I do want to check a Mac out at some point simply because I do a lot of photography and photoshop work. Pretty much everyone on both sides of the issue says they can’t be beat in the graphics arena.
I’m happy with the PC but I get awfully bogged down by all the graphics work I do. I’ll probably end up with both at some point.
Here are a few of my shots:
You can attach a second monitor if you wish, but I've never found it necessary. I had a tablet, but prefer working with a mouse. My brother does a lot of painting on his computer, and prefers a tablet, so YMMV.
That’s why I use Macs.
I do graphic design for a living and Macs handle color space/color mode, fonts and CMYK printing much better than do PC’s.
They also multi-task better. I’ve got 8 gigs in my Quad and I can have a 1 gig file open in PShop while simultaneously working with Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Fireworks and InDesign and they work flawlessly, without a stumble.
I try that in my Sony PC and it chokes when I open up ID and PShop at the same time, never mind working with huge, muli-layer files...
Ed