I own Apple products. I'm not sure they're as cultish as folks make them out to be - a lot of their owners are just rather sheepish yet it's rather undeniable that they did bring to the forefront: design, user experience, build quality and of course... marketing.

What is a serious cult to me is how exclusive some of these esoteric choices are that push (think: Morton's Fork) users to think that their (the accuser) option is the best option because it shows some level of knowledge that is lacking in other choices. Personally, the push to make something simple like personal computers that are now rather ubiquitous and the necessary hardware to support that choice into rarified territories is really a waste of my time.

Simply stated: I'm technology agnostic. I'm rather apathetic as to whatever choices that people scream for/against/with - they're all tools in the end that can do what is required to meet your user and/or business goals. I support whatever I want to. And I tend to dislike trends - I supported Maemo, MeeGo and Sailfish. I like choice.

Most of them, I've compared them to the Heaven's Gate (Hale-Bopp) folks. And I state that as a MacBook Pro and iPad owner.