I have several Macs, I just prefer working on them really. I have nothing against Window or Linux, or any other OS.. I use Windows for some games, and Linux on servers for the most part. A computer is just a tool, and some people just prefer certain (brands) of tools.

Apple's laptops aren't actually THAT overpriced considering they are really sturdy (I accidentally dropped my 13" Macbook Air from just below shoulder height, and only got a small dent in the casing, my father's plastic Acer would've shattered).

The Mac Pro's aren't actually overpriced either (as long as you don't by RAM from Apple ...) It's just that usually people compare a Mac Pro to a PC running something like a single quad core intel i7, whereas the Mac Pro has 2 physical Xeon CPU's, which are more expensive. Try building a similar system from other manufacturers with a dual Xeon, and the price difference isn't that bad.

The iMacs on the other hand are really expensive, but a good chunk of the cost is in the display. They're using high quality colour calibrated screens. Generally though, the iMacs are definitely the most expensive when compared to a PC.


On topic: my desktop machine is a 5-ish year old Mac Pro, it's had a RAM upgrade as well as a GPU upgrade during those 5 years. Using bootcamp it runs games just fine, even Skyrim wasn't much of a problem on high settings. FFXIV 1.0 ran fine as well with only some lag in Ul'dah. There's no reason ARR won't run on a Mac running bootcamp, as long as you don't get one with integrated graphics.