Originally Posted by neuron
I would seriously consider the AppleCare warranty as it does give a few more years of ease of mind. I am lucky enough to be near an Apple store and the number of horror stories I have heard from laptop users make extended warranties, well, warranted.
Noted, thank you.
Originally Posted by alanw
The Mac is easier and more reliable, no doubt about it. It's also much better at stuff like video. Don't let the firewire port on the Dell fool you - there's a lot more to it than just getting the bits off your camera. iMovie kicks MovieMaker's ... in terms of usability, speed and stability.
XP MCE has not encouraged us to actually do anything with all those mini-DV tapes.
Originally Posted by alanw
Also consider the extra costs you may run into: Office, etc. I'm using Mail and iWork and am completely happy with them.
Anything but MS Office - we use Google Apps now - so no "legacy" keeping us bound to MS.
Originally Posted by alanw
One other thing to consider is the social cost of being associated with Mac users, who can be nearly as annoying as the Ron Paul crowd.
