I've responded on several posts, but I wanna make this official..

So its time to come out of the closet... I have bought my first Apple Computer. I am currently posting this from my new iMac. I just spent the evening wall mounting the beast. Getting those two side bolts in on the VESA adapter was a pain, but based on previous posts, I cleared that hurdle. I will post pics once I get the wiring neatly configured.
After playing with it on and off for 3 days, I am quite impressed.. Impressed to the point that I shouldn't have waited. I've been a PC owner for over 20 years.. I always snickered at my friends that first got the original Mac, then I snickered at the folks that got their IIc etc. I got into OS/2, Windows, and then Linux. It was all a blast... but getting OS X Leopard just amazes me. The one thing that surprised me was that "Spaces" was a new feature in Leopard.. Having used various forms of Unix/Linux, I "assumed" it was out of the box in Tiger.
For what I do, I do not see any screen issues, nor have I experienced any hangs. I am, however, not going out of my way to force it.
I do have alot to learn.. Or rather unlearn what I have learned. I mean, I could do what I want to do, but requires significant thinking. Also, it didn't help when I looked at the shortcut symbols and had no idea how to execute them (besides the command key/ the symbol is on the keyboard). I mean the option key.. I had no idea what the "symbol" was...
The only other thing I miss (I got both the wireless keyboard and mouse), is a "home" and "end" key.. Didn't realize how much I use those in the Windows world, but yes, I am aware it does not have a numeric keypad, and honestly, I am glad it doesn't.. But then thats me, and just my $0.02.
Thanks to everyone for sharing their wealth of information!!

Welcome. One of my buddies had an old Apple 520c notebook, many years ago. He then bought Winblows cr@p for many years, because that's what the "smart" people at work did. Monkey see, monkey do. He then got to borrow an iBook from his workplace, and was ENLIGHTENED by how much sense Mac OS makes, and it's simplicity. He now has a new MacBook Pro! He now brags about Macs. DUH, been there, done that!!!

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