Full time student at ASU, majoring in Computer Science. Summer and whenever-the-heck-you-feel-like-working job as the IT guy at a small business run by my high school english teacher's husband... it's in partnership with a sister company (Same owner) so they just call the big branch for IT help when I'm not around.
Also a hobbyist photographer.
I have to jump into the mac vs pc debate as well... Go with the Mac. 100%. More stable, because the hardware and software were made to match each other instead of the PC platform, which is a mash-together of everybody's unique ideas - that rarely works.
My family are Windows devotees... I left them to their fate in the computer department years ago. I spend ten to one the time fixing theirs as fixing mine. And my Macbook Pro will outwork the family PC which is quite a bit newer.
Win 98 BSOD at introduction by Gates:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=TGLhuF3L48U
Is Vista a rip-off of OS X? You decide:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=MDNuq94Zg_8
http://youtube.com/watch?v=N-2C2gb6ws8&feature=related
EDIT: Yes, I know Linux is another option too. I use it at work. I'm a big proponent of open-source... but I don't see it as... simple enough - to replace home users desktops yet. Too difficult to install things for the computer barely-literate.