[citation][nom]kzVegas[/nom]I've been to all kinds of tech-related retail stores and Apple stores and audiophile/videophile stores tend to be among the best.[/citation]
Certainly not in my experience. I have two friends working at an Apple store, and they're the exception, but everybody else in the ones I've been in has absolutely no clue what they're talking about. I appreciate the Mac for what it is, but I get tired of misinformation and pseudo-fact and having the Mac myth spewed at me by someone who doesn't even understand what a chipset or processor is. The Mac is not for people who are particularly computer literate, nor is it for system builders. At best, it's for GUI freaks who specialize in areas that require a lot of computer use but not much of any knowledge of the computer itself. I know a lot of graphic designers that know nothing about computers and use the Mac because they're told that's what is "cool". As a video editor, computer builder, web designer, and music producer, and one who has used Macs and PCs throughout the years, I find that my performance isn't increased one bit by using a Mac over a PC, and with my PC, I can fix and diagnose any error within seconds, though there hardly ever is one, because I have complete control over both hardware and software and run a tight ship in that sense.