....if I were starting over, or as a newbie, I'd go with the Apple stuff.
It's simply far more elegant, and the level of tech support available
from some of the smaller vendors who supply Mac software is incredible.
I was trying to set up a popular backup program for the Mac, not the one
that comes with it, and I actually got emails of help from the author of
the program.

But it is the well-engineered (and overpriced!) hardware that I really like.