temo and plaintiger: as one of the few who use both systems for many years now my experience tells me there are real benefits from both systems: the huge amount of software and general compatibilities, and of course less cost for the whole hardware count for microsoft. but i would never use something else than a macintosh if i was a professional dj or photographer and needed for example a 9-hour-stability of my eqipment ;-) using a mac is not only the question of prestige and as a mac user i do not need many many software-applications windows-fans would probably like...