Hands down Mac. If you have never owned one, you probably don't understand. I went from PCs to Mac. I am so annoyed at the remaining PC's in our household. So much maintenance, antivirus, repairs, slowness, etc, etc. I've been a Mac user for over 15 years now.
Macs are virtually maintenance and problem free. Nothing to do but play. The extra $ is worth it and you will come out ahead in the long run.
The first MAJOR thing that I absolutely loved about switching to a Mac was that when I unboxed the machine, it was literally plug and play (minus the VERY basic setup of all machines), and the new machine was not full of bloatware (think windows) and the "trial periods" involved, nag screens, uninstalling trial programs later, orphaned files, and the list goes on.
I don't think that the price difference is very broad.
I run antivirus on my machines. You can pass on viruses to windows users that the Mac machine does not catch.
I had a friend talk me into buying a Mac in 2007 and have never looked back. (I bought into Apple shortly after at $28 and have been generously blessed.)
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