whoa dude, it was just curiousity that lead me to post such a message.
And the reason I singled out XBOX (or more specifically XLIVE as i should have pointed out in my post) was because yes it is a rip, £10 a month to run a console online is a bit much by any standards.
I have an XBOX to, so I felt I was at a happy medium between to two and able to make such a remark. Another reason for the post, and I think you said this yourself, id that in its short life span it has created more fanboys then any other machine.
I should have generalised the question more to just 'fanboys' lol thx for pointing it out to me