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Hmmm, that's a toughie.  We have had a total of 5 Macs, 1 PC, 2 or 3 C64's, 1 C128, an Adam Computer,uh.... wait, you said Macs.  Of the Macs, the iMac 400 DVSE and the iBook 600MHz (combo) are mine.  Yes, so is the iPod (love that thing).
I suppose that makes me quite the fanatic (perhaps a bit on the low end of the spectrum).  I must say, however, that as long as Apple continues to exist, I'll always have one of their machines in my home.  I'm waiting, however, for their new chip before I bite again, but that's another 700 topics on this forum....

I have 4 Macs at home. Had a Classic and an Apple II beofre them. I point at very Mac in movies and tv. I visit this forums almost daily. I have over 3 yeras worth of MacAddict, all of them from the newsstand!

I dress up as Steve Jobs for Halloween. 'Nuf said.

I attempt to control the computer purchasing of every school I am in contact with (about 4). (I don't try to stop them from buying Windows but make sure that they are getting some Macs.) I also give free tech support to the computers they have.

I have an Apple tattoo.

I own about 3 (in use) G3s and am planning to get a new PB soon. I have all the Switch commercials (and the new ones) saved onto my HD. I am pretty much constantly on my computer (whenever I'm not working). I go to 4 Macintosh forums and all the others I flagrantly boast that I'm a proud Mac user. And I have all the MacAddicts since issue 1 and MacWorld's since... well, early on.

Oh, forgot to mention...


I have no life.

This friend of mine. She said that "Macs suck". We had a big fight. And I never talked to her again. Hows that?

Also, I have 3 macs, subscribe to macaddict, and was there at the grand opening in palo alto.

thugmoni

...I DONT EVEN OWN A MAC .... YET    !!!

so when you get the money will you have a mod change your name to "theuserformerlyknownasSoontobeaMacAddict"?  if so will you use your ridiculously long name for good? or awesome?

me?
first mac was a LC with system 6.  before that we had an Apple II.  I installed system 7 just so I could play Marathon.
then in high school I got my 6500. so I could play the games of the Marathon Trilogy Box Set.
then in college I got this sweet Pismo.  where I put a Marathon desktop.  this piece will last me the next year and a half nicely.

over winter break I spent a night downloading the 10.2.3 update over dialup.  then spent a morning watching the keynote.  wow it looks better over broadband.

I always notice the macs in movies and tv, though I refrain from mentioning it to anyone but my girlfriend (who saw the iSub in AI and thought it was hilarious?).  she somewhat understands

I visit these forums multiple times daily.  In one month I'm almost back to the number of posts I had at the old forums (slightly diff name) gathered through 3 years. wow

I visit Apple mainly for the trailers, although I used to visit daily for the hot news.

Basically, instead of doing the work that I should be right now I'm posting about how crazy I am.

I think my favorite part is when you I stopped being insulted by Win users and letting them (roommates) notice the cool things I've got.

fanatic? quietly.  I don't go in all the apple apparel, though I do have a decal on my bumper.  one of the rainbow ones.  I'm old school 

I used to be much more of a fanatic but I still am somewhat...

My family has owned 4 Macs. I have a PowerMac G3 with an Apple moitor and an iPod (but it broke )

Apple is the only company I will actually buy software from.

I have a couple posters in my room.

I cut out every Apple magazine advertisement I see.

I have a box full of Apple related pamphlets, printouts, ads, etc

I watch the ads and point out hardware in movies/TV shows

I've downloaded nearly every Apple ad or movie realted to Apple.

I watch every keynote and go to all the MWSFs

I switched my friend from PCs to Macs

I have a 17" iMac I recently got. My neighbor is borrowing it, his wife left and took the computer.

I had an Apple IIe in HS (1985), then a performa. I switched to PC's with Win95 and a Pentium 75 in the early 90's and once I started building my own I never considered a Mac until OSX... X got me "Mac courious".

The iMac is ok, I was expecting more though, after all the ranting & raving I'd read & heard.. turns out it's just another computer. It does that same things my PC's do, just slower. But since I custom build and sell PC's my PC's are top quality, so it's not a fair comparison.

I'd need a dual 1.25 to make a more fair comparison, but the iMac is a start. I am ordering that yellow dog Linux PPc MB to run OSX on, I may even sell them as Mac like clones if the profit is there.

Honestly I get the same "it's not Windows" feeling using Mandrake, and I don't get why people love Macs. But people don't get my being a rabid NHL fan, so it all evens out in the end.

I have made a pilgrimage to the Mother Ship in Cupertino. 
I bought an original Mac on eBay.
I have bought one of every 68K machine that was at the purchasing warehouse here.
I bought G3s from the purchasing warehouse for my high school.
I've grabbed various old Mac hardware and software things from school even if I'll never see or use them again.  I did find an Apple II "Red Book" operating manual, though.
I got a dead PB 180 from a teacher and restored it (but it's dead again now).
I point out when people refer to something working on "a computer" when it's for Windows only.
I spent hours prepping IIGSs to sell on eBay.
I wrote my Hist 488 20-page essay about Apple.
I pull old Macworlds from the recycling bin.
I cut out Apple stories in newspapers and magazines.
I make many statements about Microsoft being evil.

My mom and I both fight to keep the high school computer lab Mac.  (She's the teacher.)  Unfortunately, there is a program that refurbishes white trash PCs for schools and the "technology coordinator" (who my mom could beat in about any tech competition) is keen on getting them instead of even old Macs.  I've heard the junior high is going to PC.

And my elementary had one of the first computer labs in the state, 27 Apple IIe's, so I got to love them early - but the one at home didn't hurt either.

Other than that, no, I'm not a fanatic. 

Thats a bit obsessive