If you are very computer savvy you might get satisfaction out of a Hackintosh. Apple hardware tends to more reliable and is certainly more elegant. Read this link for what you in for with a Hackintosh.
http://www.macbreaker.com/2012/01/is-your-computer-hackintosh-compatible.html

Can you give us an example of hardware in an apple that is more reliable?

oops lost my reply... apologies if this is a repeat.
Hi Robert.
These days pretty much most computers will do the job. The i-Mac is great (been on Mac for ever) however I have another suggestion.
A MacBook Pro with 'special' Apple cable linked to an Eizo monitor will give you 'desktop' performance, two screen useabilty and the versatility of a laptop in its own right. Eizo monitors are considered excellent for colour calibration which it is why they are 'kinda' the industry standard.
(however the i Mac is 'pretty' and looks cool)

I hear this a lot... no one ever goes back to a PC after moving to a MAC. However, what are people really saying? Here's my take. Please correct me if I'm totally off-base.

1) You don't need to"go back" because now you have both platforms.
2) If you've moved to a MAC it was probably done at a time your system needed to be upgraded in the first place, so moving from a Vista PC with 2GB of RAM and an IDE hard drive is going to obviously be faster than upgrading from Win 7 with 8GB or RAM and a SATA III hard drive.
3) Like switching from Canon to Nikon---if you go through the trouble of replacing all your software, then you are certainly not likely to go back.
4) Have you "truly" made the switch, or are you still using a PC at work or in some other capacity?
5) If you have always ONLY used a MAC, then going "back" is irrelevant.

Love your dog Mdorn.

The truth is many have just changed their primary computer from a PC to a MAC. We don't hear of many MAC users changing to PC and stating they will never go back to a MAC because PC users are much less idealistic and more realistic. <joke> Never say never. :-) The only thing certain in life is change.

I hear this a lot... no one ever goes back to a PC after moving to a MAC. However, what are people really saying? Here's my take. Please correct me if I'm totally off-base.

1) You don't need to"go back" because now you have both platforms.
2) If you've moved to a MAC it was probably done at a time your system needed to be upgraded in the first place, so moving from a Vista PC with 2GB of RAM and an IDE hard drive is going to obviously be faster than upgrading from Win 7 with 8GB or RAM and a SATA III hard drive.
3) Like switching from Canon to Nikon---if you go through the trouble of replacing all your software, then you are certainly not likely to go back.
4) Have you "truly" made the switch, or are you still using a PC at work or in some other capacity?
5) If you have always ONLY used a MAC, then going "back" is irrelevant.

The truth is many have just changed their primary computer from a PC to a MAC. We don't hear of many MAC users changing to PC and stating they will never go back to a MAC because PC users are much less idealistic and more realistic. <joke> Never say never. :-) The only thing certain in life is change.

It's not that Apple doesn't change where things are. but with Microsoft, it seems to be like religion to shuffle everything around and to add 38,000 buttons to programs like Word and Excel to exercise features that almost nobody uses. But Microsoft never met a feature it didn't like. Plus there's that security thing. And I know there are PC types here who will swear that they've never paid a cent for security software and never had a problem. Yet a good portion of my income comes from PC users who've loaded up their systems with security software and still been dropped in their tracks by malware.

No, Macs aren't bulletproof, but I've had maybe two instances of Mac users getting viruses, one of which was an ancient Word macro virus.

And, as you noted, I've never heard of anyone migrating from a Mac to a PC and raving about how wonderful the transition was.