Why must Apple draw me towards them?

[IndySam]

Originally Posted by ComradeNikolai

Well, Macs have the advantage of stability, something almost no PC can say, and, as mentioned, they just work. Our coach / CS teacher uses a mac for these reasons.

What I recommend, however, is to get a PC and install a linux distro, Ubuntu works pretty easily. But that's just me...

Well when Mac comes out with a new OS they simply say if your old equipment doesn't work too bad buy new stuff. It's easy to keep things stable that way.

When you are a small player you can get away with that, Microsoft doesn't have that option.