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Macs are a great build and OS. But not worth the costs associated. Trust me. I've overseen networks and PC deployments for 10s of 1000s of desktops and laptops. The failure rate is literally the same, at best, less than a percentage point in favor of the macs. Now, all of that being said, of you have a heavy investment in iOS (iPhone, iPad) a Mac can compliment that experience. If you're into some design and video editing, macs truly are a better machine for that. If it's browsing, email, games etc, you are literally adding $100s of dollars that are nothing of value to your purchase. Don't' scrimp and buy the cheap HP, Acer, or Asus. Get a decent mid to upper level machine and you are getting the same specs as a $1000 Mac.

I built my first computer at Fry's in 2005. I still have the same tower, the same monitor, same mouse, same keyboard. I've upgraded the motherboard/ram/harddrive in some order twice over the years. Pretty sure I had a shitty graphics card, and the last motherboard had an onboard one.

Now. I don't use use it for anything complicated, and basically use my Surface for almost everything now... but I can't see how people get sold in the iMac experience. The costs are outrageous, and unless something has changed I'm unaware of, the only way to upgrade your iMac is to throw away the old one, and buy a new one.

Laptops, I can see the marginal costs not being that great, and Apple's software/hardware integration being something that could be worth the added cost, but I can't ever see myself buying an Apple product for the desktop. It makes no sense to me.