Macs historically have been more fun to use, less prone to mysterious crashes and freezes, and more bug proof than PCs. There have been exceptions to this general impression, though.

I would suggest you drop in to an Apple store. If you buy a Mac now, you get one that can run Windows as easily as it runs Mac OS X.

I have had pretty good experience with WinXP and Win2000 on modern PCs, but I have had really enjoyable experiences on Mac OSX.

They just brought out a laptop with a dual-processor core Intel chip and a 17" screen that might be what you want. I'd suggest looking them over.

The OS is pretty intuitive.

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