I bought a MAC IICI at the Goodwill a couple years ago. Got on the internet, ran Photoshop, Illustrator, Freehand, and a host of other goodies. A friend of mine who is a college grad as a computer major said that that was a testimony to the reputation of MACs. He knew the IICI was a 1989 model and was amazed at what I was doing with it. Today both PC and MAC have a whole lot more to offer. But I keep reading that MACs stability and non-crashing reputation makes up for time lost on the faster PC side. In all, use what you got and have fun.