I'm also looking to buy one as a first time Mac-owner. I want the video editing software!!!
I have a Dell laptop (Inspiron 6000) which I *HATE*! It's slow as anything and doesn't work sometimes. I have had more problems with Windows machines than it's worth.
All of my friends who have Mac - they have NEVER had computer problems. NEVER.
And so, I'm getting a Mac. *BUT* I'm gonna have to wait until either free tax day or Christmas sales.
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle