DMC , only you could manage to get a MAC and OS-X to crash . Leon I would be more than happy to point you in the right direcion for software . Check out www.apple.com for all the specs and see if any machine in particular makes you happy . Also you can check out www.apple-history.com for a look at slighty older macs . I can certainly understand already having alot of software . If you lived closer to me I would hook you up in software but I know some places where you can look . Go to a store also and check out both and really play around them too .