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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Arravis" data-source="post: 6119605" data-attributes="member: 327">A couple of questions for you Lex.1) Have you used a OSX macintosh for more than a few hours?2) Do you drive a race-car? Perhaps a vehicle stripped of AC, Radio, etc?3) Have you ever used the Microsoft Suite on a OSX?I'm going to guess no.Some data about myself Lex. I build my own PCs for PC gaming (lots of Team Fortress, DayZ, Crusader Kings, etc), I've only ever owned PCs at home, I build a new one every few years. As you can imagine, I game quite a bit (and use my home PC to build my campaigns as well) and PCs are great for getting pure horsepower to do gaming, nice stuff. I also have only every used a Mac at my job, I've been in my industry for 20 years and I've only ever used macs for work in that time. So, I suspect, unlike you, I regularly (ie hours and hours every single day of my life) use both Macs and PCs. Your points, are completely off at their very essence, but I will assume your attitude is based on lack of exposure (self-imposed, I'm sure). I can't make any claims for Apple's products beyond Macs and OSX (no iphone, ipad, etc), but I can definitively tell you, for example, that the Microsoft suite of programs (word, excel, etc) crash WAY more often on the PC then on the Mac. Again, I'm using these programs for hours and hours on both PC and Mac (and on many different PCs and Macs).Lastly, I can also tell you that I don't drive a race car to work, that I enjoy my AC and my radio. My PC at home is a race-car, no niceties, no extras, a pure workhorse. If I want to rip video, if I want to make my own custom videos, if I want to do all kinds of things (and do them well that is), I have to go out and buy the programs. My Mac comes with all that stuff pre-installed, free to use. And overall, mac OSX has a general ease of use that Windows still lacks, unfortunately Yes, its more expensive to have the car with AC, radio, heated seats, gps built in, etc... yes, more expensive, but a lot nicer to drive.I love my PC and I love my Mac. It's all about the right tool for the right job. Perhaps the people at your work have chosen the wrong tool for the wrong job. If you try to repair your computer with a giant pipe wrench and it doesn't work; complaining about how pipe wrenches suck isn't a very smart thing to do.Anyway, to everyone else... thanks for all the advice guys, I really appreciate it. My general feeling is as well that a Windows 8 tablet would be the way to go, but the cost are quite high on those, so I'll have to wait a bit. Unfortunately there seems to be no D&D 4E "killer apps" out there for any system that is a must-have to help me lean the decision one way or another. Again, thanks for all the help!-Arravis</blockquote>

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