Well I'm a conservative Republican and I have an iMac at home (my second) and 2 G-4s (and several Gateway PCs) at work. I hate Apple's politics and their computers are more expensive. It's the Mac's user friendly 'drag and drop' software layout that appeals to me. Very intuitive and was easy for me to learn. PCs are much the same now but Macs are still better IMHO. iTunes rocks! At work I use the Mac version of Final Cut Pro; that's great too.
I'm pretty sure Mac tried something like this before, a computer called 'The Cube'. It crashed and burned big time, probably 'cause of the price and that it didn't LOOK like a computer.
Rush is a big Mac user, for the same reasons I am. Some things are just worth the extra money. Cheaper isn't always better. Rush would be an outstanding spokesperson for Apple, and would love to do so. But my gut is that Apple dosen't have the cajones to hire him. Their loss...
The G4 Cube was designed as a sort of premium-priced business computer. It failed because that market segment isn't terribly big. The Mini is designed as the opposite - a very low-cost computer.
The iPod and iTunes is a combination that can't beat. I take all of my music everywhere I go on the iPod, and stream my music all over the house with Airtunes. Hats off to Apple for these products....for my PC.