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I was an early Mac user, and we still have a (very) old one lurking around the house. There’s a lot to like about Macs, and about Apple — but, sometimes, it sure seems like the Cult of Apple leads to just this sort of thing<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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I was an early Mac user, and we still have a (very) old one lurking around the house. 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