Josh you play the PC party where we put the whole computing universe on one single machine...
we talk about ergonomy and visual impact here, not hardware... Windows is no Hardware... Mac is... you can put Windows in ANY computer in the world... even a Mac... the goal is not to compare which one is more flexible on any PC but to see which one you "prefer"...

btw, ENIAC -- which name you found by searching on google, was not a end-user computer.. you go too far because you have no arguments... when you talk about Mac vs PC, you have to compare Mac-OS to Windows, not the hardware -- because if you compare both engines right now, any Mac is built with 75% of PC parts... because the market is more fluid...

that is all because Motorola which controled 100% of the Mac market at the begining was lazy and was unable to provide better CPUs... something Steve Jobs hated... so he switched -- not because of the Windows stuff, but because of the Intel power to provide better CPU...

can you have such information on why Bill Gates decided to postpone all the releases of Windows since the start ?!... all the bugs, all the needed components that were never delivered on due time because Microsoft is far from being in control of the millions of guys that work in-house...

as for a comparaison, which type of OS have virus to play with?... that's one of the things we hate with Mac... no virii, so we have no life.

based on OS comparaison, i prefer Mac for a detail... we start with a low level of gadgets, and we can activate a lot of things when needed... when you install Vista though, you have everything activated, and you have to lower the usage of your interface to make it faster... strange feeling.

compare the behavior too:

http://microsoft.com ... when you are a new visitor, you are harassed by a popup to install Silverlight to be able to navigate properly. POPUPS... and the corporate design, no fun, no end-user side of things.

http://apple.com ... HEY, we see their latest products... ok, until yesterday evening, we had 2 cool movies in comics to introduce christmas with PC/Mac guys... a lot of smiles.

Microsoft do not act on the end-user, because it's 13% of their marketshare. they are more into corporations, big companies, industries... M$ softwares run the machines that build your cars, they have these softwares which are unique and very performant, but completely useless in real life... M$ endeavours the rich market... they can sell a customized desktop engine for a bank at 5M$ just because they have clients with money. Apple never did that, and maybe it's something that make them loose a lot from the start... but i suppose it's a choice to be more end-user...

the only thing we can compare between Windows and Mac OS (not PC and Mac, be more logic) is the interface and the choice of tools on each engines... PC have more variations of any tool you can have a need for... Mac usually have one or two versions (like a HD cleaner, a Files directory) ... that's a different way to see things. for a long time, there was only one compression engine available, Stuffit... now the Mac have .zip files by default, but the best compression engine is still Stuffit... and PC users requested to have it for a long time so to make the market more fluid, the company was sold to a corporation that provide support for Windows users...

comparing PC pieces with Mac pieces ?!... pointless now... the CPU is a Intel on both... you say yours is more powerful? it's pride, not performance. versions of Intel CPU on Mac and PC are not the same, because they are not released in batches, but they are from Intel... faster CD burner?!... what about Pioneer drive on Dell or Mac, are the same models... which one is better?... maybe the Mac would cost 5$ more, but you have better service...

Plug&Play configuration?... Mac have that ability to have a single Software/Hardware provider so you have no real choice on features... you can choose whatever type of enhancements when you go to Dell or Packard or all these companies... but does it worth it? really? i mean, you have to pay more if you add more... on a Mac, you do not pay for performance, you pay for more hardware... if you buy a Video Card on a PC, you have to have the motherboard that fits it.. you also have to buy more RAM to make the latest games run on your old PC... on a Mac, you just have to update your OS when it is required to have a more recent one... hardly you will find a game that require more RAM or a better monitor on a Mac, because the standard is there for a long time. i can actually play a PC game on my Mac without having the minimum PC configuration...

PC parts... yes i prefer to have a PC with the choice of hardware... i would have a case with so much HD, you can't imagine the hassle of partitioning a 2TB HD...

i have a Mac Mini.. the smallest desk computer that is... i can't run COD 4 because that game refuse to run with a Intel video card... pathetic... a PC game ported to Mac which continue to act like on a PC. i usually loose my Mac mini on my desktop once a week because of the trash i put on the desk.. papers, documents, CDs, headset, kleenex box, books... i need a GPS!