@Neofree
I wouldn't ever buy a Mac with the OS9 {bleep}. Now, with OSX, it's a totally different story, I'm gonna buy one soon. Two button mice ARE supported, there's extensive configuration (even if some is using the console, a world's first for a Mac;-) and the system **IS** fast. BTW, about graphics people, they have a very simple reason. Macs just work. They need nothing else. Another reason is that there are global Gamma and colour calibration settings, something NOT available in win. For musicians and sound people, OSX features the *BEST* sound system on ANY platform. Not to mention the Graphics Core on 10.4... Everyone was talking about using the GPU for pixel accurate image manipulation, Apple goes on to implement it.
And no, Linux does *NOT* cut it for musicians and gfx artists. I'm on linux right now, there's no good program for multitrack stuff and ALSA is seriously {bleep}ed.
