I actually like Snow Leopard and have played around with a version by Leo Hazard (
http://leohazard.com/) running under VMWare on a Windows PC. However, Ubuntu is just as nice. My biggest problem with Mac vs PC is summed up in this article from Intel:
In years past, PCs dominated the budget friendly market, with Macs ranging anywhere from $100 to $500 more than a comparable PC.
I have seen comparable Macs priced well over $500 more than Windows.
http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/...ig-debate.html