I have the benefit of experience and background in the graphic arts, computer retail and personal computer fields. I remember about a decade ago I worked in Computer City (one of the biggest computer retail chains at the time). I talked extensively to salespeople who really knew their stuff. They explained how a Mac was built better, and made more sense than a PC..... I was sold, but unable to afford a new computer. Then I worked in Pricing and Availability. People would call and ask if we had certain computers, peripherals, software, etc. I had people call several times a day, day after day, asking if a particular Mac peripheral (CD ROM drive, modem, etc) had come into stock yet. I had the unfortunate duty to keep telling them the parts had not been shipped yet by Apple. And all too often we'd discover that Apple eventually abandoned a particular product, and told everyone to use the next best thing. I got really tired of Apple at that time... Never had that problem with PC's. One good thing is that so many companies make the PC Computers, and you can literally build your own from scratch. Walk into a computer super store, and find the little corner of the store that features Macintosh stuff. The go around the rest of the store, and look at the bounty available for PC. No contest.