Damien

look up the speed tests the 1.8 powerpc wipes the floor with higher 64 bit processors.

You can find the apple tests at their site or go around inderpendent hardware sites.

£1556 is including VAT

And why dont you actually try using MAC OSX before you blast it, it may not have a wide range of software but with the inbuilt componants of mac osx you dont need it

I can edit movies, make dvd menus and burn a dvd, buy and burn music, surf the net with a effective firewall and no fear of viruses, store photographs in a computer album that allows serchs, slideshows etc etc, of course i can voice chat as all powerbooks come with inbulit mic, sync my contacts with my phone, use a far superior email client to the IE one, oh calender, pdfs read with any programs, quicktime is great, I can play dvds without additonal software