Hello, my name is John and I’m an Apple Fanatic

I had a feeling I may have been a little fanatical already, but I didn’t realise just how much until I read this pretty interesting article today about Apple Fanatics which has a funny piece about how to tell if you’re an Apple fanatic…. I took the test.

You believe that Apple is superior and have tried to convert people.
For sure, I’m currently trying to convert my whole family to Mac OS X. So far my brother has seen the light and is expecting his first Mac (MacBook Pro) next week. I guarantee he’ll never look back.

You start your day by reading Apple blogs.
Yep. I have my NewsFire set up for a smart feed called ‘Apple Matters’ which collects feeds from myapplemenu and applematters Then I’ve got another smart feed called ‘Mac Rumors’ which collects feeds from thinksecret and macruomors (although I could probably do without macrumors as it generally relays thinksecret.)

You consider Apple co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs your god.
Well, I wouldn’t say he’s my god, but he’s surely something special.

You refuse to throw away your old Mac computers and/or collect vintage Macs and other Apple paraphernalia.
I’m only on my second Mac so far. My son has my old iMac G4 in bedroom, while I have the Mac Mini with 23″ Apple Cinema Display in the living room. I know for a fact that I’ll keep the iMac g4 forever, and when I replace the Mac Mini (once the new intel macs are fairly stable) I’ll probably have a go at trying to set the Mac Mini as some sort of media center thing. I have a 20GB iPod, an iPod Shuffle and a 1GB black iPod nano. I also have various other Apple accessories such as the Mighty Mouse, wireless Apple Pro keyboard and mouse and Airport Express. Oh, and a really cool dashboard mouse-mat.

You get annoyed with how the media portrays Mac fanatics.
Um, well no not really. I don’t care how they portray us

This isn’t on the list, but I’m an avid Mac spotter when watching TV shows and films: “look darling, they’re using a G5 Powermac!!”

However:
I do not have a higher household income.
I have never received a graduate degree.
I am not self-employed.
I don’t live in California or Massachusetts or in big cities such as San Francisco, Los Angeles and New York, but I am in suburb of Glasgow