Not wishing to get in to the Mac v PC arguement, but in relation to the part about cost - I ran Logic on a Mac Mini with no problem (logic express that is - more features than I would ever need anyway!) - although it needs about 1G of RAM. That would only set you back about 500, cos you can use your old Monitor, Keyboard & Mouse - (I got Logic Express of some dogy geezer on Ebay for 20). You can use an external USB sound card. Plus great software comes as standard with a Mac - including Garageband, which is so easy to use, I had a demo made within a hour the first time I used it. PCs ,er, come with no (useful) software a far as I can remember.