Originally Posted by pawoSD

Apple closes off ALL of their products. This is how they lock in their customers and make money.

Most computer manufacturers design their own motherboards, ever opened up a PC? They are generally pretty customized when from the big players (HP, Dell, Acer) And if by "in-house" you mean in a factory in China where they are made alongside PC's....then you are correct. Apple has a huge profit margin on their products vs PC makers, because their customers follow the "if its shiny and made by apple I will buy it!" mentality. People who do real work on a computer don't use a Mac. (excluding their cult of video editors) My brother does video animation and design, and he uses a PC I built him. 16GB of DDR3 ram, 6 core CPU, mega graphics, tons of storage...and it cost less to build than a lower end iMac. People complain that Windows is updated/released too often, Mac OS is a new release every 2 years or so, this would be an incredible headache in the business world.

I've been using Windows for 15 years and...amazingly...have never had a virus or malware despite running 0 software to prevent it. You end up with those things on your system the same way a person gets an STD. Visiting less-than-clean websites/establishments. Its always the same people who have their computer repeatedly infected. Mac's have security flaws just like any operating system, if more than 10% of people had them, you can bet there'd be a LOT more malware out there targeted at them, its a simple numbers rule.