How do you get straight answers about Apple products?

I'm trying to gather information on buying Apple products and my posts keep getting deleted.
So, I'm not even going to ask why my posts were deleted because I'm sure you have some reason for everything. What I am going to ask is where I can go to get real, uncensored answers about Apple computers so I can be an informed consumer, not just someone who is "wowed" by fancy packaging and the glowing apple logo.
Thanks,
Jeff
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The problem I have is that there is an illogical mentality on this forum for a logical thought process of the user.
I am thinking of buying a mac...so strangely enough I come to Apple.com. I look around and realize that the sales pitches are fine and all, but they're not answering my questions.
So step two, look for an email address so I can contact Apple and ask them the answers to my questions....no email.
Ok, so next step, I come to the forums where I am already a member due to previous problems with another Apple product.
I make a post detailing my current options, thoughts, and questions.
In the REAL WORLD things aren't as black and white as Apple.com would lead you to believe so I asked some real world questions relating to both technical and advice from other Mac users.
The thread was closed down due to violating some terms. Even though I was saying right in my post that while I had other options I didn't want to discuss them here, I just wanted to discuss my Macbook related questions.
Doesn't matter though. It was deleted and that was that.
So what does that do? What it does is a few things.
1. It makes the Apple forum seem cliche. You can't complain or the "Apple minions" will put you in your place and break a pinky just so you rememmber.
2. It makes a potential customer like me very reluctant to buy the products because I don't feel good about the illusion of support based on whether it is favorable to Apple.
3. It doesn't answer my questions. I posted the exact same topic on the Vista forum and it's still going, at post 30 and there is a lot of good advice even though I'm talking about installing vista on a Mac or the other way around.
Then...I get the same thing every time I come on this forum. A majority of people making **** sure they find a way to tell me I'm the one out of line and that Apple can do no wrong.
Regardless, it says a lot about a company when you ask questions and they are deleted because they're not favorable for whatever reason. It makes me say, "Well screw it then, I'll stick with what has worked and what I know"
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