Wow...wrong on so many counts!
Macs are not more expensive to maintain.
Macs have computers starting at $599, so I would hardly call them expensive.
I have 10 year old Macs that are still chugging along.
The two times I have had to repair a Mac, it was no more expensive than repairing a PC. Keep in mind that covers a ten year period and 6 iMacs, 2 Mac Pros, 4 Mac Minis, 3 Time Capsules, and 6 various Mac Laptops. Two repairs in ten years. One was covered as a “known issue” and the other was a failed HD which was replaced for about $200 (it was a 5 year old machine).
I spend 19 years being the IT person for my previous employer. 32 Workstations, 4 Servers, a custom data base application, all running under Windows. Not a day went by that I didn’t have some IT issue. Workstations lasted, on average, 3 to 4 years. Hard drives failed regularly. Viruses were a constant problem. The email system ALWAYS needed tweaking. Having to worry about multiple versions of Window working together. Yuck.
On our Mac-centric system I can concentrate on running my business, not my network.
Oh, so you can replace video cards, memory, etc. now? We do this fairly frequently. Some of the PCs are 12, 13, 14 years old. We paid $100 per with the OS 7 years ago. If one fails, we swap it out and toss out the old (if it cannot be repaired).
10 year old Mac? Is the OS still supported? Can you get programs and applications? Unlikely. My dad’s Mac is no longer supported. I thin that it is around 10 years old. Plus his silver tower beast is all but useless.
$599? And how much is the software?
Also, keep in mind that with PCs you have hundreds of sources for software and hardware and 10 major integrators; with Apple you only have Apple. So, a PC will be much better supported long term.
And then there is Linux.
Also, if you do buy Macs for business, is your business affiliated with Apple in some way? Be honest.