> How many people really care about linux on a mac?

Me and most developers I know IRL would switch to Apple hardware (for laptops, not everything obviously) if Apple just cared one iota about Linux users, as the hardware is simply so good, and the software/OS so trash. But, we're also all professionals who can't be bothered about having to hack in our own support for a OS, at least anymore. So we end up staying with our Carbon X1s, workstations, desktops and Thinkpads.