I like teh stellar Macintoshes.
I'm using one right now. It works just fine for everything. I've never had lock-ups. Need to buy some more RAM for the thing, but it's good nonetheless.
Safari sucks. I loved it, but it stopped working for one site I need to visit very often (I moderate there, it's a phpBB forum), so I'm using MSIE.
For the record, using Macs in school only doesn't let you appreciate them. I thought OS 8 and OS 9 sucked, but they're not the standard anymore; try OS X (Panther's coming out two Fridays from now), and I think you'll li... well, it'll suck less.
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