Having experience with both platforms and how people, from newbies to expereinced computer useres, interact with them, I'd say that for the most part both have their storng and weak points. It all comes down to what you want to do with your machine. Some people will naturally get along better with Windows machines and some will get along better with Mac's. Saying something universally, like one machine or OS is better than the other doesn't make sense. Either machine can be a hands off, auto-everything or a person can dig into the user interface or hardware and customize it to their needs/likes.

That's my 2 cents.

Robert