On the other hand, a Mac has a higher resale value, you can just sell it completely and buy a new one. In the long run it's not that much more expensive than buying and regularly upgrading a similar PC.
Upgrading disks is an issue with the iMac and the Mac Mini, yes, but not with any current MacBook and of course not with the Mac Pro. In addition, FW800 is usually fast enough for most applications, so you could easily add additional disk space that way, too. Bonus: you don't run into any Terabyte limitations.
Also, viruses are (at least for now) no issue with the Mac. You don't need to run any Antivirus software at all and that alone gives you a much speedier machine (I was really surprised to see and feel the difference when I disabled antivirus on my last PC ... not connected to any network, of course).
Finally, there is some software that is available for Windows only. On the Mac, you'll either have to run Boot Camp or something like VMWare if you require any such software. On the other hand, there are also some well crafted tools that are Mac only.
Lots of important software is available for both platforms, though.
Let me add that just like Lars I try to be neutral here (it's harder for me than with camera brands, though <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' /> ). Sharing my experiences from the recent years here, but since I'm a happy camper for a few years now I'm obviously biased.
I have to agree, though, from all I have seen and experienced myself so far that Windows 7 is excellent, yes. Finally. <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />
-- Markus
Upgrading disks is an issue with the iMac and the Mac Mini, yes, but not with any current MacBook and of course not with the Mac Pro. In addition, FW800 is usually fast enough for most applications, so you could easily add additional disk space that way, too. Bonus: you don't run into any Terabyte limitations.
Also, viruses are (at least for now) no issue with the Mac. You don't need to run any Antivirus software at all and that alone gives you a much speedier machine (I was really surprised to see and feel the difference when I disabled antivirus on my last PC ... not connected to any network, of course).
Finally, there is some software that is available for Windows only. On the Mac, you'll either have to run Boot Camp or something like VMWare if you require any such software. On the other hand, there are also some well crafted tools that are Mac only.
Lots of important software is available for both platforms, though.
Let me add that just like Lars I try to be neutral here (it's harder for me than with camera brands, though <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' /> ). Sharing my experiences from the recent years here, but since I'm a happy camper for a few years now I'm obviously biased.I have to agree, though, from all I have seen and experienced myself so far that Windows 7 is excellent, yes. Finally. <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' /> -- Markus
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