Yeah, if you like constant crashing, multiple programs to get things done, etc..
Argh.
Here are things I NEVER want to hear again because they are NOT true.
Windows crashes constantly.
Artists have to use Macs.
People seem to forget OS 7.5.3, the end of OS 9, and how crap OS X was until at least 10.1 and really a little bit longer than that. Windows 2000, XP and 7 are all solid operating systems, and Vista was not a total failure, just a half baked mess which M$ should get some credit for abandoning and getting a decent Windows 7 out as soon as they could.
Artists have been drifting to PC since Windows 2000.
FCP and Studio Max are really the only platform dependent things people have to worry about.
My last Mac Pro was a dual 2.0 G5. Until Apple gets their hardware together, which it does not look likely to happen, I think I see myself limited to Apple laptops. I tried so hard to buy an '09 and could just not let myself pull the trigger on one, and I can usually trick myself into a purchase.
The real clue to Apple's commitment to the pro Market is what they do with FCP Studio. It needs a rewrite badly. Compressor is just TRASH. They bought Shake, but really, they've had so much focus on iThis and iThat that their resources are just not dedicated to the pro market. Where is Quicktime 64-bit? Think about it - recently they pulled resources to make an iPhone OS and an iPad OS. No such innovation in the pro space. Apple needs to come out and declare 2010 the year of the pro, just like they did with laptops a few years ago, but it's not likely to happen. They've gone Sony on us.
I guess that's why I'm running CS4 Production Premium on a home built bucket of bolts and not a Mac Pro - without regret.