I think Macs are targeted towards art/design professions, and casual home users. I think they're great for those audiences, but unless you fall into one of thos

I think Macs are targeted towards art/design professions, and casual home users. I think they're great for those audiences, but unless you fall into one of those categories, I think Ubuntu is the right choice. It's very stable, lightning fast, has a ton of great software, and it's free (comes on cheaper, more versatile hardware, too).