This is precisely the reason that, as good as they might be, I'll probably never get a Mac. Apple hardware - Apple software --- each is designed to run exclusively with the other. You're locked in. BTW, notice I said they were designed this way, I never said someone couldn't find a way to [for example] run Windows on a Mac -- something Apple hates with an absolute passion. Anything that gives the user a choice is anathema to Apple.