Screw Apple. I rather save the money. I put my own together and load XP and they are good enough and fun to work with. One thing I do like is DVI. All my computers have DVI connection to the LCD monitor. That’s where I spend more and treat myself
Right now I have an E2180 overclocked to 3.2 ghz on a Gigabyte.....lots of fun. Also have an Athlon X2 4600 on a biostar motherboard that has perfectly adequate on board video with DVI output to my monitor. I did a test installation of Vista and the on board video runs Vista Aero Glass very well. But I use and prefer XP
Wintel is definitely the choice for build-it-yourselfers. If you like to mix and match and tinker and customize, it’s definitely the choice.
But you may not be aware aware that Macs ship with dual-link DVI ports and you can run up to eight HD displays.