Originally Posted by Young

Buy a Mac. If you absolutely need Windows XP just install Parallels. Parallels is fucking amazing and runs Windows programs transparently.

After a 6 month old HP DV Laptop crapped out on me I went with a Core 2 Duo Macbook Pro and have not looked back. This thing is fucking amazing.

And for the record the only thing that I am missing on OS X is being able to test in Internet Explorer. Otherwise I have no reason for an XP install.