Originally Posted by ChrisAtlanta
I think the "digital hub" stuff is really where OS X shines. A buddy of mine is a great example, he's a new parent, and picked up an iMac and a FireWire video camera. With iMovie and iDVD he's able to really quickly make some really slick looking movies (which he can push up to his .mac page or burn to DVD).
AKA Movie Maker, something that was in XP before the Mac had it.
iPhoto is also, by far, the best solution I've ever seen (not to say I have seen everything) for dealing with photos. Organizing, putting up on the web, ordering prints and books, making cool little slideshows, it all just works.
XP has excellent built in photo support, or there is always Google's Picasa.
I'm always amazed how Apple makes it sound like the have the patent on "easy", but most of the things they manage can all be done just as easy on a PC.
As for iLife, if Microsoft tried to pull that stunt they'd be sued for taking advantage of their monopoly. The only reason iLife and all the other iWhatever products are so "good" is because there wasn't much of an alternative for beginner users.