Digital BW, The Print

I, too, have been looking at a "box" upgrade. I use PCs at work 
(I'm a photographer on a newspaper), and a MAC (I do have a 
PC laptop for collecting information) at home. At home, all of my 
really good programs, like PhotoShop and Quark, are on the 
Mac. That's a lot of money to re-buy the programs and put on a 
PC.
The difference in costs, then, represent how much I would have 
to pay to change platforms.

As to stability, which should be considered as much as all the 
other specs, BOTH PCs and MACs bomb a lot. A day doesn't go 
by without my having to re-boot one or another machine either at 
home or work.

But the PCs I've found for sale, sure give a LOT more bang for 
the buck. A dual 800 processor MAC runs from $3,000 to $3,400 
depending on vendor. You can get a lot faster, with more 
memory (both kinds) with a PC.

Bottom line for me, though, is I am broke. And the recession 
means I won't be getting a pay raise any time soon.

Al