I too went over to the dark side because of my job. I took my recent unemployment, and the lightning strike that fried my HP Laptop as a sign, and went back to my old PowerMac 7300 again. With OS9.1 its very stable, runs all the USB toys and with 256MB of RAM can run MS Office 2000 with ease. I had also heard that the latest versions of Virtual PC are pretty sweet, thus opening up the software side a goodly bit. For the CD driven, graphic heavy, maintenance or operational manuals (like Boeings) out there today, Macs are the business.