Why apologize? Jobs did some good work, succeeded in an area that I once worked in but didn't succeed in and you'll have to pry my MacBook Pro out of my cold dead hands. It's not like I respect him as a role model, hero or anything like that. That's reserved for true heroes like Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie and Brian Kernighan.
I am absolutely not interested in Microsoft Windows and that has nothing to do with my personal distaste for ultra-liberal whacko Gates and underarm stains Ballmer, nor should it.
I don't find any of Jobs, Gates or Ballmer appealing. It just doesn't matter. The work speaks for itself.
Yes, you’re right, I was really speaking to Job’s marketing capability. He does seem to have the ability to draw in the younger and let’s say less computer eliterate of the users. That is not a put-down, just a fact. Most MAC users keep their machines years without upgrading - or if they do, it costs them an arm and a leg...(ie. they have money).
Due to low costs for PCs (ie. Windows machines) upgrades, many enthusiasts upgrade two to three times a year. I am sure that for most MAC users, that would be prohibitive.
Now for some users, a MAC would work just fine - they might not ever outgrow their system. For game users, that would be a real problem.