hmm, good point about legally aquiring the software, i guess as a pc user i seem to forget that (getting anything i want really), and it funny you should mention using OS9, i know a few designers who have gone back to it after having trouble with OSX (these are non-techy types) theyre weere having issues with printer drivers and so on.

As a student i deinfitly dont have $750 to blow, so for that amount of money i wanted to get the most out of it, hence buying a faster pc in that price range. i have a damm fast P4 rather than an "emac"!!??? (damm if id ever buy one o those after using them) with the speed iv found mac much slower than ps in general, of course im looking forward to using a G5 (64mb baby).

I also find PC's easier to navigate with...(im not a big fan of mac key boards, or essp those damm mouses, i need my other mouse buttons!!) as well as OSX's GUI, i find it really annoying that to resize windows we are given just one corner, it just slows things down...of course if a could Afford it id definitly have a G4 power book!