I run a lab with 20 mac pro towers not really on topic but as to security, in my experience they are far more secure. We have basically no anti virus software and no scanner at all. Each machine runs its own firewall but that is it. We have never had a virus hacked computer or Trojan in 18 years. My counter part whom runs the PC lab is constantly updating and jumping through hoops to keep the computers running well and virus free. In fact they re load the whole shooting match every week. It has proved to be the only way. I am just over two years and just updates have been loaded in fact I only do maintenance to the system every 14 weeks. This is with 2200 students using them. (most of my time is cleaning keyboards...) They are super stable and free from problems usually.
Price wise you need to compare power to power (geekbench). The mac pros (5.1) we are running are just over 4000$ a computer. The nearest PC speed wise is just under 11000 dollars (Dell Inc. PowerEdge R720) It is such a silly statement macs are more expensive... Macs are faster speed comes atr a price. Heck the old mac pro on my desk 2008 is only slightly slower than a Acer amd FX8120 new. It is crazy comparing a four year old computer to new off the shelf but ... I think the Acer is a bit faster but not by much.
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