Save 65% of the money and buy a PC.
... and get 1/3rd the computer...
Completely inaccurate. I just bought a Mac Pro and speced the same computer out at Dell and was within $100 of the Pro price. Add in the software to get what you get in iLife and its more. Do your homework before making comments like this...
And you'd be less likely to pick up malware
Show me a $210 computer worth owning.
And spend 65% of your time on maintenance and waiting for the d**ned thing to boot up.
My time is valuable enough that the very first time I had to waste a couple of hours re-installing Windows, I would be better off buying Mac. If you live in Mom's basement and make $5.65 an hour, by all means go with Windows. Knock yourself out. Build your own box, and you can save a ton of money.
But if you actually do work with your computer, and don't want to waste hours each month dealing with spyware, flaky virus-protection programs, DLL hell, and Windows wipes and re-installs, then stick with Mac.
-ccm