Damn Straight!

Thats why I own two!

Sol - saw your truck in the Albertson's parking lot today. Damn- it's purty.

It's bad ass, too. Of the thirteen people that work in this office I was the ONLY one that made it up the steep asphalt driveway on sheet-ice yesterday morning.

Parker,

Thanks for the cost comparison altho I have no idea what is being compared.

Since I have a Dell PC at work, would I be able to take stuff home (documents in Word and Excell) and use on a Mac?

For software, I use Word (hate it but forced to) and Excell. Also like Google Earth and have WA Topo at home. Seldom make music CDs but would like to do more of that. Surf the internet. That's about it for my computer use. It seems like your $2700 Mac is a bit more computer horsepower than I would ever use.

Sg

"It's bad ass, too."
It looks like it could crawl up a wall.

Yes, Steve.

let me see this straight. They bot have these fancy finger pushin buttons that let me talk to you fine folks at PP without sayin a word. They are the same thing.

i work in a flyshop. i have to buy crap....as in $600 laptops at best buy.

I understand Mac's are expensive, but if you buy one, you'll probably have trouble going back. Out of the box performance, no viruses, great customer service.

Being in the design profession I have a sincere appreciation of Apple's commitment where industrial design is at the core of it's principles in producing innovative products that are intuitive, aesthetic (fit/finish) and builds a connection with their users. Design drives the product and makes it successful, it comes from the top down. Companies try to copy or analyze how Apple does it, but they can never to commit or understand how to do it.

My first Apple was an Apple llc in 85. I first connected to the internet in 93 on a Performa. (There wasn't much of an internet back then. They actually had printed internet white pages with everyones email address and yellow pages.) I'm on my fifth Apple now, a Powerbook G4.

Parker, are the Mac's good for playing games on? I am building a new PC or at least picking out the parts. Was thinking about a mac but was told they are not gamer friendly. The games I am building the computer for are crysis, call of duty 4 and a few others like them. I was also looking at dell but I can get twice the computer built for less money.

If you want to see what games are compatible for Mac go to Apple.com and click on store then software then games. Most games for Mac are Strategy or educational, but there are a few action games out there. However, if you will be using your computer as videogame console, get a PC. Or better yet save a few hundred bucks and get an XBox Live. If you are using it for mostly Work, design, imaging, A&V, etc. then go Mac.

I have 6 PC'S at my store. One pc at home for email and surfing. And am building a gaming PC. For about 2k it will be pretty nice and that includes a 24" samsung monitor. I just havnt heard one bad thing about mac's so if they were good gamers I might switch it up. But I dont think that's the case.

If I were a gamer, I'd build a PC.