Just one comment on the post by Robomatic re the issue of "COST" between Macs and PC's. You need to think of cost in terms of the initial outlay PLUS the on costs.

The on-costs for a PC can include any of the following: cost of downloading interminable Win XP or Vista updates, cost of purchase, download and continual updating of virus/intenet security packages plus the "free" ones like spybot and adaware, costs of time down and or loss of data if a virus or trojan or other malaware gets past all these defences, costs of frustration and anger with the so called Tech support lines provided by the likes of Microsoft, Symantec etc,

I could go on, but the bottom line is that yes the Dell may be cheaper initially but factoring in some of the hidden expense makes the Mac a very good buy indeed.

Cheers,

Andrez

PS: Oh yes and did I mention the frustration and annoyances built in to Microsofts Vista OS and Office 2007 as detailed in other recent Mudcat posts?