MAC OS X V.S WINDOWS VISTA

I JUST BROUGHT AN MPC 2500 AND I HAVE $700 TO SPEND ON A LAPTOP I WANT TO KNOW WHAT WOULD BE THE BETTER OPERATING SYSTEM FOR ME TO USE FOR MY MPC

PEOPLE KEEP TELLING ME THAT MAC WOULD BE BETTER TO USE BECAUSE IT RUNS SMOTHER AND ITS MORE RELIABLE

WELL THESE ARE THE 2 I HAVE TO CHOOSE FROM

THE MAC..... $700 (its used but in good condition my friend is selling it)

this is a similar one f/s on ebay with a ram upgrade http://cgi.ebay.com/Apple-1-33-G4-14-iB ... dZViewItem

iBook
G4
1.33 GHz
512 MB
60 GB hard drive (I AM NOT REALLY WORRIED ABOUT THE H.D BECAUSE I HAVE AN 250GB EXTERNAL H.D)

WITH THE MAC WOULD I HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT LOOKING FOR PROGRAMS FOR THE MAC ? OR DOES MOST OF THE WINDOWS PROGRAMS COME IN MAC FORM ?

Toshiba Satellite Notebook BRAND NEW $599 + TAX (AROUND $650 AFTER TAX)
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp ... 2881381600

Pentium® Dual-Core mobile processor
1.73GHz
1GB (RAM)
120GB HARD DRIVE

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO KNOW WHICH OPERATING SYSTEM IS BETTER FOR MUSIC AND WHY

-MIKE

im not familiar with mac but a lot of software might not be compatible with vista yet.

does anybody have any more input ?

Winblows sux.

And Vista, ugh. Try dropping something like "Vista problems" into a search engine. Prepare to be flooded with love of Microsoft (or maybe not).

so it looks like mac would be the way to go

MAC!

been using a mac for years. never missed a pc for a minute. get the mac. you will love it. The one you're looking at is the same one I'm currently using. Not all the pc programs are available but there.s always an equivilent (or better) available. Lots of good freewaare / shareware. not as much as pc, but plenty. The mpc 2500 CF is easily recognized too. no problems there.