If your just doing this to see what a second OS is like or just to muck around or if your and amateur instead of playing with partions try installing the OSs on a flash drive or try Virtual PC
Id love to see some facts on you comment saying macs last longer i personally believe its in how the computer is maintained
secondly after having a quick look on a few online auction sites in my country and find there are bucket loads of old PC selling for $400-600
so you can basically...
1) Initial out of pocket costs
2) return investment
3) labor you need to put in yourself or pay for work done
4) resell value
5) down time
6) features and benefits
whats this got to do with saying macs are better?
whats this cost of ownership you keep raving on about i have 4 computers running right now and since building them have not cost me a cent more then that price?
your comparison is good but only show one small sliver of the market place if you go to cheaper desktop or more expensive ones you will find that PC are alot better price wise
you guys are actually still debating this.....?
first off you need to be specific on what your comparing
If you say PC are you meaning windows comp or linux etc
are we including Components or just OS
what need to be listed is pro/con of each system
Mac
Pros
Looks good...
thats been a well known fact for ages
Windows XP will remain in what Microsoft calls "mainstream support" to April 14, 2009, and continue in "extended support" though April 8, 2014,