Mac V's Pc Options

I have been using a PC P3 800mhz with cubase SL and I am thinking about making the move to a Mac running logic.
I do not know much about the comparisons in the hardware but is this a better way to go than a new PC

Any thoughts would be helpful

[boze]

oh goodness...
::: folks who are on topic can skip this post as it doesn't relate to the posters original question :::

synthetic- it sounds like you took a bit of offense there, partner.

i'd appreciate it if you could refrain from personal attacks and criticisms. imagine that my comment was voiced in a softer tone, okay? please don't describe me with terms like 'ranting', 'raving' and 'bs'- that's not appropriate and it's not the kind of discussion forum you yourself want. casting doubt on my experience is similarly unnecessary- i've been using macs for audio since os8 but that doesn't relate to this thread. i spoke specifically to osx in my earlier comment because (although i know that lots of folks are still making entire careers in os9) i think it's too much to expect a new buyer to be expected to run anything other than osx for audio if he/she decides to purchase a new mac.

i'm not trying to suggest that you don't have meaningful advice. your first comment just sounded speculative since you didn't mention any specific or general experiences of any PCs in your life getting taken out by virus's. i was suggesting that speculative advice was less useful than experience and that a fear of virus's was kind of a vague thing to factor into a platform decision this early in the game for a newbie. i'm not dissing you or trying to disparage you as person- just saying that the 'no virus's' argument is pretty tangential imo. i meant no offense as i said immediately after that comment in my post. there were no personal attacks either before or after that comment and none were intended. everybody value's your contributions to this board, synthetic. lets keep it that way