[citation][nom]jimmysmitty[/nom]As said, its why a lot of people hate Apple who are techs anyways. Their computers always use dated hardware, that they mark up like crasy and are closed. I work on some Apple stuff, mainly data recovery, and it makes me sick to see people think its superior when its clearly not.[/citation]
Exactly, apple sells an Apple Computer, not a Personal Computer. A Personal Computer is not one that is 'customizable', or one that you use for 'personal use', it is simply a computer that can be used for whatever purpose you want. Apple computers are designed as limited use (all be it a wide use) machine. Think of it from a business perspective. When buying tools for a business you purchase things that perform a specific function, do that function well, but have relatively little use outside of that stated function. Like a business product, macs are intended and designed (very well I might add) for stuff that people tend to do with a computer. If they were PCs then they would enjoy the freedom of interchangeable parts, easier upgrade-ability, and a wide variety of software choices. However this is not the case. It is a specific user interface tied to specific (all be it a wider range of) hardware that is designed to run an environment for web browsing, and a few multimedia creation/editing suites. You start doing something wierd, or off the beaten path then you need Windows, and when you really tread in interesting waters then you move off to Linux, Unix, or some other monster. Mac 'will let you' use Windows (and it will run faster than OSX oddly enough), but outside of that is beyond the bounds of what you are 'allowed to do' with 'your computer'.
This is even more interesting with ARM tablets running Linux/Android, and even laptops to some extent. The hardware is still a relatively closed system, and the OS in many cases is a closed system, with an interface provided by and often required by the manufacturer of the product. These are not PCs, they are products. When the x86 tablets come out later it will be a different story because you can put whatever you want on them, and they should (more or less) run whatever you want them to.
Anywho, the point is that you don't have to have a PC to have a great computer. And really, unless you are one of the few who has a black box/home built system, you technically don't have a PC; You have a Dell Computer, or a HP Computer (Or Acer, or ASUS, etc). All brands have great products, and all of them have crappy ones. I still dont see the point in a tablet; They seem like an excellent exercise in frustration to me, but they are popular, and when it comes down to sales of computers (everything from a calculator to a Server) then Apple has everyone beat. But they only have 10% of the 'PC' market... and I don't think they give a damn.