Agreed.Just look at it from the perspective of an average consumer curious potential switcher:
Easy to use
Fantastic iLife suite
No trialware
no virus' so far
low maintenance(scandisk,registry,defrag)
attractive design
cool stuff like expose and the new launchpad(and automatic updates!)
Ultra easy way to find and purchase useful apps and games
One more reason the market share momentum is all Apple.
And judging by the way developers have avoided the App store like the plague(not),The App store's terms seem pretty attractive to many.Of course on the Mac,where a dev can go either way,they may find it's not for them.It will be very interesting to see which they prefer.
Either way The Mac app store is something I've wanted since the iPhone app store was announced.
Can't
Wait.
Easy to use — mediocre to master. Many things you do in Windows by opening countless menu's, options, advanced/extra buttons or straight into the command prompt are three to five buttons away from your desktop. I learn ICT at college. First year. Have to know which can be found where in Windows. At the end of the exercises, I do the same on my Mac (I run Windows in VirtualBox to follow along in the class). And it's sooo much easier to use, even the heavy commands most users don't even know they exist.
But then again, it's still the first year in education... 
Fantastic iLife — Now existing of iPhoto, iMovie and GarageBand. Where is the ever so great iWeb or ... oh, never mind... I use my pro iLife, so for me it's okay whatever they use. I won't. I watch all my photos straight into... Finder. I don't have that much photos anyway. I create movies with After Effects or Premiere Pro.
Don't say, but I don't like the user interface of Final Cut Studio so much. And the integration of PhotoShop, etc... But it's more of a personal preference.
No trialware, until you start searching for Adobe suites on a more legal way than torrents or want to try out other apps like Snapz Pro X ( =Screen recording software)
No virus' so far. Well, except for that one time you got a virus that can't affect you. At the other thread on MacRumors... This image...
Well, not convinced you got a My Computer screen running in Safari? Well, now you can download you own personal virus to show other people your virus scanner does work:
http://www.eicar.org/anti_virus_test_file.htm
You can download a light file which will be picked up as a virus by your scanner (ClamXav.app for instance) Other than that... You may be right...
Low maintenance — Disk Utility have to run sometimes... This is the reason I wanted to post a near-counter argument against your post. But you're right.
Low maintenance. Not
no maintenance. You're right. I just wanted to make it clear that there still is some maintenance to do. And don't forget to use CleanMyMac if you have the money or the access to less legal ways. It's great to make space on your hard disk drive.
Attractive design — Very, very true. Usability comes before design for me, but if you got both and both integrated in each other... It's so true.
If I'm asked why or in what case Mac hardware is better than other hardware, I always use the MagSafe example. "It's the little things," I say. I let them plug in my MagSafe onto my MacBook. They're shocked, because they don't expect it to be magnetic. If I ask them why Apple decided to make it magnetic, they find it easier to use. And if I explain them if someone trips over the cable (and fully sure of myself, I let them step on my cable, which is hanging somewhere in the air between my MacBook and my hand holding it in the air. It plug out, without damaging my MacBook by carrying it on the ground. If I ask them again, they think it makes kinda sense for such an innovation as a magnetic charger.
If they're convinced about this, I can start to talk other things like trackpad, battery indicator on the MacBook Pro, the clips that let you roll up your power charger (as shown
), etc...
That combined with the excellent design makes a wonderful product, even if it's just the hardware alone. That is what makes up for the price people might argue about. After my explanation, they don't argue anymore. They tested it themselves. That is much more convincing than just explaining in words why Macs are more expensive.
Cool stuff — At the cool stuff talked in the previous section about hardware, should I even begin at the software? Even when I explain someone how to install something (Always keep a copy of Firefox.dmg of a version you don't use yourself with you to explain!
) from a dmg, via drag and drop, and how to delete an app (the firefox that has just been installed) by just trashing it away. That is more than convincing enough for the ones that argue about the OS and don't know anything about it. After that, I can still talk about the other things. (Lay-out in System preferences vs Control panel, exposé, etc...)
For the ones that only read the first sections, note that I am not a Apple fanboy and want to stay neutral about the OS wars, not against. But as shown at the end of the series, I still like Apple.
you slay me.
