Next time you look for a computer get a PC. Macs are obnoxiously incompatible with almost everything that isn't produced by Apple, quit buying into their advertisements. Everything Apple has a cheaper, more reliable, more powerful, more compatible, sleeker counter-part iMac = any PC, iPod = any mp3 player, iPad = any Android Tablet.
There are generally two types of people who buy Macs:
1) People who say that it's a better tool for artistically driven people (or that its more user friendly)
2) People who don't know much about computers and buy into Apple products because they advertise like crazy
Here are my responses to those general types of people:
1) Photoshop was created for the PC. I am a Graphic Designer. My first computer was a Mac, I switched to PC because I found the User Interface to be more intuitive and the Windows OS is better programed to use its hardware more efficiently so it is able to run not only artistic programs like After Effects, Photoshop, and Maya better but is able to run every program much faster and smoother than Macs.
2)Educate yourselves please. Macs are very limited in what programs they can run. PCs can run everything a Mac can and more (with exception to Final Cut Pro [developed by Apple] but even that has several substitutes). Macs give you way less processing power for your dollar than PCs do. The cheapest iPad is about the same price as the most expensive Android tablets. And the Android tablets have dual-core processors and more RAM (means you can have many apps running at the same time and everything will still run faster than an iPad), Android can play flash games/videos and the iOS cannot... Come on guys really? Thats a HUGE compatibility issue right there! Do you know how many great websites use Flash? Tons. All the best ones.
I could go on and on about how Macs are terrible but in the end, i don't care how you choose to waste your money