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Well, I mostly agree. I have a 4.5 year old MacBook that literally works as well as the day it did when I bought it home. That counts for a lot. I've never owned a PC that I could say that about. Macs DO tend to be more trouble free than PCs in my experience. And my MacBook Pro never ceases to amaze me at its quality and just plain elegance. The trackpad in particular is astounding and I've always wondered why PC laptops can't have trackpads as good as the ones that Apple puts in its devices. Maybe the PC folks should buy drop Synaptic and turn to Apple to make their trackpads.
Prior to Windows 7, OS X was the main draw of Macs for me and although it's still mostly the case, Win 7 is a great OS in it's own right. Fortunately I can have the best of both worlds - I dual boot with Win 7 and OS X and so I get the benefit of my MacBook Pro's hardware with Win 7! (Only downside is battery life under Win 7 sucks).
As for the eliteness - bah! I could care less. I doubt I'm in the "hip" demographic that Apple targets; for me it's practicality and quality that matter and Macs win on both counts. As long as Apple keeps making Macs of the same or better quality I'll keep buying them.
Finally, Apple has the most coherent ecosystem out there. My iPhone, iPods, AirPorts and Macs all work together seamlessly and that's priceless. Apple really has that part down to a fine art. Yeah, there're glitches sometimes, but no more so than for any other system. Mobile Me is still the weakest part but even so, it fits in well and when it works (which is most of the time) it's great!
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XBox 360 S, 16GB iPhone 4S, iPod Classic 160 GB, Dell Inspiron Mini 1018; Macs: Mac Mini 2.4 GHz 6 GB RAM; Macbook 2.0 GHz 3 GB RAM; MacBook Air 11", 24" Cinema Display
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