Originally Posted by: Kevin TaylorProbably because the Mac is designed with audio/video in mind. Not to mention that Vista is bloatware and my 12 year old Mac G3 outperforms it in both design and speed.

Big deal, my old Windows 2000 system outperforms Vista!

fredhe12 has it right. Get the best bang-for-the-buck hardware, and run a tight OS on it. Select the software suites you want to work with, and then tailor your computer choices to suit.