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People, people people…for everyone sucking the teet of Apple there's something MAJOR you're forgetting…

Modern day Apple computers are only different from IBM compatible computers by the OPERATING SYSTEM! There is NO other difference!

So, to get a cheap Apple computer, get a bare bones PC with no OS and install Mac OSX. BOOM, you have an Apple for a lot less.

Also, if you don't want to play games, get a premade Apple with the OS installed already, paying out the ass for something as moronic as an OS change, and be happy that all you can really do is artwork.

Apple vs IBM isn't about quality or usability anymore. It's a personal choice. Mac OSX doesn't load up anything until you start a program, so it allows the computer to run less ram for the same program, but the programs themselves can take up to 3x the amount of space on the HDD because of how the programs are compiled.

If you want minimal "office" style work (plain text, word processing) and no game play, go OSX. If you want something that runs a wider variety of programs, but may load up a few programs slightly slower, then go PC.

iPods and iTunes are so popular because, unless you know what you're doing, you need iTunes in order to put songs on an iPod. iPods are popular because at the time they were really the only game in town and had the most storage available. Now iPods are popular because they have a lot of different options when buying one, but you still need iTunes, which takes over your computer and runs TERRIBLE unless you are using OSX