Best Computer for Photoshop CS5

I really do not know a lot about computers, anyone out there can tell me the specifics I need to know when purchasing a new computer?

Reynolds (Mark) wrote:
 With Windows 7, its possible now to imagine... 
Imagining is all that you can do because you do not use Windows and can never make any sort of intelligent comparison.
Why are you now backpedaling on your previous criticism of Apple? These comments do not seem like you really trust them.
Reynolds (Mark) wrote:
...Snow Leopard seems to have a whole lot of problems...every day I try and use this damn new re-coded Operating System something new pisses me off. 
I've no idea what in the hell they are doing at Apple to have released something so obviously incomplete. 
Mark is certainly a fine advocate of Apple. 
Which 'honest recommendation' from Mark are we supposed to trust?
Reynolds (Mark) wrote:
With Windows 7, its possible now to imagine that a few years down the the line, there may indeed be a more equal playing field.
Is the reason why you want to look a few years down the line because you expect Apple to patch their 'damn new re-coded Operating System' (as you put it)? Snow Leopard was released 2 months prior to Windows 7 so it seems like they are already on an equal playing field. You can compare right now unless your Mac is too bonked to work right.
(I'm no platform bigot - - - I just like making fun of those that are too nearsighted.)

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