Actually you would pay much more than $500 for a decent Mac system. I would consider sending you my Mac when I upgrade only I don't have a Mac. I still have PCs running XP. Never had to reload it either. But when I do upgrade, I'm thinking seriously about getting a Mac. I was in the Apple store buying iPod stuff when I saw this incredible Mac system. Looked like a tank and had a huge monitor. It was about $3,000.