Fran

I hear what you're saying. And the biggest reason I'm considering going to a Mac is the same reason George just stated...it's reliability.
At least twice a year I go through a MAJOR problem with my PC. I have a friend who builds his own computers and goes through the same thing.
Just before Christmas I had to reformat my hard drive and while doing that my other back drive, which was a mirror image of my C drive, got wiped out too. The reason...my motherboard. So just about everything I had got destroyed.
Now I'm not saying this can't happen on a Mac, but it's a known fact that their machines are more stable.
You're right about all the available programs for the PC and they are certainly much cheaper than a Mac. I know if I make the switch their will be allot of adjustments and the Mac is more expensive which is a consideration too.
I'm still in the thinking about it stage.

Peter