A *good* PC laptop is about $100 cheaper than the comparable MacBook Pro or Air, for anyone shopping around these days.
If you already own an iPhone or iPad in that situation, the choice is simple.
If you have an Android phone and a PC, then the angels in heaven weep for you.
Only your opinion. There are many PC laptops and desktops available for $500 and less, machines that have the power of top-of-the-line machines only a few years back. Apple products run two and more times that for comparable hardware.
And the same price disparities exist between Apple and other cellphones, and the same gap is forming between Ipads and other tablets.
Large numbers of consumers will not spend two and more times the cost of Microsoft O/S products just to own an overhyped and overpriced Apple product. A lot of the appeal of Apple is about as rational as the appeal of overpriced designer clothing and sneakers. I wouldn't wait around for Microsoft to go bankrupt in the foreseeable future.