I used macs all through college. We even have some at the job here. I have no problems with Apple. I think the company hamstrings itself, but I could care less one way or the other.
I think the uproar over the iPad was more disappointment than anything. Sort of like that Nokia gaming phone they made a while ago (the on that looked like a taco, I can't even remember what it was called anymore... oh yeah, the NGage...) They even fixed it, but the community was so disappointed that they didn't even give the sequel a chance (it probably didn't help that they talked a lot of smack about Nintendo.)