Oh lordy, the monthly Mac vs. PC doozie. Well, as time and time again has proven, the safest answer is as always: it depends on your preference, and personally, I own both.
Let me begin with saying: if Mac’s were all that and a bag of chips, there wouldn’t be a website called MacFixIt. Let that sink in for a minute lol.
On the flip side, Mac customer support is absolutely kick ass. Their hardware quality is excellent, and you pay the premium for a really well made product.
If you actually know what you’re doing, or have the drive to do so, a
PC is fine. Honestly. People who have bad experiences with using a PC probably didn’t know what the hell they were doing, because if they did, they would have just fixed it instead of ranting about their problem. And chances are if they did “fix it” and it still “didn’t work”, they didn’t fix it properly lol. A good portion of the time, PC problems are a PEBKAC error with the exception of real hard failure, which trust me, happens with Mac as well.
If you don’t want to be bothered with it, and just want to pay the premium and begin working on stuff, Mac is more suited towards you. No, this is not because it’s the most bad ass, end-all be-all solution for anything and everything, but the simple fact is that Mac OSX’s user interface, workflow, and performance-to-effort ratio out of the box is leaned towards that.
But anyhow, my opinion is that it’s all marketing bullshit no matter how much you spin it. People are under this false impression that Mac’s have bullet proof kevlar vests around the OS, but the honest truth is that it is less secure than Windows, and there are reputable sources to back this up. The fact of the matter is that nobody gives a shit enough to really exploit them since they don’t have a large market share like Windows does. Trust me, if the market stronghold was reversed, you’d see Mac owners with the same problems.
Stability boils down to the user, plain and simple. I’m a degree holding IT of over 10 years and I can safely say there is no operating system, anti-virus, hardware or software replacement for good common sense, or knowledge on how to properly fine tune your investment, or maintain and fix it. Treat your computer as you would a nice car. Clean it out every once in a while, tune it up, and pay attention every once in a while to how its running.
Now that is not to say that a Mac doesn’t have it’s inherent benefits (as does a PC). Anytime you build the hardware around the OS, you are going to get streamlined stability and performance benefits which are obvious. Personal use, I love using OSX for it’s fluid workflow, and I love using Windows XP/7 because of it’s familiarity and compatibility.
Windows has some issues, but honestly, I’ve seen it used in clubs (1015 Folsom, San Francisco for starters) and in production studios, and it works just fine. The OS will only reflect the user habits and knowledge.
I have built customized versions of Windows XP Pro using nLite (I also have experience with Windows XP Embedded) which streamline service packs, hotfixes, drivers, and programs centric to the target system - and guess what - it worked phenomenally, and the people I have done it for love their systems. Windows just natively runs lots of services and processes because it assumes the user to going to use it (really, how many people use fax services, muchless security card, or biometric services?), those are the things to shut down, turn off, or remove. This is why it’s often recommended to “trim the fat” from the operating system.
Unsure of what choice to make?, if you have the money, just buy a Mac, and bootcamp it with Windows XP/7. See which OS you like using over time. I highly recommend the experience of owning one at least once 
