Seems like some people have such an unfortunate experience with Windows. There's a reason PCs and windows are preferred in the IT world, it's because more choice and control is in your hands. With an Apple Machine, it's a given that Apple will make sure their machine are up to spec for running the proper Mac OS, but you're options, configurations, and ultimately compatibilities are limited. It's also not a more secure platform, just a smaller target.

In the PC world, Steve Jobs isn't there to hold your hand and make sure your PC configuration can actually run Windows properly. That in itself burns alot of people who never had to really care about the RPMs of their hard drive, or the out of the box DDR2/DDR3 type and amount of RAM they have. Many major manufacturers of PCs take advantage of uninformed consumers at retail by listing a great new generation of processor in a tower without listing that it's probably the lowest clock speed, and the same is done with RAM and the hard drive.

So just a few years back Vista came out looking all shiny and brand new. It's no secret the Vista OS was bloated and had compatibility issues from being a total overhaul OS. People bought their discount PCs with 1 gig of ram and 1.3ghz dual core pentiums for $250 only to wonder why Vista was crashing and chugging. I got through Art school doing both graphic design with Adobe products and 3D with Autodesk products all in Vista with no outstanding issues because I had the hardware to handle it.

Mac OS might look appealing but even as an artist and designer, I'm not convinced that it's more practical for real work or even as a proper price-to-power ratio compared to a capable PC.

(This is a combination reply to your first comment and this comment) Have you actually used spaces, expose, corners or anything in OSX or any shortcuts? Unless you're manually looking for things, you can quickly and easily find what you need. Additionally if you have trouble finding apps, just put the app folder in your dock, lol. The search bar in the top corner, or and app like Alfred, pretty much making searching instantaneous. If anything, navigating a ton of windows is extremely easy. Using Exposé and Spaces pretty much solves that issue (hot cornering also helps).

And I'm not really sure why not using the mac mouse takes away a reason to buy a mac, especially if you are using MBP, in which case the trackpad, is pretty much the best trackpad out there, aside from Lenovo's nipple..

Your comment is almost like saying not using the mouse that came with a Dell is one of the reasons to not use a Dell, lol. I personally use the logitech Desktop Wave Pro and I like it, even for OSX...Although logitech software/driver support is pretty much is absent, which is kind of annoying, lol.

Now when it comes to desktops, I likely would go the PC route (or hackintosh route), but for laptops, the MBP would likely be one of the laptops I'd choose. Additionally I'd be able to double or triple boot OS'es if I wish.

All in all, this article seems to lack substance. There are very good reasons to dislike OSX and Apple (for me, it depends what it is), but I don't think they are all in this article or were even explained that well.

And it's simple, if viruses more come to OSX, you buy virus software. Now will Apple admit they are virus prone? Hopefully, but I'm not loosing sleep at night. Then again, I was never of the mind that OSX was completely virus free, simply that odds were you were less likely to receive them. Though the trend shows that might be changing.

I am actually planning on building a powerful pc in the summer. I mainly got bluescreens, I was having problems with Nvidia drivers. I am just burned out on windows after buying a gaming laptop that constantly crashed, guess thats more my problem than a windows problem.

Funnily enough I've never heard anyone switch to mac for the mouse, lol. The trackpad, maybe. But as for appeal, I would probably go for the iMac mainly for the IPS panel it has(which by itself would be pricey) and its size (which I've been eyeing the new 27" iMac, but I'm likely going for a new MBP then a PC for a desktop. The funny thing about the iMac is that they are actually pretty competitively priced in the all-in-one pc market, especially now. The question then is if a all-in-one is suitable for someone.

Anyway, you can buy antivirus for the mac ( I believe there is free software too) so Apple isn't necessarily holding people back from using it, rather they aren't admitting there are viruses for the mac.