"According to MS, the main userbase prefers the metro interface."
Well they would say that, wouldn't they!
It's hard to find anyone in the business users world who likes it.
Fine for a tablet but not for serious use.
And mix, the fan control in my old MacMini has been up the chute for a couple of years now - always on full and yes I did all the resets imaginable to fix it. Had to install a 3rd party fan control app to tame it.
My black MacBook has also not been hardware or software problem-free tho' running OK at the moment.
Macs are great but but very expensive and the Macs of today are essentially unrepairable - no problem if you've bought the (expensive) AppleCare Protection Plan which gives you a swap replacement but if you haven't and it goes titsup you just have to throw it away and buy a new one.
Gotta say - these days I think the best thing is to get the most generic gear you can and install an LTS mainstream Linux distro.
Mac (sic...)
