I've been lurking here for months and today I finally did it. I got the 20 in. imac basemodel to replace my 6 yr old Dell. While I had been hoping for a better black friday deal, my edu discount still sufficed on its own. I also grabbed .mac, applecare, and plan to get OWC ram soon to bump up the memory - thanks to hearing all the recommendations on this board. Anyway, just thought I share and I am excited to crossover from windows and not look back.
-eddy
-eddy