| Mac mini
IMO the Mac mini would work very well for you. I've been using one for about a year side by side with my big WinXP box and think very highly of it.
You can easily install Windows on the mini and have the choice of booting into Windows or Mac OS X. You can also run Windows as a window under OS X.
Either of both of the above Windows options are very simple to do; unlike hackintosh require no technical expertise and are legal and moral. They run windows programs exactly as they do on your present PC.
If you do buy a mini, here's my suggestion: buy it with the most RAM you can afford. On a mini upgrading the RAM is very difficult.
have fun,
-Nick |