Re: Apple Mac - what's that?
As they say: Fah-Git-Abah-Dit... The Mac-PC debate has gotten to be tiresome: Some folks like PCs and some like Macs... Some people like peaches; some like pears.
Personally, I prefer PCs, but I like peaches and pears! Oh! how alliterate!
As for the McXara thing, I say DO IT. Put a team together just for that purpose... and don't take any shortcuts... do it right; you'll get your money back within two years... and maybe, with the right marketing, within two months!
Having said that, let me say this: WAIT! Wait until you get the program completed. Admittedly Xtreme does a couple things better than other programs, but those other programs do alot of things Xara can't do. REALLY, you don't have the workspace ironed out yet, either. Get the program a little closer to perfect, keep focused on it until you do, then you can focus on making some McMoney... Until then, get it right for those of us you're nickel and dime-ing on the path to "almost there".
Re: Apple Mac - what's that?
PC all the way, a few years ago there was an argument that "professional" designers used mac's for various reasons and back then that was true not anymore though a talented designer will be equally talented on either machine end of.
I now see anything Apple do as purely a designer accessory such as armani this and gucci that if you want to pay double for a machine that will do nothing better than the comparible pc then who am I to stop you, just like if you want to pay double or even triple for a pair of sunglasses that have a tag its your money.............