macs r not cheap! But they've always had a graphics advantage over pc's even though that diff is not so much nowadays. I prefer the way the processor handles data & they way the os handles ram. Not to mention windows was a copy of a version of macos that was decided to not be used. mac is designed to be easy to use. But depending on how u use it, it can be less than easy as well if you get further down to low level os use. eg-unix, scripting, etc. But it can depend whether you're a novice or not at that level.