It's because "creative professionals" aren't usually computer people. They wantneed an interface that holds their hands for them. Engineering professionals, on the other hand, are control freaks, and prefer an interface that gives them the greatest amount of control over their computer.
It's nothing to do with handholding. It's a desire to turn the machine on and immediately start getting billable work done without having to fight with the machine for hours. Creative professionals need to turn out all the commercials and shows on TV, all the ads in magazines and newspapers, without a hiccup, because they're on tight deadlines. They can't be bothered with a machine that causes the workflow to have a derailment in the middle of a group effort with artwork and layouts being handed back and forth at high speed. They don't want to have to configure things, or tinker. They just want the machine to work from the moment it's turned on. That is OSX Aqua.
As for control, the dotcom I was at actually canned a few hardcore linux sorts, because they were continually messing with their machines instead of getting billable work done. And that isn't the priority.
The goal of the creative professional is to
not live up to Thoreau's statement of "We do not ride upon the railroad, it rides upon us." In other words, to not WORK ON the machine, but do WORK on the machine.
To each their own needs.
Because the Windows laptop is mobile (and one of two laptops that could be online at any given time), I wanted my external drives and printer accessible via the network (attached to the Cube) so I could get to them regardless of where I was in the house. I just couldn't get OSX to do that even though it was configured exactly like the various online guides said to do it.
One of the work printers is on an Apple Xserv and works okay like that, for PC users. I'm not sure if that was a hardware issue unique to how the Cube works with OSX's Bonjour printer finding, or what...either way, glad it works for you now!
I just get annoyed when some people like Regolith refer to OSX as "hand-holding". It is not. It just meant for a specific purpose, fast creative workflow without tinkering. If you wanted a server, Linux might have been better for you, yes.