you must be an outlier or their european grade stuff doesn't work well. all my friends here and wife have iPhones and macs and no problems. my computer (that i'm typing on now) is 6 years old, no problems of issues, just works.
yeah i get the software thing, apple is basically the simple man's compute, if you want software flexibility, programmability get a microsoft machine. that's what they are all about, compatible with everything. those new surface pro look nice.