I have used both Macs and PC and have also taken both types apart. When Macs were using Motorola chips, you could say that there was a difference. These days, Macs use Intel chips and all the other crap that is stuffed into them, are the same commodities that anyone else uses. Of course, there are different grades of hard drives and memory chips, bla bla bla... What makes a Mac stand out is one, it's operating system and two, the design/engineering. Inside a Mac, everyhting is so neat and tight - this is more noticeable in the MacPro's. When you open up a windows tower, it's not as appealing to look at. There was a company - Psystar- who put the Mac OS on "whiteboxes". Ran just like a Mac, but the "box" did not look like a Mac. Goes to show you what good engineering and mass marketing costs. In regards to Adobe, their products are second to none. But dealing with them on a corporate level is HELL!