Mac’ers claim Macs are trouble free. My daughter and a co-worker proved that wrong to me. Check out Mac forums to see their problems are numerous just like PC problems. Go with PC.
For most Mac users, they are trouble free.
Every system can have problems and every manufacturer can produce a lemon in a run of perfectly good machines from time to time.
I make my living by supporting both Macs and Windows PCs. Every client I have convinced to switch to a Mac has stopped paying me as much money as they did before, when they were using Windows.
I don't mind this, because the referrals I get because of the glowing praise my clients' give me when talking about their IT guy who convinced them to get a Mac and save money (!), more than makes up for the lost revenue due to Macs not causing problems. The new Windows' customers with problems seeking my help will more than make up for the lost revenue.
Can Macs have problems? Sure. But I will tell you they are fewer and farther apart than systems running an unnamed OS from Redmond.
You will find that Apple users are really upset when their Macs DON'T work as expected and are likely to be much more vocal about it, posting complaint, seeking answers. Windows users are more likely to accept problems as just business as usual.
But, as I said, most of us will not have any problems... and we will tell you that, because it's true. Believe us. Really.
Want proof?
No less an authority than PC Magazine (certainly not a Mac oriented rag) has just reported that Apple products have swept their 2009 customer satisfaction ratings. . . again. . . with a 92% customer satisfaction rating for reliability and quality.... Apple has been at the top for at least the last five years. Apple bested all Windows PC makers by at least 4% (Asus was next highest with 88%, followed by Sony with 81%).
Take a computer, fill it with concrete, and use it as a doorstop. It is now a trouble-free computer. Otherwise, troubles will exist.
OTOH, I have had exactly one Mac equivalent of the BSOD in two years, and I have to admit I was pushing things a bit hard at the time (DVD ripping, encoding video, etc, all at the same time). Once with the Hulu beta I also ended up with Finder (the desktop) becoming unresponsive, and Finder wouldn't restart quickly enough for me so I just rebooted.
I'm not aware of those claims by any credible source. Macs do have troubles - but only a small fraction of troubles experienced by Windows users.
Windows is inefficient, unstable and barely usable. It is a huge productivity-killer. Our nation's economy would improve significantly if everyone switched to Macs. I don't advocate Cash-for-Clunkers program for computers, but if that program existed, Windows would be the clunker.