While I am an avid windows user, in my job I also support Mac users. Whenever someone points to a limitation of Mac OS

("like whole categories of software that only run in Windows" or gaming or "only seven models from one manufacturer ")

the response is always a shrug.. and "I never need those things any way".

While it appears that Mac users only use their OS, Windows users run applications on their machines.

I see the difference this way:

When you sit down in front of a Mac it says I can do these specific tasks, which one do you want me to do? And if what you want to do is not one of those tasks you are out of luck.

In Windows, I tell the machine I want to do this and if it can't do it I can add some software or hardware or tweak something here or there and make it do what i want.

A Ferrari is a more complicated and harder to drive than a Ford Escort, that does not make the Escort a better car, just easier for novices to drive.

My 2cents.