Boy, you leave a thread for a few days and all hell breaks loose. Okay, just my two cents... I work on both platforms. I use software on both platforms. Yes, PC has programs like Mimic that will probably never show up on a Mac, but Mimic makes files that can be ported to and read on a Mac, so what's the problem there? (And for the record, Mimic ain't that great, guys; I get far better results doing it myself, even at one frame at a time. Maybe they'll improve some of the lacking subtlety in the next version of Mimic, but for now, it's utilitarian at best, and not much more.) Yep, can't run some of the high-end 3D programs on a Mac, but I don't need high-end programs. My animation and still work isn't meant for a Famous Player Movie Theatre Near You: it's designed for smaller playing windows and lower resolution requirements... so what's the problem there? In case anyone's missed the point, these are just tools, not flags to denote one's patriotism to one platform or another. You use what you need on one and then take it over to another to finish the job. So big deal. A dxf file on a PC is the same as a dxf on a Mac. An .mov is a .mov. A jpeg is still very much a jpeg. There's room in my kitchen for both a convection oven and a regular oven, and my home entertainment centre has both VHS and DVD. So it's not a surprise that my office has both my Mac and my PC -- linked together, no less. Jeez, people... get a life, huh?