Almost 3 years ago I returned the laptop I got as a graduation gift and my Dad spotted me the rest to get a Macbook pro (2.4GHz Intel Core Duo). When I first got it I absolutely hated it and just gave it to my dad to use. I used my PC till it broke down and had to get the Mac back for school. about a year and a half ago. Since then I have dropped it 3 times, and once it feel out of my Jeep while it was on and only got a dent in the corner. There have been several instances where people have spilled beer on it at partys as well. Never once has this thing given me any sort of trouble. In fact I can run windows off it and it runs faster than my PC.
Why I hated it at first was because I didn't know the operating system at all and it just pissed me off. I fucking love this thing. Its still fast as hell especially on start, I don't have to worry about viruses, It has all the digital media programs I need for school (and they have been proven to run a lot smoother on a mac), all in all it is just a great machine.
So for all you heavy gamers out there, of course I would say go built a PC. But, for anyone looking for a PC to surf the web and do pretty much all media in a much better, more reliable and faster way, I hands down will recommend a Mac. Don't knock till you have TRIED it (and tried it thoroughly). That is all...