These arguments make me laugh, why even bother to try and persuade people from one side to the other, or argue over what is "better?"? Those who like PCs, stay with PCs. Those who like macs, stay with macs. Personally, I can't stand PCs and find the mac experience better and more reliable for many reasons. That, and it's all I've used for the last 20 years help form my opinion.
The OP asked for opinions on making a switch. I would offer, that in my experience, if you do more design or creative work, especially with other creatives you are better served to use a mac. I would also submit in my experience they are more reliable, and way easier to set up with other hardware or peripherals.
Will they both do the job? Yes. Are comparable macs more expensive? By far.
That said, I can honestly say from experience in the last 2 weeks mac displays are among the best in the business. I have personally tried saving costs and bought 2 different non-apple displays and am disappointed with both, one is a LACIE and is comparable in price to a mac display. It doesn't even come close to the range of color our other apple displays have. I can literally see the difference. Again, if you research you can most likely find a different high end display that will compare though.
Personally, I am also a design snob so I need products that look and act beautifully and am willing to pay more for it. Try opening up a mac case and seeing how much thought is put into the insides, even so far as to have beautifully designed parts diagrams, instructions etc...INSIDE the mac. I LOVE this attention to detail. Many others find this illogical and that's fine. To each their own.
To call the mac experience marketing hype is close minded and off the mark though. Just because you don't agree with it, doesn't make it so.
