yea, hooper is quite the mac convert, our whole office is 100% mac. network and everything. there are a couple of windows laptops around there. but we get in trouble for using them.
i had never used a modern mac untill i started using my new one at work. and it has its quarks. but it is unix based, has a lot of really cool software, most of which is open source. but if your a a big windows person, you better make sure you get a 2 button mouse. because the one button will fuck with you for months. all in all i like my mac a lot, and will probably be getting one for home, as my next computer purchase. its a hard transfer at first but if you just stick to it and make it work for you it will. the security is astounding and the ease of use takes some getting used to because it is soooo easy to use. and there are a lot of cool unix features built in, perl/php/sql/apache. which you CAN install on windows desktop if you want buggy bullshit. anyways i give the mac
i recently met an inside sales rep from mac. maybe should talk to him about xServe's.
final cut pro for mac is what all my friends used to use to cut thier snowboardin and bmx videos they used to produce. so its the shit from what i hear.