Apple’s Top 7 Geekiest Fans

Leander Kahney once said, “As a group, Apple fans act like Hells Angels or Trekkies, but they’re loyal to a brand of computers instead of motorcycles or sci-fi.”. Today, you’ll see just how loyal some of them are.

I’ve put put together a list of the World’s Geekiest Apple fans you’ll ever see. Here are some of the ways they express their devotion.

1. Jeremy Mehrle (single) - ÜberNerd Mac Collector

(photo credit: AP / Jeff Roberson)

Geek Quote: “The bar is a scaled down of my original idea where I would have 3 whole walls of Mac Classics like at the end of the second Matrix movie (only I had the idea before the movie).” Source

This guy takes the cake on pure financial dedication to his geekdom. Jeremy spent more than $4000 on Ikea furniture alone! His undeniably beautiful basement museum, containing more than 75 pieces of Apple computer history, has never been seen by a woman. Check out this video on CNN.

2. Greg Packer (terminally single) - Penultimate Nerd

Claim to Geekfame: Being first-in-line to buy an iPhone (after waiting 110 hours, proudly neglecting most acts of hygiene).
Greg is a professional line-sitter and is famous for being one of those jerkwads who will push his way in front of you at concerts or the movie theatre. Unfortunately, in our geek-off, he only finishes second. Visit Greg’s site and donate your hard-earned cash to his worthy cause.

3. Kyle Purdy (in a relationship) - MiniNerd

Geek Powers: braces, lisp, glasses, button-down lapels, desire to learn.
14 year-old Kyle wrote a letter to Steve Jobs and landed a personal invite to the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference. Only attending in the hopes of scoring some chicks, Kyle was brainwashed by Apple and forced to serve as Jobs’ supernerd sidekick. Check out Kyle’s interview on Planet Nerd.

4. Unbox iPhone Guy (so single it hurts) - HenchNerd

Geek Factor: 110%
Back in January, this dude somehow got his hands on an iPhone, before it was even completed, and beat those slackers at Unbox.IT by six months. Extra points were awarded for creative use of time travel and a realistic depiction of excitement. Check out this historic ceremony here.

5. Brad Stone (allegedly married) - FakeNerd

Geek Aliases: Santa Claus Killer.

After exposing the ‘real’ identity of blog-phenom Fake Steve Jobs earlier this month, Brad Stone was then revealed as the culprit himself (see story…) By charading as FSJ, Brad was able to live out his fantasy of owning and operating Apple. Brad is rumoured to have an Apple logo tattooed on his butt, and enjoys sucking the magic out of our daily lives.
Read more about BS at Fake Brad Stone (written by Daniel Lyons).

6. John Swerdan (singer) - HippieGeek

(copyright: John Swerdan)
Geek Lyrics: “Start up and take a hard drive / Backup or you won’t arrive”

A few years ago, this elementary school teacher from California, recorded an album of songs based on or inspired by the Macintosh computer. You can read the Byronesque poetry of Swerdan’s lyrics on his site (no longer updated). Apparently, he is still writing and performing–albeit inferior, less relevant, non-Apple related music.

7. The ‘Yes Way! Expose’ Guys (all single) - GangNerds

Geeks? Yes.
If you haven’t already watched it 500 times, get started on this Mac music video by a group of guys who have never had girlfriends. I kept skipping back to minute 1:34 to repeatedly watch that killer dance move. Bask in all its geeky majesty! I made the switch!

Honorable Mentions:
Jennifer Wright (Kyle Purdy’s Girlfriend) - Nerd-in-Training

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69pwiLFLNzI

Elwin Fannypans - HopelessNerd

The MacIntyre Quadruplets - Nerds of a Feather

Applebaby - Future Geek

Steve Nojobs - iMac Geek

Alright, I’m probably a geek too or I wouldn’t have bothered to make this list…

…did we miss some Apple geeks out there? Send me your Geek Nominees as I continue to update this list! Still need more geeks? Check out this article by CNET about the Top 10 geeks through the decades.