As a longtime Mac user I have heard time and time again that systems running Windows are far less expensive than Apple products. In every case the folks I was talking to, admitted that Windows as an OS was clearly buggy, crash prone and a security nightmare but cited the price difference to justify their inferior platform choice.

Now a head to head price comparison on reasonably high end notebooks demonstrates that if you want to buy a laptop Macbook Pro is a better and less expensive choice. So given the admitted Windows security problems, the fact that Macs can run Windows based applications (making them more secure in the process) and the more stable and reliable OS that is Mac OS X the choice is obvious. Save Money, Get a better piece of hardware and have machine that resists the plague of malware and spyware - Get a Mac!

Apple vs. Dell price war | Ed Burnette| ZDNet.com