I'm a PC, but I used to be a Mac. Working in the business world forced my switch to PCs because it was just too hard to convert my work stuff to my home computer and vice versa. I realize that transforms me into the schlubby-looking guy in the suit rather than the cool guy who was dating Drew Barrymore if I identify too much with the commercial, but that's OK. (Funny "This American Life" radio interview with the actor who plays the PC here.)

Conversion to a PC came slowly at first, but now it's second nature and my mad Mac skills are left behind like yesterday's Mac Classic.

I miss the trendy design of Macs and the sort of superior feeling you get from being a Mac person. The folks at Apple are geniuses at setting their brand apart -- portraying it as just a cut above, just a bit cooler. Pathetic that it works, but it does. For a long while, it worked on me.

I've since learned to embrace life and live without the Mac, but the iPhone...oh, the iPhone.

I'm not sure how much longer I can live without an iPhone. And with the latest version hitting stores today priced at $199 rather than the $399 that they started out at, I'm thinking the iPhone might have to land itself in my purse sooner rather than later.

I'm secretly enjoying the fact that Apple is struggling to get all those newly purchased iPhones working right now, as consumer demand drives their system into a little rainbow-colored spinning wheel. But when the madness of today dies down, I just might have to take my place in line at the Apple store.

If you've never seen one of these babies in action, it might be better if you leave it that way. You'll just want one, and then you'll have to change your whole world view into one where things look cool and work right and accomplish many functions all in one sleek package. And if you're a PC like me, that might just be too much for your schlubby brain to handle.