Well, if you're a fan of the macs, Apple has the white Macbook for $999 (or $949 with student ID). It's not the fancy aluminum model ones, but it's still a sturdy, light machine.
yes, i AM a fan of the mac. but i'd still have to buy the window's pretender for mac so that i can run a couple gadgets. sigh.
i really would prefer to get another mac, but its cheaper to get a PC, and that's what my budget would prefer... damn money, source of much evil and unhappyness.
As of a couple years ago, Macs switched away from the PowerPC CPU to the x86/x86_64 CPUs used in PCs. What does this mean? Any new Mac can also dual-boot into Windows using Boot Camp (http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/bootcamp.html). You can transfer the cd-key from your old, dead computer over to the Windows partition of your Mac and use it there, saving you the trouble of buying a new copy (as long as it's Windows XP non-mediacenter or Windows Vista).
Alternatively, there are also several virtualization products available for the Intel Macs that can run Windows in a virtual machine. A very good and also free product is called VirtualBox (http://www.virtualbox.org/). These allow you to run Windows side-by-side with your Mac, but the catch is that if you need 3D acceleration (for CAD, gaming, etc.) you're better off taking the Boot Camp approach above.
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i really would prefer to get another mac, but its cheaper to get a PC, and that's what my budget would prefer... damn money, source of much evil and unhappyness.
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Alternatively, there are also several virtualization products available for the Intel Macs that can run Windows in a virtual machine. A very good and also free product is called VirtualBox (http://www.virtualbox.org/). These allow you to run Windows side-by-side with your Mac, but the catch is that if you need 3D acceleration (for CAD, gaming, etc.) you're better off taking the Boot Camp approach above.
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