Well, back ON topic... I just bought my new laptop this past Wednesday!! It's soooo purty. If I'm not carrying a whole bunch of stuff, it's not even so heavy to carry in my backpack. Wheeeee!!!! I decided to go with only the 1G RAM chip, because there are two slots, and the 2G chips are super expensive right now, so if I want to upgrade later (say, when the chips are cheaper), I'll just get a 2G later and not have to throw out a 1G chip that would be in there if I bought the 2G RAM version now.
... Does that make sense?
Hm.
Anyway, I have been loving having my own space and materials. I even got a free printer (HP3180, prints, scans, copies, and will print from photo cards). Not that we needed it, nor do I think this thing is top quality, but it was free, thus all I needed.
As for your debate on which is better... frankly, I just don't care. I like the Apple OS better based on the lack of viruses, the super customer support, and the very pretty, very simple user interface. I can manage a Windows system with the best of them (user only, no technogeek stuff here), but I enjoy using the Mac a whole lot more for completely illogical and unnecessary reasons. So there.