Jeesh, has it been this long?

I'm now actually comparing the two systems to see which one to buy. Leopard is coming out soon, and so far I've been unimpressed by Vista. Sure, it's pretty, but my wife's laptop that has it pre-installed has been my intro to it - so far there's nothing that makes want to get it. XP is just fine with me. So why not just upgrade my current hardware?

I have two kids and I've found that my patience with computers is going downhill. I no longer have time to rip the thing apart if there's a problem. Also, I'm accumulating stacks of MiniDV tapes of my kids that I want to burn to DVD after some limited editing. I have Premiere on the PC, and frankly working with Video is a nightmare. My wife wouldn't be able to do it. I've used the Mac, and I like the (agreeably limited) iLife suite.

In the next several days I'll be posting pros/cons of each.

Mac - pretty, expensive, intuitive, secure.
PC - cheap, somewhat pretty, frustrating, and unsecure.