I think I'm going to go for Mac. They are slightly more expensive, buit not enough to sway me. I'm not really a computer-guy: I use the internet a lot (but Macs are great for that) and I word process, but I don't tinker with the machine. I have been very impressed with Microsoft Office X for Mac; it is much easier than Office XP (paragraph handling in Word was better in particular).

I really appreciate your input. I suspect the debate might rage on...

Out of interest, when I was in college (1994-1997) I used a Macintosh SE for everything and it served me well. It still works and works well. Only this year my French assistant used it to produce her thesis. My father bought the thing in 1988!!!

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