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I have a windows PC, as I always have just in case and for gaming but the computer I use the most for work & web design, is my iBook. The best programs to accomplish such tasks are available on mac for less or equal the cost of the PC version. For instance, Adobe products will always be made available for Mac.
My laptop is a iBook G3 500Mhz 384MB Ram. It is a little over 5 years old but I find it runs Mac OSx tiger better than a high end Pentium 3 or early Pentium 4 runs Windows XP. I use Adobe Creative suite 2, Macromedia Studio 8 and Office 2004 quite regularly on the Mac and I also find they run very smoothly.
Another high selling point for Mac is the design. Partly because the computer itself looks so good but also because I find MacOs X to be very fun and easy to use. It almost feels "futuristic". All the functions and programs are efficiently interconnected. Simple but I still discover new tricks and functions here and there from time to time.
Macs are also very stable. This is due in part to the fact that Mac OsX is based on Unix but it also helps that the same people that design the computers are also the ones that design the OS. Windows, on the other hand, has to cater for so many different hardware manufacturers and that translates into more problems for the average user. A mac literally works right out of the box. I guess in a sense, so does the PC but I usually find myself spending a lot of time setting it up.
One low point for mac is that although it has great compatibility with peripherals, still not all software and game manufacturers are interested in rewriting their products for the mac so I wouln't recommend it for gaming. This situations is currently improving though...
Overall, you really have to see what's right for you and your money. Just don't listen to people that go on and on about how crappy Macs are. They certainly are very high quality computers.
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Computer: Intel Pentium D 3.0 Ghz dual core CPU, Philips DVD+-RW DVD8701, 1024MB RAM, ATI Radeon 256MB, Nero 6
Always use good quality blank media. Verbatim is always a good call. Don't be seduced by those 50-spindles you find in the $2.99 bin at your local car wash! :) This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 9. June 2006 @ 15:00
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