I was a Mac user for the most of the first 20 years on my life (dad got an original Mac when I was 4). Loved their OS, hated their hardware (until the G4). As I took TV Broadcasting in college, Final Cut Pro was an amazing tool.
It was around that time (while working for a local computer store) I realized I couldn't afford to upgrade my Mac every few years, and the PC had more games. So I switched, and haven't looked back (though FCP is still the best video editing software out there IMO).
I don't at all like the way Apple has gone with the iPhone. There's closed (Mac), and then there's iPhone closed. After reading the details of the
iPhone Developer Agreement and what it took for that agreement to finally get publicized, I can't understand why any developer would take the chance with developing for the iPhone.
This HTC patent suit is just icing on the cake. Frankly, I'd love to see Google buy up Palm, and then strike Apple with a patent infringement suit of their own. Between Google's own patents and those of Palm, I'm pretty sure they could trump Apple.