
I'm a long-time Windows user, but for years I've been searching for an intelligent alternative. Macs are actually a great choice, but have you priced them lately? I don't have two grand to spend for another system. I had been reading all the hoopla surrounding Xandros Desktop for a number of months and decided to take the plunge. I had been burned two times previously trying to install other Linux distributions. Their tech support was non-existent. I'm essentially working in a vacuum. When something has gone wrong in the past, I've found that I was on my own.
The cheapest G4 tower (and not the lamely slow i/eMacs/ibooks) starts at $1700+tax. And if you want a monitor with it, you easily go ABOVE 2 grand.
BTW, this is a review of Xandros, and not a mac debate. I will mod down any other comment trying to start a fight about Macs.