So?Some companies are still running Xp and nt4, and they have 'service techs' for that too, doesn't mean it's the way to go.The mac is better for video editing fallacy harks from the days on the nineties where macs had superior graphics card support for editing, and were the first to use NLE, both which don't apply anymore.Unless you have a real hankering to use Final Cut Pro, it's far cheaper and easier to use a windows machine, cheaper to build, much greater choice of video editing software.If you have to use Final Cut Pro, then simply make sure the pc you build is hackintosh compatible, and dual boot in to osx.
That cost analysis is also fallacy.
A windows machine spec'd equivalently is not much cheaper and in some cases is more expensive than a Mac.
Macs have a better video package outside of FCP. Adobe Premeire, Avid, and even most capture devices are better under Mac platforms.
That's just the way it is. The pipelines are just better.
And any company running NT4 should fire their entire IT staff.
That's an OS that's almost 20 years old.