Example:

Mac: Refurbished
17" screen
Intel 2.66 core 2 duo processor
4 Gigs of ram
320 gig HD
$1949.00
http://store.apple.com/us/product/FB...co=MTA4MzI3MzU


Dell: Refurbished
A bunch of them for around the same stats:
$579.00

http://outlet.us.dell.com/ARBOnlineS...-%201750&s=dfh

You could buy 3 Dells for the same price to buy one mac. For the same exact hardware, so you are paying 3 times as much for Mac, OSX.

Not to mention, those Core 2 Duo processors are very overclockable, and you cannot overclock them on a Mac. I have mine a core 2 duo 2.4 running at 3.6 on air cooling.