[jabwork]

I had a hard time connecting "development on VMs is a good idea because ..." to "Mac is the ideal VM host OS"

AFAIK everyone agrees that Mac hardware can be gotten cheaper by not buying it inside a Mac. Why not assemble a PC, install a VM, and then run windows-in-windows?

This is all coming from someone who exclusively programs on linux boxes, so maybe I'm missing something?

[jinushaun]

A lot of people buy Macs specifically for the hardware design and build quality. I've gone the hackintosh route before, but at the end of the day, I'd still rather have Apple hardware. There's nothing comparable from the PC guys.

[pavel_lishin]

I'd rather have Apple software. Best of both worlds - a pretty UI, with a *nix backend. I literally couldn't go back to working on a Windows laptop now.