I'm a mac junkie. I have two computers at work, a macbook pro and a pc. The macbook pro also travels home with me in case i need it for work. I MUCH prefer my mac. Did i mention everyone in my department (okay, 6 out 7 ) has a mac and a pc in our office. Did i mention we're a computer support department? ;) We support over 300 pcs, and about 15 macs, so we have some need to have knowledge of mac, but we find many advantages to mac. You do know, that if you were crazy enough- you can install Windows OS on your mac as long as it has the intel chip. There's a pre-installed program called bootcamp on the Mac that lets you install XP or Vista and then you can boot into windows. Or, if you're willing to shell out some money, there's VMWare fusion or Parallels desktop that allows you to run windows under the MacOS. (they're only about $50 in case you were wondering). That being said however, most programs that run on windows, run on Mac. I feel like i get more bang for my buck too. I get 4 G of ram on my mac and approximately the same processor speed and things seem to run faster (actually there are tests that windows runs faster on the Mac than on a pc-clone). Sure i paid a bit more, but apple care's protection plan is awesome, and macs also have huge resale value. My old powerbook, was worth about $200-300 after being 3 years old. Most pcs are worth about $50 at that point. Oh, and i talked my folks into getting an iMac. Have you checked out the imac prices versus a mac mini and a monitor?

yes..i'm a diehard mac fan...going back to hide in my closet