Why do MAC's lock up the most out of any computer?

There are lot of factors that can lead to unstable behaviour.

1. Basic hardware specially in laptops is a factor. With the rush to get cheaper and cheaper laptops all sorts of corners are being cut in the consumer market. Although Macbooks are priced like a high quality PC, they typically contain the components of a low quality consumer unit. You can't really violate the laws of physics no matter how cool you want your laptop to look. Heat is a giant laptop instability source and it requires metal frames and lots of copper plumbing which make the laptop heavy and is the first thing to get dumped in consumer models.

So in most IT departments, the laptops are business grade laptops that still retain some good solid hardware design and therefore cost a bit more. A consumer grade Macbook has no chance of being as stable just from hardware considerations alone.

2. Macbooks all come with only Intel 3100 integrated chipset video which is a source of heat in the main chipset and also degrades systems RAM and just seems to have less stable device drivers in general than NVidia or ATI. Now a huge percentage of PC's also have the questionable Intel 3100, but a certain percentage do have a more stable configuration against 100% of Macbooks stuck with this problem.

3. In general there are more mechanisms for IT departments to push out updated device drivers on the PC than the Macs

4. Windows has a much more mature device driver ecosystem.

4. Frankly, the Windows kernel has had much more work done on it than Mac. Each version of the Windows client O/S is built upon the previous cycle of server level kernels. Hence Windows XP inherited the Windows 2000 kernel and Windows Vista used the Windows 2003 Server kernel as its starting point. This in turn became the starting point for Windows Server 2008 which will then evolve into Windows Seven due to be relased in 2009 etc. The number of man-hours here is insanely huge but all the average consumer knows is some silly TV commercials.

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“ But it appears that MAC computers lockup the most out of any type. Why do you think that is?‘

Most likely because the IT department is clueless about any computer systems at all.

Our receptionist at work manages the 25 Macs we have (as a side task) yet the 70 Windows boxes require 3 full time IT people.

I have never had any of my macs lock up on me, however my windows lock up all the time for me. Maybe we both just have horrible luck.

Because the Mac itself requires you to be an Emo or other eccentric personality to use it. Otherwise it randomly locks up till you become so frustrated you turn eccentric.

I think Mac's just lock up more because of poor device support. Microsoft has 3rd partied all of their devices and those manufactures have to keep up support to stay in business.

Macs do suck, they are overpriced, and Mac OS X has a lack of software support.