If it's any consolation it looks like Windows 7 is actually going to be a really good operating system. Vista is OK, flawed, but w7 is getting great reviews. And linux distros like Ubuntu, etc. are good too if you're more hands on.
And again, maybe you know all this anyway. It'll be cheaper going non-mac. (I like both but buy the less expensive setup.)
And again, maybe you know all this anyway. It'll be cheaper going non-mac. (I like both but buy the less expensive setup.)
I've got Vista on my desktop, and XP on the laptop. The laptop is woefully inadequate for image processing but overall, the operating systems on both have been relatively trouble-free. I've heard good things about Windows 7.
The reason I was even looking at the macbook was that I need the best video/monitor capability that I can get in a laptop. The Macbook Pro models have the new LED screens, but Dell (and others) offer that also now). The images from my DSLR camera are between 25 and 30 megabytes each in Canon's RAW format. My present laptop just can't handle them, and it's already upgraded to its maximum.