I use to be a die hard pc fan, but after using a mac for the past year or so, I must say that it is a little workhorse. It's slower than it's pc counterpart and will have a smaller screen, but it has never crashed on me.

If you are pc profficient, go with the pc. You can find all the cracked apps you want on torrents, and it'll be beefier. But on the downside, you'll have to partition your drives to house your data on one side, and your os on the other. Then every month or so you'll have to reformat and reinstall your os. Not that big of a deal, but those moments when you need to fix your computer can come at the most inoportune moments.

I'd say get a cheap mac on craigslist and spend the rest on booze, but that's just me.