Here, carefully arranged in no particular order whatsoever, are our choices for the hottest Mac-addicted guy geeks. And before you start quibbling about what’s hot and what’s not, we’d like to point out that we’re not defining appeal by age, winning tickets in the genetic jackpot, or whatever happens to float your personal boat. We picked them because they like Macs and have interesting lives, period. And yeah, we missed a few guys that we’d have liked to feature due to space limitations, so don’t be beating up on us for that either.

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Barack Obama: Our blessedly articulate and tech-savvy president-elect uses Macs, brought a webcam with him on the campaign trail to stay in touch with his wife and kids via iChat, and recently created a furor when he was seen with a (OMG!) Zune -- he’s since denied any relationship with that Microsoft device and confirmed he’s a dedicated iPod user. But far more important than Obama’s own tastes in tech gear are his views on the real benefits of technology, science and the arts. Godspeed, Geek President.

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Jon Stewart: It’s rather alarming to realize that no one in the mainstream media covers technology as well as Jon Stewart -- whether it’s net neutrality, cable television tech antics, blogging or poking fun at his iPhone during the Oscars, Stewart cuts through the nonsense and gets it right while making us laugh like loons. A frequent visitor to the NYC Soho store, Stewart has been snapped schlepping his Mac in for repairs and checking out the sales with his boy.

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Bono: Once described Steve Jobs as the “lead singer in a group that helped design the most beautiful object art in music culture since the electric guitar.” in an interview with the Chicago Tribune. Elsewhere he went on to say that the iPod and iTunes are the “crossroads of art, commerce and technology which feels good for both musicians and fans.” Bono has also appeared in Apple Trade Show videos chatting up iTunes, iPods and PowerBooks in equally flowery terms.

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Trent Reznor: The Nine Inch Nails front man is a vehement Mac supporter, telling AudioHead.net that “Everybody in our camp is Mac and that’s it. We’ve adopted a pretty purist attitude.” Apple computers and software are used to capture and edit Nine Inch Nails sound and video, he released Nine Inch Nails' single, The Hand That Feeds, in Garageband format and encouraged Mac users to tinker with it to their hearts’ delight -- Reznor has even displayed the infamous Windows Blue Screen of Death on huge LCD displays at his concerts.

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Thom Yorke: Proudly sports an Apple logo on his black Fender Telecaster and uses his MacBook Pro as an instrument -- which his Wikipedia entry aptly describes it as “playing the laptop.” If you’ve been to a Radiohead concert you’ve see the MacBook Pros on stage, they’re a central part of the music you hear providing synth, sampling, effects and whatever noises and voices Thom and the band conjured up.

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Tony Hawk: Loves Macs, especially loves Final Cut Pro, which he uses to make home movies and his commercial skate videos. In an interview with the UK’s Guardian newspaper, pro skater Hawk said he was a longtime Apple user who is “passionate about using Macs over PCs. I never use PCs for anything!” He’s also said his MacBook Pro and iPod are his favorite gadgets, though he’s not egotistical enough to carry one of those limited edition Tony Hawk iPods that were briefly available a few years ago.

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Justin Long: He has to be included here because, geeze, he’s a Mac. And he’s suffered for us all, because he’s been harassed on the streets and online by angry geeks who have taken offense at his artsy emo-boy coolness. Long didn’t get a computer of his own until he started personifying a Mac, but says he is now a happy owner--and we hope user--of Apple products.

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John Hodgman: He may play a PC on TV, but in real life he uses a Mac and has since 1984. Hodgman confessed to Creative Loafing that “I did spend a brief period in the wilderness with a Windows machine in the late 1990s and early 2000s, because the literary agency where I worked had them, and I reviewed video games that wouldn’t play on Macs. But it did not go well in exile. I can’t really remember details about those Windows machines, but I can tell you the specs of every Macintosh I’ve ever owned.”

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Mark Frauenfelder: Boing Boing founder, artist, writer and editor Frauenfelder says he loves “using beautiful and intelligently designed things, and my iMac and iBook are right up there with my Kamaka soprano ukulele and my Rosle stainless steel garlic press.”

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Wil Wheaton: Got his hands on the Mac 128K almost immediately after its release and has been using Apple products ever since, but he’s not a blind fanboy loyalist--he’s dallied with Windows and has a long-term relationship with Linux. He also writes cool books and gives good blog.