Yeah, I bought a Toshiba laptop w/ Vista in '07 for $600. It was 17" and was ok for me, until my old apt was broken into and it was stolen. My girlfriend had bought a Macbook Pro last year for her job and after playing around with it, I practically fell in love with it. When I moved into a house, I bought my first Mac. While I don't use my iMac for video/music editing (they're very popular for that), I use it to stream video, surf the internet, and game.

I guess when it boils down to it, it's the most advanced, powerful, and precise machine I've ever owned. However, it's very difficult for me to justify dishing out $1400 for potential I've yet to really exploit.