For what he needs a computer for he should get a mac. They are good for schoolwork and such. If you are a power gamer stick with windows xp.
Ya, I've had way to many problems with my xp... freezes up and its just a pain sometimes... i have a friend who has all macs and loves them, and everyone on this forum that has one seems to like them... so it seems reasonable to get one.
many free ware programs are mac compatible but i would not get one just for the fact that much out there isent u can get a good athlon or intel notebook just as good and compatible for the same price look around just dont buy dell or gateway or any of those others its pointless unlease it gets struck by lighting
Eeew no buy a dell they make awesome laptops, one of the best you can get and they have better battery life no matter what you do don't use a mac you iq will lower get a acer or a dell.
I would wait 6 months and get a yonah based processor in your laptop, the G4s and G5s cost a lot and you don't get much, but intel is to be making chips for apple now, so you should be able to get a lot more juice out of your system.
