Macs are attractive, but then... You get working faster with them (assuming you know how to handle the sofware you put in, and have a plan as to where to get from here). The OS comes with the machine. Less hardware conflicts. They are not AS crash-prone than a PC (mostly on OSX, though...) You don't get to see as much crap and pop-ups as you are navigating on the Internet (assuming, of course, you are not looking for crap while you navigate !) SOME pc's MIGHT be decent machines (most of the times you need some technical savvy to custom build your machine); MOST of the macs truly are GOOD machines. PH (having his feet in both worlds)