I don’t often just point to others’ articles as a blog post of my own, but this Computer world article really caught my attention.

I’m not sure I understand why the main attractants are as listed near the start of the article – I wouldn’t consider them defining factors myself. But as you read on, it makes more and more sense.

Perhaps the key point is that users who know what they’re doing prefer Macs.  Ironically, Macs are the better platform for users who don’t know what they’re doing.

One thing I would add, though, is that you do need to test a Mac setup and I wouldn’t let ‘users manage their own boxes’ for precisely this reason. I’m still a fan and daily user of Macs, but you can make them unstable.