If you have a PC, you have
- A swarm of wires in the back (It not about pc vs mac but about the form you choose to buy. You can have a pc with just a screen also)
- at least 4 noisy fans keeping it cool (that depend of your case. Just get a nice case and pc also are quiet)
- Windows XP, Visa, 7 or 8 written by a separate manufacturer (well nothing to say here I true that windows work with a lot of different hardware)
- Endless anti-virus updates (windows 8 have a build-in antivirus that you never see)
- Endless pre-loaded programs chewing up ram ( It the user that decide what programs to preload not the OS)
- Drivers, drivers, drivers! ( well only video card driver need update the rest of the hardware is fine but most mac dont have a video card)
- Super slow boot times (45-90 seconds even with fast 7200 RPM HD) (just not true, or your talking about 400$ computer vs 2000$ mac? my pc boots pretty fast)
- Requires drivers for other devices (mac also they use usb like every pc.)
- Requires 3rd party everything, like monitors. (I dont understand how it a bad thing to have choice and mac also can use 3rd party hardware)
- Little to no free support, No single source support, Long waits for support. (well you get the support from the store where you buy your pc not from microsoft it self)
- Pay about $250 for OS upgrades ( yes because they only sell OS that you can use with any hardware, apple can give the os almost free since they already get money from the hardware you buy, for exemple they steal people with the price of their ram)
And worst of all, you very likley to be so stubborn that you won't even consider the Apple brand, that:
- Has simple, elegant design with almost no wires (true but you can do the same with a nice case or with a all-in-one pc design also.)
- Super silent fans (3 in iMac, 1 in new Mac Pro, none in Macbook) (true but good pc case also do that)
- OS, based on super-stable Unix, written by Apple, for apple. ( yea that is the main avantage, only have to write the os for a couple of different hardware)
- No anti-virus software to worry about, and no viruses either) (true but they start to have virus on mac now since it become more main steam and also you need something to protect you from trojan, keylogger and other spyware. Most big anti-virus come in a mac version)
- Properly written software + certified 3rd party software available through Apple (true it a good thing)
- Super-Fast Boot times (12-16 seconds) (a pc on the same price range can do the same)
- Plays well with other devices (usb work the same on mac an pc so not sure what you mean)
- Includes stunning, very high quality monitors (except Mac Pro which requires separate purchase for monitor) (well it depend on what you buy, going to a good pc you save a lot of money you can put on a good monitor also, apple dont make monitor they buy them from lg or samsung)
- Super-fast support, often free, with almost zero wait time. (Yea true, they lost my G4 a couple years ago in the post and I did get a really nice support from apple to get a other one. If you want support for bug, troubleshooting and other you need to buy applecare)
- Pay about $20.00 for OS upgrades. (they already make the money on the hardware so yes you can get upgrade for more cheap)
I like both but I dont like when people do 2000$ mac vs 400$ pc... it just not the same quality of course.