mac laptop

[Cityscape]

If your objective as stated is to only learn your way around the Apple O/S then i don't see why you need to go where the big bucks will be necessary. There are many Apple desktop models that can be purchased very inexpensively. I have 4 in the house all with OSX (leopard) and i did not pay more than $100.00 for any of them--in fact one was a G4 at $2.00.truenorth

You now have me very interested. Where did you get these, ebay?

[truenorth]

One was from a Compusa store in Atlanta (it was their training tool for store staff) and they closed that store. That was the one that was $100.00. All others came from garage sales or church sales. All work. truenorth

[P_90]

Ok, if your looking to get mac os, ONLY...then you can use a program called virtualbox...if your looking into buying  mac..i wouldnt go with a pc with just the OS on it...i would deffinatly recomend a macbook...if you prefer it new then yes you will be looking at 1000+ however look on ebay or your local craigslist.