Sorry to hear about the computer crashing. I hope they can salvage your data.

Add me to the Mac camp. I've been using them personally since 85'. At work, I use Windows and have used unix boxes.

IMHO, the iMacs are great machines for e-mail, pictures and other such simple tasks.

Here's a link to Apple/iMacs:
http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPL...78F7&nclm=iMac

Cheers