Now I wonder, could there be something to buying the whole system from one vendor that makes things operate more smoothly and provides a better user experience. Hmmmm.....
Exactly so.
Of course, the same is true from a software-only perspective with regard to Microsoft. If you ONLY buy Microsoft products, you get a very high degree of integration and cross-compatibility (almost as good as Apple's).
So if you want to go that route, get top-dollar name-brand PC hardware and load it full of Microsoft software. I'm anything but a Microsoft fanboy, but I gotta say, it'll be one hell of a machine. The problem is, when you're done, you've generally spent more than if you'd bought a comparable system from Apple.
But if you don't like the Mac interface (and many reasonable people do not), it's a legit way to go.