Well… This post will come out in English as it refers to a new phase in my life where English will have a prominent part of it!

As I’m getting ready to move on with my life, moving abroad gets in the way! (in a good way!) For that reason, I’m considering selling my current desktop PC (a close to 2-year old high-end machine) and buying a new computer in my new location. Now, a big dilemma pops in: being a long-last Apple fan and a computer enthusiast at the same time generates this mixed feelings on what to pick as my next workstation (that includes personal stuff too: entertainment, leisure, etc…):

1. Having fallen in love with Macs by using them for Audio/Music production a while ago (basically, OS9 - and then OSX - with ProTools LE on a Digi001, running on a dual 450Mhz G4), I have since then used them in various usages, choosing OSX to be my OS of preference, as to interface and stability.

2. I’ve been an Open Source/Linux geeks for a while. Since ‘99, when a Portuguese magazine distributed a RedHat 5.2 CD with it’s monthly issue, I’ve gone through tries and trials, learning ins and outs of the system. I have since then, become a huge fan of Gentoo, although I also enjoy Debian, and recommend Ubuntu for newcomers.

3. I’m a hardware/overclock enthusiast… And I love building, tweaking and juicing up my systems. At the same time, I hate burning DVDs/CDs with crap… I rather keep in my disks. So I have a big storage array… (I’ve done the math… it’s not that much more expensive to keep things on disks than on DVDs… I don’t use cheap DVDs as they tend to loose whatever I put on them, so, if buying some decent branded DVDs - I pick Memorex usually - it’s not that much cheaper than just buying internal SATA disks…). And I love the ability to just switch a video card if I can; add more disks; add more whatever…

4. I’m an internet/computer freak. I *LOOVE* the ability to read my feeds, check my mail, watch a TV episode, etc… when I’m in line waiting for something,when I’m on vacation, etc… While I do have 5g 80Gb video iPod, I’ve noticed I don’t watch video on it as I enjoy some HD-loving… So I could use a good, big laptop screen! And while I’ll buy a new cellphone and seek a decent internet plan, there are just things you can’t do, or feel good doing, on a cellphone…

SOOOOO… I’m here to humbly ask your opinions on one of these two options:

A. Switch… And get a Macbook Pro… And maybe a 22” screen later on, for desktop use. (still don’t know whether the 15” or the 17” high resolution MBP… :S) PS: I’d run OSX & WinXP (gaming) on it… maybe third-boot to Linux…

B. Stick to the desktop PC’s. And get a high-end PC… customized, custom built, blistering power, amazing graphics… and run Windows and Linux on it! But lose the mobility aspect…

PLEAASEEE help… :/