much Apple's core group for many years (seo is debatable since I am sure there are quite a few who use PCs). As for speed, macs have always been slower then PCs. Why do you think Apple had to switch to the Intel chipset? Crashes? Well, you have me there but Windows has to support a multiple of the programs that Apple does because there are a significantly larger number of users and developers for the Windows platform. Apple hasn't had to contend with that level of success. Losing files is a result of laziness. Apple uses the same hard drives as anyone else and they all have similar failure rates. Compatability problems?! I've plugged in boards 10 years old and installed software from the 95 era on my PC and it has worked. Try that on a mac.

Finally, I didn't say that startups should stop using macs. Some of the most successful, like Twitter, do. However, the majority of Enterprises do, and will continue to use, PCs. To change would be extremely cost prohibitive. Just being pretty won't cut it. Why do you think Apple added Exchange support to the iPhone? They see it as a way for them to enter the Enterprise.

Oh, and I have used Apple since the Apple IIe as well as the first IBM PCs and Windows since Windows 2.0. I currently own, and use, a mac mini, an iMac, 2 windows PCs, 3 Windows laptops, an iPod, a Zune, a blackberry, and an HTC TouchPro running Windows Mobile, an AMD machine running Ubuntu, and two VMware servers running multiple linux and Windows based OSes. Is that “credible” enough?

In many industries (especially the arts) Mac has become the industry standard. I work in SEO and work exclusively on a Mac without a problem… in fact, since I switched from the company's PC to my MacBook I haven't had to deal with crashing, snail's pace processing, compatibility problems, freezing and losing files.. should I keep going?
And as for those young Internet startups… yes, some don't go far. Others do, though. Do you really think they'd abandon their Macs? Yeah right.

I used Windows for about 12 incredibly frustrating years before I converted to Mac, so I'll ask you: have YOU used a Mac?

In many industries (especially the arts) Mac has become the industry standard. I work in SEO and work exclusively on a Mac without a problem… in fact, since I switched from the company's PC to my MacBook I haven't had to deal with crashing, snail's pace processing, compatibility problems, freezing and losing files.. should I keep going?
And as for those young Internet startups… yes, some don't go far. Others do, though. Do you really think they'd abandon their Macs? Yeah right.

I used Windows for about 12 incredibly frustrating years before I converted to Mac, so I'll ask you: have YOU used a Mac?

In many industries (especially the arts) Mac has become the industry standard. I work in SEO and work exclusively on a Mac without a problem… in fact, since I switched from the company's PC to my MacBook I haven't had to deal with crashing, snail's pace processing, compatibility problems, freezing and losing files.. should I keep going?
And as for those young Internet startups… yes, some don't go far. Others do, though. Do you really think they'd abandon their Macs? Yeah right.

I used Windows for about 12 incredibly frustrating years before I converted to Mac, so I'll ask you: have YOU used a Mac?

In many industries (especially the arts) Mac has become the industry standard. I work in SEO and work exclusively on a Mac without a problem… in fact, since I switched from the company's PC to my MacBook I haven't had to deal with crashing, snail's pace processing, compatibility problems, freezing and losing files.. should I keep going?
And as for those young Internet startups… yes, some don't go far. Others do, though. Do you really think they'd abandon their Macs? Yeah right.

I used Windows for about 12 incredibly frustrating years before I converted to Mac, so I'll ask you: have YOU used a Mac?