Yes, I would love a 15in powerbook with the 128mb ati video card instead. But the $1000.00 price difference is a bit daunting!

Thanks for the info. I figured that OSX would be a big hog, but since I have no experience (or next to none) I was not sure.

Who would you recommend getting RAM from?

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