Should I buy a Mac or a PC?

[Tristan Lall]

Originally Posted by Wiz

And it most often runs faster on a Mac.

Stop and think about what you're saying. Current Macs use essentially the same hardware, and certainly the same (Intel) processors and memory as any other PC. There's no logical reason why they would be any different. On an equal-specification basis, they're identical. (Of course, on an equal-cost basis, Macs are somewhat less successful when measuring raw performance, because of their higher markup and greater emphasis on features that don't directly translate into computational power.)

Originally Posted by Wiz

BTW: NI is not supporting anything above XP for this year's FRC.

If that's officially true, it's unfortunate. (Got a link to their statement?) XP is almost nine years old, and two (arguably 1.5) major versions behind. Vista was available for them to evaluate as a release candidate in 2006, and unquestionably mature and stable by SP2, in early 2009.