As I understand it, the theory with Macs is that by retaining control of all aspects – i.e software and hardware design – they can deliver a tighter and more efficient package with less loose ends and without potential conflicts.
By contrast nobody really owns the hardware side of the "PC". But this does actually provide benefits from intense competition amongst a swag of component manufacturers. It makes the prices cheaper and helps keep the speed of development fast. It also allows us customers a lot of freedom to build our own machines with a wide range of specs. The down-side is that some conflicts are unavoidable.
So who wins?
Put it this way. My friend has a nice Mac. A section of it is used to run a Windows emulator so that he and his kids can run some Windows games and other programs.
Not once in 20 years of computing have I ever felt the need for a Mac emulator. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />
