new laptop -- i need recs

[devohoneybee]

My thinkpad is starting to make "I'm old and creaky" noises, so I'm thinking it may be time for a new one. Also, my service agreement runs out in September. Several people have suggested getting a Mac, for, among other reasons, Vista avoidance. Here's my questions

-- If you were buying a new laptop now, what would you get?

For the Mac users, how hard is it to switch between Macs and pcs (which I would continue to use at work)?

Thanks in advance!

Comments

[guyindkny.livejournal.com]

For what it's worth, I will be getting a new MacBook in a couple of months. I've seen them--they're shiny! They've got built-in webcams and everything. My old iBook has lasted me over six years, and the baby is durable! The new MacBooks also have the Intel processors, which means that if you absolutely insist, you can run Winblows on them. But if you run Micro$oft Office for work stuff, the Macs run Office for OSX like a dream. I've worked on Office files from home, put them on a USB stick and taken them back to my office to work on them there--no problems at all.

[devohoneybee.livejournal.com]

ooh, that does sound good -- i can probably wait a few months on this, too. thanks for the input!