“Hard working lap top with plenty of power to spare.”
I have been using my Apple MacBook Pro for over 1.5 years and kept me organized, managed thousands of pictures, even runs VISTA with no problems. I find that the Mac side of operating systems runs smoother and is far more organzied the VISTA system.
Mac programs are easy to use interface well with each other and Office for Mac is far better then Office for PC. Mac's version of Office has more features and easyer to use. Office is a essential tool and Mac version wins out for me. I have been a user of Office for years and still love Office for Mac the best.
So if you want a rock solid laptop that's powerful and workhorse the MacBook Pro is for you each version gets better and lower in cost.
MacBook Pro is worth extra cost over PC notebooks.