ill argue the build quality still. had a Toshiba laptop that I spent 1300 on and still had multiple problems.  screen had hazy spots within a year the paint had worn off the areas where u set ur wrists. 2 of the USB ports only worked half the time.     
and not sure how ur saying snow leapard sucks.  care to explain?     
Granted there r some nice windows laptops out there but I've yet to run into one with the build quality, speed, graphics and abilities of my Mac I had all for under 1,500