It is amazing how whenever a PC/Mac debates go on, the Mac bashers seem to always come out. It is sad to say I used to be one of them. But in dealing with the never ending Windows problems and trying to fix mine and other other people's Windows PC's over the last few years made me say enough was enough to make the switch. I've had far less problems with my Mac than I ever did with a Windows box. I agree with the fact that for gaming, PC's are indeed better. But a Mac has never really been a gaming machine because it wasn't intended to be one. However, I've come read postings from quite a few Intel-Mac users who play PC games on the Macs and they love it. The Power PC processor had it limitations and I think this was part of the reasoning why Apple decided to switch over to the use of the Intel Chipset. However, if one can remember in the early years of the Power PC, the Macs ran considerably faster than the Intel/AMD processors available at the time. Then the Intel/AMD processor speed wars began and the rest is history. Apple realized this two years ago and made the necessary changes in their product line. Now their machines benchmark right along with new generation of PC's out there. People are now starting to see this as Apple's share of the computer market steadily grows. To pay a little bit more to get a less hassle free machine in the long run is worth it to some and it was to me. I don't game very much anymore but if I ever decide to get back into it again, I find it more economical in the long run to go buy a gaming console which is designed to run games much better than a PC. Having to overhaul the PC hardware every year or two so it can run the latest PC game can get quite costly real quick.