Mind you I was very happy to get my mac and to some people it is great. But I found development (even in photoshop) on it awkward and slow.
My Mom needed a new system so she will get the mac book pro and I have already purchased
I understand I could of used some old PC components but this system worked out with in my budget so I am happyAMD Phenom II X4 970 Black Edition Quad Core Processor 3.5GHZ 8MB Socket AM3
Corsair Cooling Hydro Series H50 High Performance CPU Cooler System LGA1155 LGA1366 LGA1156 AM2 AM3
Gigabyte GA-990XA-UD3 AMD 990X AM3+ ATX DDR3 3PCI-E16 2PCI-E1 2PCI SLI SATA3 USB3.0 M *IR-$2.00*
Kingston ValueRAM KVR1333D3N9K2/4G PC3-10666 4GB 2X2GB DDR3-1333 CL9 240PIN DIMM Memory Kit
XFX Radeon HD 6870 900MHZ 1GB 4.2GHZ GDDR5 2XDVI HDMI 2x Mini Display Port PCI-E Video Card
Coolermaster Haf 912 Black Mid Tower ATX Case 4X5.25 1X3.5 6X3.5INT No PS Front USB Sound
XFX 650W PRO650W Core Edition Single Rail ATX 12V 53A 24PIN ATX Power Supply 80PLUS Bronze PSU
Western Digital WD Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6GB/S 7200RPM 32MB Cache 3.5IN Hard Drive OEM
OCZ Vertex 2 Extended Sandforce 120GB 2.5IN SATA2 Solid State Disk Flash Drive SSD
LG CH12LS28 12X Blu-Ray Reader & Lightscribe DVD Writer Combo Drive
LG GH22NS70 Super Multi 22X SATA DVD Writer Black OEM
Syba SY-USB-FDD External USB 1.44MB Floppy Drive
Steelseries Merc Stealth Illuminated Gaming Keyboard
Anyway... I really dislike Macs >:)
*cheers
Mabo