Just to weigh in on the rampant Windows problems that Jim refers to - I've got a 5 year old PC, on which I ran Photoshop, Illustrator, 3DS Max, and a boatload of other ancillary graphics and video production software for those years, and never once did I have a required re-install every year (that strikes me as one of those urban myths perpetrated by rabid mac users). I also have a main dual quad core workstation running Vista 64-bit OS, with the CS4 Production Premium, CS5.5 Master Collection, and I'm about to install the CS6 MC - two or three years running daily - no OS re-install - I just do the here and there brainless service pack install. No problems. I also own an I7 Thinkpad laptop (only a year old) with the CS5 Master Collection and Win7 - no problems, no reinstalls.
Methinks thou dost protest too much against Windows. Maybe the people who had Windows systems when you were a VAR should have been working on Macs - there's a certain basic level of technical expertise required to run a Windows box - but if you're not a total technical sad-sack, it's pretty simple. It sounds as if you made the right choice going with the Mac platform, but I, for one, will take my Windows PC any day - and I've worked on both, having had waaaay more problems when I was working on Macs, which was quite a while back, but that still remains
my perception of Macs. It's just a choice, not a religion...
Joe Bourke
Owner/Creative Director
Bourke Media
http://www.bourkemedia.com
