The Logic Off Topic list

Hello everyone. I have a bit of a question. I at a position where my p.c.
is at it's max. I have a 1gig P3 with 512mb ram and 2 hard drives with Win
XP. It just can't handle my mixes. For some reason It's hardly able to
handle a whole lot anymore. I'm not exactly sure what the problem is and I'm
tired of playing around with Windows systems. My qestion is this.....If I
buy a Mac will I have to endlessly mess with it and tweak it to work? How
easy are they to set up? How often do they crash? Do I need to have 2 hard
drives?
  I'm looking at the dual 1.8 gig processor. What kind of track count can I
expect and how many plug-ins can I expect on average? What will the 2nd
processor do for me?
  I'm at a point now where I can do one of two things. I'm frustrated and I
was thinking of taking my project into a studio for mixing at $50 an hour.
Or I can bite the bullet and buy a Mac. What do you think? I want a computer
that is going to act like a stand alone machine. I mean the stability of a
stand alone machine.
  Also, would I be able to port all the 24 bit wave files I recorded on to
p.c. into the Mac? I'll be using Logic Platinum and Cubase SX.
  Thanks for your time!!

  --litepipe