Regarding hardware, there is no contest. A less expensive box can be built to run Linux.
BUT, and you knew there was one coming, OS X is more than just about hardware but encompasses the entire computing experience. By being closed loop there is tighter control and fewer issues overall.
After spending the last 15 months away from Windows at home I do not see myself returning. Professionally I still have to support it but that is someone else's money.
To put some perspective on this, I've been in and around computers since 1976 while in high school. I've ran many different systems and from 1990 until 2008 I ran one flavor of Windows or another. When Vista got in my way and I was going to have to make investments in software anyway, I decided it was time to revisit my whole desire for computing at home.
But because we have strayed away from the OP's original request, let me suggest we drop this as you won't change my mind, I can't change your mind and we've not yet dropped in to the sewer fighting a holy OS war.
Here, have some popcorn.
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Originally Posted by dryadsdad
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One other item which I didn't mention earlier is that despite it all, I can still build a much better box for much less to run Linux or Windows than I can Mac OS. Well, I have to buy the Mac of course which is the rub. I screwed together the equivalent of a medium end Mac Pro for the cost of a low end iMac - including a much better display. My heart wanted to go Mac, but my mind kept me in Windows. Then there was the license issue too.
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