samitha

I tend to chuckle at stars whose careers go down the toilet. One of my friends at college was the son of Robert Urich. His biggest claim to fame was a private detective in the 80s show, Spencer for Hire. My dad and I watched that all the time. But you may know him as the host of such shows as Fox's "When Animals Attack."

I myself am currently lusting after a macbook. There's a pro version, but for my needs, the plain version is sufficient as well as in my price range ($1099, but before necessary memory upgrades). The plus side to the Macbook is that it can run both the Mac operating system, OS X, and Windows. It can't do it at the same time, though. You have to boot into one or the other. But still, that's a lot of computing flexibility.

The problem, though, is this: there have been a multitude of quality control problems with the first batch. The laptop sometimes turns off when you plug _in_ the power cord. Some of the plastics under the palm rests become grossly discolored. Some have shipped with a plastic strip still in place (it was temporary and supposed to be removed), causing some overheating problems.

Other than that, though. I have three friends who all have Macbook pros, and they have nothing but praise for the machine.

You know what, though. I would recommend that you post a thread in both the PC Users group and the Mac Users group. You'll get quite a few recommendations in either group.