More Trojans target Windows. So you do need to be careful. It's an Inherent problem with being the larger, more open marketplace for genuine software companies, cyber criminals can read the same available information. If everyone owned a Mac they would target Macs. It's a numbers game to them. Target 5 million people or target 2 billion people. Which would you choose?

It's a double edged sword situation of being an open marketplace. That's life folks!

You hear more things going wrong on Windows. It's user error a lot of the time ultimately in my opinion, i never download trojans because i know whats rubbish and whats actually what i want.

But there's support for those people who cant protect themselves like I can. Google, MEGA PC Problems, any computer engineer (grrr).

If it's a hardware issue in particular then that can happen on any computer. People are quick to blame Windows but i've seen plenty a percentage of Macs come with a duff hard disk inside (because guess what? the hard disks are made by samsung or hitachi etc for all manufacturers)

Cheaper. PCs that come with Windows are less expensive to purchase, even the top model equivalents.

Thanks to open competition. Dell, HP, Acer, Independents etc. Thanks to Microsoft's culture.

Windows update. This has got better year on year since 2006. Not only does it fix errors Microsoft makes with some of their software (known as bugs).

But it now can interface with manufacturers of devices (HP, Epson, Brother, Samsung, nVidia etc) and fix known and declared issues automatically.

Unbelieveable convenience.

Fewer trojans attack Macs. This is great news! of course. It's related to the compatibility issues and that fewer people own Macs so in turn fewer cyber criminals will target their operating software. And maybe cyber criminals cant afford one.

It won't last forever though for all sorts of reasons i could speculate.

Compatibility. Scanners, printers if they're new enough should be fine but you might be upgrading from an old PC and you'll probably find your old printer needs upgrading too. It's more likely to work with Windows i promise you. You won't find any cheap software that you want/need, you won't be able to borrow a friend's copy and install theirs on to your Mac.

Also big names in business software don't support Apple operating systems. Sage, quickbooks, other business ERP systems, CCTV manufacturers, the list goes on. For home users; there'll be some piece of software you want to download at some point and it just won't run on your Mac. That's a fact.

More Expensive. They've got people wanting their designs, so the price goes up. Only they build these amazing Apple towers and laptops.

I get it, we want things to be stylish, but have you looked at Dell ultrabook laptops and other manufacturers of Tower desktops. There are some wonderful and refreshing designs too. If you spend the same amount of money on an ordinary PC as you would the eventual Mac you decide to get, i promise you you will not be disappointed. I always buy the top end laptop in the range i require and ive no complaints, design-wise weight-wise all that lot.

"Apple Macs are faster".

As touched on above. No they're not. they use the same hardware. Software is reliant on the machine/the hardware, so on balance they're not.

So how can they appear to be then? More efficient software??. I'd like to say no, but i can't truthfully, it is possible (Apple might be hiring teams of different breeds of human beings to programme it, if only Microsoft thought of doing this). i doubt it is this reason though (- come on!).

The best i can say, given my extensive programming knowledge, common sense, and the opposite cons you are about to read, indicate to me that they aren't actually doing the same things in the background as Windows. So it's not a fair like-for-like comparison if they aren't offering the same end result. (see the search facility con opposite, this is an indicator that Mac is not doing the same things in the background as Windows because they've declined to give you this feature. Windows has background search indexers which are running periodically, quite efficiently but still it has a negative effect, but without it when you do come to search for something it wouldn't be as quick would it?, so which devil do you want? and you can't have both or neither. That's life!).

Also, the typical person i hear this claim from ("Apple Macs are faster") typically speaking (and as fairly speaking as i can, now how should i put this?) wouldn't know the back end of a computer from its front if it smacked them on the face 10 times before and after every meal of the day. So you'd have to argue their experiences of a windows computer might be tainted and therefore explainable by, a slower model CPU inside perhaps? (i.e. the generic hardware that you can buy for either manufacturer) and their Windows PC might be infected with a trojan they themselves inadvertently downloaded and is slowing their windows PC down. Which relates to the cheeky earlier comment-apologies, but that's life.

What i can say, with 2 exact same physical spec computers, 1 with Windows 7 on (expertly optimised by a MEGA PC Problems? engineer perhaps), 1 with Mac OS X 10 on. Open internet explorer 10, open safari, browse to a few websites. You'll see the same amount of time taken to open on both computers. No real difference. Thats a fair enough basic test from an average user's perspective if you ask me.

Copy and Paste = Yes. Cut and Paste = No. You CANNOT cut and paste files or folders on a Mac.

Some people won't care/know one bit of what i'm on about. It's a big deal if you do it a lot, let's just put it that away.

To anyone who wants to get things done, and be in control of their computer this is a big deal. But to everyone and anyone with any common sense - why would you buy something from a supplier (such as Apple) that doesn't (AT ALL!!  i.e. there isn't a setting somewhere to turn this feature on) give you the most basic, fundamental, (shoulda been in the consitution kind of thing (sorry, Americanism) option to Cut and Paste files when organising files on your hard disk. You HAVE to copy, then paste, then go back and delete the source? You want me to do that do you, each time? yeaaah. not this side of never.

I promise you, i was working on a new Mac in 2014 and this feature was not there, still.

Please!! This is a common sense, use your brain kind of moment. Why buy something from someone (Apple) who, after 25 years of being in business/in the marketplace/amongst the people, is still not making this feature available when it is so obvious it is useful. Useful technology is why you buy iPhone 5s, why you buy iPads, why electricity isnt still a project in Faraday's workshop, why telephones were adopted, why mobile phones were ever adopted, why email was adopted, (dare i say it) why Fax machines were adopted, why antiperspirant was ... oh wait.

To give you another indication of the mentality and culture of who you're dealing with at Apple. The iPhone 1, 2 and possibly 3 i cant remember precisely. You COULD NOT copy and paste text. So you'd be filling out a form on an iphone in a browser or a settings page. Hold your finger down like you can today..... nothing. No menu popped up with options to select all, cut, copy, paste etc. You can now, finally. You've always been able to do this with the equivalent microsoft pocket pc operating system which pre-dates! the iphone era. You're a step behind with Apple, i cant name every instance in which this is true because i dont go near the things if i can help it as a rule. And you won't realise it until you've bought it.

But cut and paste Files or Folders on a mac, you cannot.
 

Graphics design. I know graphics designers have used Macs for years, i remember as a child going to work with my mum and she'd be cleaning a posh looking office full of Apple Macs and their designers would be there playing Prince of Persia game on it when they should have been working.

Really though? you still have to buy these graphics applications they dont just come with Apple Mac. Guess what? These applications are available on Windows. Fireworks, Photoshop CS4 etc. Wacom drawing tablets are also available for Windows. I dont know enough about the industry but i'd bet it can all be done on Windows.

Search for a Mail Item.

Open your Mac's 'Mail' icon. try searching for a mail item - an email, a contact perhaps, a calendar entry?? go on... Go ooon! knock yourself out. £1500 people, £1500. That's the end of my point really. (oneday, they'll fix this, and i'll look so stupid with this out of date article. But ask yourself this? why wasn't it available right away. It seems obvious to you the customer, and to me a programmer who develops user friendly software for businesses. Why is it not to Apple? Culture. Mindset. Mentality.)