Linux and all the other flavors of UNIX have their own problems. When moving a program from one system to another, you usually have to recompile the program. System management is far beyond the scope of the average home user, etc.

As to some points made above:

"I think bashing isn't nonsense."

Depends. Often bashing is done simply to start a flame war. Offering one's opinion in a civil manner can lead to an intelligent, informative debate.

"Apple sold more computers last month than any other computer company. Hardly something to ignore."

While that may be true, there were FAR more Windows systems sold than Mac systems last month. If Apple had opened their hardware to allow third parties to build compatible systems years ago, we might have been arguing from the opposite perspective :).

"I don’t think any Mac user feels that they are being repressed. Any Mac user can buy a copy of Pagemaker, Photoshop, MiniCad, Vellum, Excell, Word, Illustrator, and a list of a few hundred other titles so there is no need to feel repressed."

Considering that the PC user has a choice of those same "few hundred" titles (with a few exceptions perhaps) in addition to thousands of other titles, Mac users should certainly feel repressed. Factoring in the fact that many small handy packages, such as Pronto Edit and small shop packages are available only for the MS Windows platform would be especially frustrating.

"Watch a movie? If a computer is in a movie, chances are it's a Mac."

If you're referring to a computer being used to create animation and other special effects, it's more likely to be something like a Silicon Graphics workstation or other more specialized graphics terminal.

In any event, this discussion is completely irrelevant to the Pronto (aside from inquiring as to whether a Mac version of ProntoEdit will ever exist).

In my opinion the choice of a MS Windows system or a Mac comes down largely to personal choice. However, if you want the flexibility of running the software of your choice, the MS Windows system is (perhaps sadly) the obvious choice.