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"Plus I BUILT my PC, and I am getting close to upgrading a few individual parts. I'll be spending more than a new Dell costs, I'm sure, but, that's because I'm silicone-monkey, I guess. Could I really do that with a Mac, and if so, is it cheaper? I doubt both HIGHLY."
Every time I read this line or versions of it, I'm always left with one question: who cares? I mean, I can go to Radio Shack and get one of those old short-wave radio kits and build my own short-wave radio. Whooppeee! That obviously does more to service the people who want to build radios than it does the people who just want to use a quality short-wave radio. And the chances are that the one built in a factory with QC all along the way is going to be a sturdier radio than the one borne from the kit bought at RS. Not saying one computing tool is better than the other, just saying that this is a red herring.
vishnu13 has obviously been in a cave the last decade. Man, that's just a dumb thing to say. All one has to do is watch the Discovery Channel or any of its offspring to see that there are plenty of Macs used in the service of "moving technology forward". Good lord.
And to the guy who paid $300 for an upgrade to first: I want the name of your travel agent!
