If I am going to be expected to put that much effort into a computer, I am just going to go in for the penny, in for the pound and install linux.

Seriously, isn't this shit that my grandmother is supposed to be able to purchase? Your nerdish idiosyncrasies don't excuse this sort of anti-consumer behavior. It is crap like this that will have me seemingly forever recommending Apple to people I know, and I hate Apple.