Okay, we may be nuts, but we’re in the early stages of considering getting Luke his own PC for Christmas (if gramma and relatives, etc. want to help).
I’ve been thinking Mac.
Thoughts?
All Mac vs PC stuff aside (my next computer could be a Mac), are you familiar enough with Macs that you’d be able to help him with any problems?
We're a Mac family and have been from the beginning. There's nothing we can't run on it, from *NIX to Windoze (we opted for Parallels). Downside will be cost. Macs are spendy - you get what you pay for, but it's still $$. A PC will be more headaches with it catching virii and crapware and such, but you can get them cheap.