"...and people turn their nose up at it because it costs a little more." I turn my nose up at it because it costs a LOT more for comparable processing power. The fact that they insist on building the Imacs, which I would otherwise consider getting as a second computer, into 15 inch monitors is annoying as hell too. But mostly, its because much of the software I want to use doesn't even have a Mac version, including many of the games I enjoy and some of the specific business apps I need to use.