Originally Posted by
ephekt
Any OS you use is going to take some tweaking to setup how you like, so this is moot imo. I haven't had to do any tweaking to keep my PCs running reliably either, but then I don't get viruses either.
My personal reasons: games, Foobar (yes I know you think iTunes is super awesome, but I don't and Cog isn't quite up to par), Dreamweaver (the Mac versions are horrible ports), BluRay player, GNS3, Packet Tracer, ActiveSync and a bunch of other apps that I don't want to stop using.
MacBook build quality is grossly exaggerated (I own one, I know). It's not terrible by any means, but IBM build quality far outshines anything Apple has done laptop wise. As a previous PowerBook owner, the MBs are definitely a step backwards. Additionally, if you Google for "Macbook poor build quality" you'll find a tons of posts complaining about cracked hinges, overheating, poor speakers, impotent video on the non-Pros et al.