Macs are still a little expensive for me … although saying that, if expensive stuff lasts longer, then it can turn out cheaper because you’ve only bought 1 good thing instead of 3 bad ones.
I’m going to have to check out Linux again 🙂 Not really looked at it since shoe horning one of the early dists on to a 4Mb K5. And I just happen to have the carcass of my old PC lying idle …