The comment about fewer steps was partially true whtn the Mac had their own processor and tuned OS code and Microsoft were developing Windows98
Get with the up-to-date program. Some apps are faster, some are slower.
The "versatile" always makes me laugh, coz if you KNEW how to do it in a PC you could very easily.
In fact to try to cripple Microsoft during development, Apple presented a user-configured Windows and showed how it was a copy of MacOS. Thrown out as the judge sensibly pointed out how they had chosen to make it look like MacOS, Microsoft hadn't .. jsut given the user "flexibility".
Granted the PC was always a bit obtuse about how to do many things, but MS got their act in gear after the Win2K/XP debacle.Is it for better ? Yes for new/novice users, but I HATE the 2007 versions of Office with all it's "new easier consistent" interface. NONE of my "muscle-memory" works and it'll likely take me years to get as fast as I used to be
Because Apple won't allow any other PC run MacOS then you can't compare the really fast machines and laptops from the specialised manufacturers.