PC problems........i think im ready to switch to MAC

hi people. my first time here.
i make music. i have a windows xp. i have encountered 3 years of problems, with music apps, midi, audio syncing, crashing, parts dieing, you name it. well, the latest thing = i bought m-audio fast track pro audio interface cause i wanna learn pro tools. well, pc keeps freezing. ive had enough.
so i wanna buy a mac now. cause i know the general opinion is 'mac is better for music' etc. and ive used one too. i think its true.
i think i wanna get a laptop first, cause i may be moving to america in near futre. eventually desktop is the way to go, i know, laptop is more portable and i can take it with me. rather than getting desktop shipped over!
the main thing i wanna do is use pro tools m-powered on the mac. i realy wanna learn pro tools. so its not gonna be a gigantic studio set up, small, simple, trim. so i will be using the fast track pro usb audio interface.
what do you guys think? what kind of spec? is laptop good choice for me?
what do i need? in terms of specs? i mean, i need multiple usb ports, (my PC only allows one usb device at a time!)
do latptops have more than one hard drive inside? or is there only space for one hard drive inside? and so i would have to get external drive too? i want at least 2 drives. one for apps and one for audio.
and i guess ill get logic too. as im running version 5.5 on the PC.
shall i get a second hand mac or brand new from apple??
if a mac starts playing up etc, do we have to go via apple stores to fix it?
expensive to repair and troubleshoot?
would a laptop be ok for music production? strong enough? like i will have a midi keyboard hooked up, guitar into audio interface too. i will only be doing stereo one track recording at a time.
it just dawned on me last night. when my pc started crashing. 'get a mac'. they wont have half the probs ive had with pc.
ok people. thanks for any thoughts.
cheers

hi, i think you'd do well moving to an new iMac (unless you want the extra portability you would get with a MacBook or MacBook Pro). I wouldn't be tempted to go down the cheaper route of a second hand mac, especially as an audio user - done that myself and you'll be wishing you'd held out for a new one (less performance etc).
I have an iMac G5 (previous generation) which I've used for live music gigs.
My purchase at the time, swayed between the iMac and a laptop mac, but the bigger screen and hard drive capacity + extra ports of the iMac, helped me decide.
Buying now, you'd be getting a great machine for producing music on.
Not sure why you need to split your apps from your audio - worried about audio concurrent track count? The iMac has plenty of ports, including firewire and USB, so attaching an external drive would be easy.
Regarding spare parts etc, I bought mine with an additional three year service plan on top of the one year guarantee, which didn't cost too much - which should help reduce your nerves in making the step over to a mac from a pc.
Some Specs & Prices:
iMac--> http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/shop_mac/family/imac?mco=MTE3MDM
MacBook --> http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/shop_mac/family/macbook?mco=MTE3MjA
MacBook Pro --> http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/shopmac/family/macbookpro?mco=MTE4NDY
all the best!
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