I personally love Macs I'm not sure why people hate them, yeah sure the service may suck and their mice aren't functional (I use a Microsoft mouse and a Mac computer =D) but there computers actually work. My dad's has never frozen or crashed and he's had it it for eight years. Oh and also unlike...
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