[texanpenguin]

I can't speak for the US, but in Australia, the places which sell both Macs and PCs really *really* push the PCs. That's primarily because the salespeople get a huge commission on PCs and a tiny one on a Mac.

Margins on PCs are pretty much set to whatever a company likes. On Macs, they're confined to the prices Apple sets. Add to that that Apple sells the computers wholesale at all of about 8% discount, there is just not enough money to pay a reasonable commission for selling a Mac.