Instead you just have to do what is important. You can't eliminate timewasting habits one by one, there are too much potential timewasters. I'd say people in general have an easier time keeping fun and productivity separate if those happen on separate computers. You consider it a plus to have less game titles available, because that means less time spent in gaming. How can you *not* have space for a Shuttle chassis and a DVI/USB switch box? OTOH if your power is truly not enough for running two computers, you can just sleep the Powermac before waking the PC and vice versa. There are no administration worries on a gaming PC since HD contents are disposable. You get 10x more choice in game titles, and if you buy your software vs pirating it, they will be half the price. Even if you'd have to upgrade it (you don't say how fast/new your PC is), the upgrade price is probably offset by not having to get the graphics card upgrade to the Powermac. Gaming is so much better on the PC, I don't understand why you want to do things the hard way. I don't really have the room for more than one computer due to power issues and the dimensions of this cell I am in. If the Mac is a good system then the Shuttle will go and I will consolidate my computing on OS X. I hope 'The Longest Journey' will work on Virtual PC 7. The fact that there are less game titles on the Mac is a good thing for me as it means I can probably finish a game before a new one arrives. My main reasons for getting a Mac are i) break free from Windows and ii) to learn Cocoa/Java development. I've got Doom 3 and many others sitting here which I haven't got round to playing yet. Many moons ago I used to play games every day but lately I don't have the time. I've already got a Shuttle gaming rig but I am looking at moving AWAY from PCs, chaps! Gaming is not my main activity - it's something I enjoy a few hours a week.

Yeah, spending $3000 on a DualG5 to play games on seems like a horrendous waste of money.

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