Mudface on 04 July 2008
I don't know if it's the same in the States, but here in the UK, you can get a better specced Dell for half the price of a Macbook Pro, never mind the standard MacBook.
Macs use exactly the same components as regular PCs (they're built by AsusTech in Taiwan), but they're overpriced, run extremely hot and have far less native software available for them, especially games. Unless you have a particular need for a Mac (graphic design maybe) or find OSX compelling, then there's no real point in spending so much extra on one. Personally, I find Vista to be a far more intuitive and functional OS than OSX, but your mileage may vary.
