Here's a story to bore you witless.
For almost 40 years I was an IT professional. Starting on IBM mainframes and working up through mid-range systems to MS/DOS then Windows, ending up as a senior support/strategy manager with a major local authority. During that time I built countless Windows machines for my own use, spending hours configuring, updating, maintaining and generally messing about with them. Always enjoyed it, never had any virus incidents.
But when I retired I decided I was fed up of following the rat race and I wanted something I could just start up and forget. No messing. No acting as support for the local neighbourhood, relatives, and their cats and dogs. I bought a 2012 refurb iMac from the Apple store. I still have that machine, it still runs the latest version of Lightroom at the same speed as when I first got it, I've had no hardware or software issues; it just works. Yes, it was (considerably) more expensive when I bought it but the running costs, in time and money, have been negligible. Oh yes, there's bad software out there. For all systems, not just Windows. And there are viruses for all systems. But if you practice safe hex they shouldn't touch you.
If you're the sort who enjoys tinkering, building, configuring, then by all means go Windows. You'll have fun. Or you could go to one of the many Linux variants. Even more fun. And needing even more expertise. But if you want an easy life, go Apple. Remember, buy cheap, buy many times. Buy expensive, buy once.