Well i will start off by saying I have done tech support for both windows and mac professionally(I had jobs for both major pc sellers and apple aswell as working with a third party that does support for your average domestic pc) And let me tell you that the biggest difference between the users is that most apple users are content with the system they have and stray away from pushing the limits.
Meaning they buy what they need(Usually higher price then pc And that based purely on the fact that pcs are sold under many prices, Where as apple is in complete control you have practically no third party sales as they will have to eat losses to sell mac equipment for a lower price thus supply and demand doesn't work for your average apple system hence you are always paying more for the same) for the time. Then alot of apple users will leave their old systems running while buying a new one, And they will run both as they are.(This is also how alot of companys operate their systems. And MAcs my never catch up as a lot of the company use windows and because of that when they upgrade they want their systems and some times even their old software to be compatible
(This is not easy with a apple and so apple may never get to the sales of windows they might however over take it when they both start getting replaced be linux systems as they neither suffer the OS issues that windows has and none of the cost restrictions that Mac has. Linux is also not constructed in proprietary junk. Making linux a very important OS. All I can say is if your not a linux person then just read about unbuntu it is by far one of the easiest OS to install and it is free. Only the ill informed and slow people have trouble with unbuntu as every thing you need just needs to be read)
Where as pc users are usually more willing to install or upgrade even if their not sure how. Which is why windows is more widely known about. where as alot of mac users simply take their systems to some apple genus guy who will take it out of your hands. Hey if your going to just use they system then you don't need to know about it, But when you see people who acually know what their talking about. Then just read on or move on don't post because you need to justify the high cost of your computer. No one is making fun of your system, The fact is both windows and apple are filled with proprietary crap that just wastes cpu cycles and huge amount of money and lack of freely shared ideas. Which is what linux is all about if you really need someone to hold you hand in linux you can pay for the same help you would get with mac or windows. In linux ideas and progress is shared and product are still sold and money is still made its just that you pay for what you get not for a deal that windows has with another company for your product or the DRM that they had to pay for so you Would ???
(Have endless problems, So you don't share because we all know how bad that is lol. I mean really if you think that drm is okay. I want you to think that if you borrowed you neighbor's lawn mower you and you neighbor are benefiting from a single purchase of which you are not involved. Meaning that you are breaking the most important tennant of DRM)
The point is everyone shares and has shared in some sense since humans have walked the earth. What has changed ? Do you remember recording the super bowl before DVDs, Right when VHS recorders where coming out it was in the networks opinion that viewers where stealing their content by recording and sharing these recordings, We as views had to stand for our right to watch things we have paid for at some point in the checks for the cable companies. Though some people are just greedy, and tried to sell these VHS which is wrong and has nothing to do with owning a a copy of some thing you have watched on your TV. Hence my point is people will always cheat, But that always happened and companys have and are still making huge profits on things that can be shared.
Example starcraft one of the most best selling and most played of its time. But it had no DRM and was setup so that one person could play multiplayer with as many friends as they wanted for free without more copies. This is understandable if all you have is multiplayer. But with a story to play though, multiplayer should always free to share. Really who wants to play their new game online all by them selfs no one. But if your goal is to get sales over and over you want people to get bored, So they will buy the new verison. That is why if you read online you will find the majority of large game companies are trying to kill mods now. This has one main use. Buy our game and our content packs for it or get bored and buy our new game. That is a flawed view and is the reason indie games are getting more popular.
If you want to draw your own conclusions its okay. I wrote this to spark thought and based this on experience and my own opinions. If you know better then please continue and post.
P.S. You can point out my flaws and spelling errors, But I will not correct them. I admit I am flawed. can you contemplate your own flaws in the light of my confession.