As a PC user with 2 dual Intel systems and a uni proc system I have this to save about this whole PC versus Mac business .... For the PC people their final and last ditch argument concerning this matter is always about money and how much more buying power you get with a PC purchase or home build than what you get with a Mac. It is unfortunant that the PC computing experience boils down to money, but it ultimately does for most people. If you have a friend that denies that then ask them why they bought a PC instead of a Mac. They can not say software titles because that is no longer the case. Now the Mac user is not so concerned about the 'bottom line' as they are about the 'feel' and use of their computer. The computing experience is what counts, I have used a Mac before and there is no way that a PC can come close to the excellence and overall superior feel of the Mac. Period. PC users should not even try to debate this point. As far as benchmarks, well, any company can make any of the numbers appear the way they want them to. It is called marketing and the manufactures will try to make you believe what THEY want you to believe. Of course most folks read on the 7th grade level so this in not very hard for the manufacturers to accomplish. In 20 or so years of computing I have known more pissed off and unhappy PC users than I have known pissed off and unhappy Apple / Mac users, but then I suppose that is what buying power gets the PC user. My apologies if anyone has been offended by my views .. :) BabaLouie