"What do you need to do on a Mac with CS (photoshop) that you can't on a Wintel machine?"
Perhaps I have just taken the bait, but as a software engineer who uses PC's all day, I can tell you that one of my better days was last year when I got a Mac PowerBook. To quote Ken Rockwell's article Why Professionals Use Mac:
"Why do we use Mac? Simple: It just works. We get more done in less time without the aggravation".
Some people disagree with Ken Rockwell's (free) advice. I have followed it often (if not to the letter, then in spirit) and it has never steered me wrong.
Apple controls the software and the hardware, and thus has greater control over quality: When you install something, it really just works out of the box. The Windows world, on the other hand, is more like a free-for-all of providers and vendors, where price is king, rather than quality and useability. Some think they save money with a PC, but if you factor in the endless time spent fiddling around to get things to work, you actually save with Apple products.
Over the years, I have spent countless hours on support lines with PC vendors of one kind or another, and have had to reformat the hard-drive and reinstall Windows to fix problems. I have spent no time at all with Apple.
WHen I got the PowerBook, I didn't bother to purchase their Apple Care support, because I knew it is just a gimmic to make money for their retailers, who get a different margin on it. Neither did I purchase the store's own in-house warranty - another high-margin item for the store. In the Apple world, there are no discounts allowed: you pay the same price wherever you buy something, either from them or in a chain store. (Some prices vary by nationality)
As my grandfather used to say: "A poor man buys a cheap coat and has to replace it every year, while a rich man buys one nice coat, which lasts a lifetime".
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