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More upgradability, more programs, and despite the badness of IE, more sites work for it.
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Put a name to it then. Upgrade what? What programs? Up to Tiger IE for Mac was included with the platform.
You can choose Mozilla, Camino, Firefox, iCab, Lynx, links, Opera, Netscape, Omniweb, Shiira, Sunrise Browser etc. on the Mac beside Safari. Plenty of choice, plenty of specializations and features to choose from. Very little compatibility problems. The net is based on standards. Safari has one of the highest degrees of standards support out there, IE has the worst. Sites need to be specifically hacked to work also in Win/IE, because it chokes on the standards.
There's some japanese websites (kodawarisan for instance) that post complete tutorials with pictures and step by step instructions for disassembling, upgrading and reassembling all types of Apple products as soon as they are released. The first thing everyone did once the mini came out was to look at the upgrade options and especcially how to do it yourself. The iMac had a self-service program, where the user was encouraged to open it up and upgrade it tehmselves. There are numerous hacks and tweaks for the G5 to fit multiple optical drives, SCSI Raid arrays etc. in it. Just because it is not in everybodies face, does not mean that macs are not moddable or upgradeable.
Name the programs that you miss on the mac platform. I sincerely hope that you are not just talking about games here.