[CanadianRocky]

A few things to think about.

As big a hard drive as you can get and as much RAM as it will take.

Get a second Hard Drive and partition it. Use half of the drive to mirror the main one (for back up reasons), and the other half for a scratch disc (nothing should be on it).

Get a good back up application ( i use Retrospect) and back up your DATA religiously. Remember, it is not a back-up if the back up is in the same physical area of your computer. I use CD's and keep my work ones at home, and my home ones at work.

PC or Mac, it doesn't matter anymore. Adobe runs equally fast in both, if they are set up correctly. The only stuff slow in my PC is the Office stuff and that is because it is BloatWare.

I was a Mac software engineer and use to have my own computer tech company. I ran several Networks for clients. Now I use PC's due to work related issues.

I will probably buy a Mac again when I sell my business, but now it does not make monetary sense.

I buy my equipment from Dell, I have never had a problem with their before sales service, after sales service or support. Of course, I do set up my own equipment using my computer background.

This Mac/PC thing drives me nuts. After all, it only 0's and 1's.

The most important thing is to buy from your support. In other words, if you have good support from PC, get a PC, if it is from Mac, then get Mac.

If you have good support from both, then it is a coin toss.