OSX, I pay for it, it works. No problem. I buy the OS, I install it. I don't play "mother may I?" with a phone bank in Bangalore to turn my computer back on.
I had Leopard on a Dual core G4 500, took the hard drive out and dropped it in a G4 1.4 ghz, know what happened? It started, saw all the hardware and just kept going. Do that in a PC and see what happens. Constant activation issues is why I stopped using XP in the first place.
Microsoft, you pay for it, it fails, its the end users fault or the hardware manufacturer is to blame. It is NEVER the software, just ask them!
The difference between Mac and PC ownership is, Mac packs the pain of the purchase in the original buy, Microsoft just sleazes it on with all the "extras" you need later. I'd rather pay $1300 for a MacBook Pro that Ill have for the next four years, than $400 for an Acer that will fall apart and start jettisoning keys, trim, "even hard drives" at 13 months. I was given a one year old Acer recently from a fellow I converted to Linux who wanted a "cheap" computer, its on its second hard drive, the keyboard is disintegrating, and its had three power supplies. It was 13 months old. My old Macbook Pro is three years old, with its new owner, "my brother" where it will see ANOTHER three years of use. Other than some upgrades, the only thing I ever had to do with it was replace the keyboard.
When you go to a ballgame I bet you get the cheap seats.............