Well, if you really want to "try" out OS X, you will only want to pay like 10 bucks. Borrow a friends computer or something. I'm just trying to show that a "real" OS X computer doesn't have to be as expensive as the ones advertised on apple's front page.. you can get an iBook for 700, a LOT less that the 2000-dollar Mac-book pro. If you're serious about getting a new computer, 700 bucks would get you a
mid-range laptop with windows.
My dad found that getting a mac paid for itself: he used to have to fix the two HP laptops, 2 custom boxes, and his own work machine constantly. By getting macs, his downtime was significantly reduced.
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Power to Burn.
At speeds of up to 733MHz,
The most powerful Mac in history
burns CDs, burns DVDs, and
burns Pentiums
- apple website, oct 4, 1999. advertisement for the powermac g4