just throwing something out there, i use my macbookpro for my all my work, and web surfing, i also use it for all of my word documents,and any paperwork i have to do. I havent encountered any viruses in the 3 years that i have owned my macbookpro and it still turns on just as fast as the day i bought it.
on the other hand..... anything other than what i just mentioned up there is what i use my windows rigs for like gaming and programming.
yes apple is way to over priced and expensive....not to mention how you CANT overclock anything because BIOS does not exist on mac...just EFI,which still doesnt allow overclocking.
I did not purchase my macbookpro, it was given to me by the corporation i work for,thank god because its honestly not worth $2,000 of anyones money.
Note: macs are great to surf the web on check your email, produce word documents and use excel and power point. but the fact of the matter is that you can do all of that on a windows computer, and not have to pay $2,000 for a fancy mac computer.
Finally, i think the greatest thing about apple is their line of software, as a musician, i have used every generation of logic since the very first one came out,and i have to say that apple does the best job in my opinion of producing an all purpose music combination software such as logic pro 8.
maybe apple should just make software from now on, and take a giant price cut.