That being said, up until about a year ago I was a windows guy. XP forever, as far as I was concerned. However the massive failure that is Vista and Microsoft’s unwillingness to provide reasonable software for a reasonable price point was the clincher.

Conversely OSX doesn’t come with any kind of authentication or password — it just only runs on Apple hardware. The ease with which OSX can be pirated is a clear indication that Apple has made their operating system a loss-leader, focusing to rack up huge profits on their hardware instead. This is -exactly- how a loss-lead should be done.

So in the end, I got a Mac because it was “not Windows.” I can honestly say I’m happy with the purchase though. It’s largely hassle free, and the cost-effectiveness of mix-and-match purchasing and upgrading has gone way down recently, especially when compared to the value of my time and the need for a machine that “just freaking works.”