I don't want to help further fuel a system war, but I wanted to add that I feel Mac's have lost their edge over PC's. There really is no reason to buy a Mac anymore.

Adobe has said themselves that their CS suite performs better on PC's. Hollywood is growingly using Avid products on PC's to produce blockbuster movies. Programmers, oh wait, we never use Macs. ;) And, 98% of corporations use PC's. In the last 10 years I can't think of getting a virus once. Mac's are actually more vulnerable, their lack of a good market share just doesn't warrant any effort from programmers to develop exploits for them.

The only reason Mac's still sell is because of their dedicated (and in most cases uninformed) fan base. Don't be fooled into thinking their higher price points mean quality.

They have chosen to manufacture their own hardware, not to make their systems better then the competition, but with the hopes to maximize their profits by retaining complete control. Their systems are priced higher because it costs those more to build their systems.

PC's have benefited from 3rd party competition to bring their prices down, Apple doesn't have this. Apple has finally bit the bullet though as a result of their profit margins decreasing over the years and is now going to develop their processors through Intel.

Further more, the amount of effort being put into Windows Visa should silence Microsoft haters. Between security and performance enhancements it will definitely raise the bar on how we use computers; you can mark my words on that.