Looking at computer options

[nick crisp]

I did recently have a wee look at getting a new PC, and compared PC prices with a MAC, well lets just say make sure you are sitting down when you check the mac price.
Anyway I'm trying to put it off as long as poss.  Getting any new machine running the way you want it is a pain in the butt.

Yeah, the iMac is expensive, but it seems to do the things I want to do rather well - or, in a way I like.

I am aware that every system will have it's advantages and disadvantages, but due to the above, the Mac seems good to me. I'm not the kind of person to want to do regular upgrades, just want something to last me a few years, or a lifetime if that were possible (but I'm not that naïve  :rolleyes ).

I really am keen on getting something that takes up a lot less space than my current desktop, and like the idea of having just the one thing that I can use anywhere in the house. Plugging it in is not going to be a problem, and with a 12 hour battery life, that's even more so.