John Rumm wrote:

Either way, the point stands that buying any mac for the sole purpose of
getting out of the box PDF generation capability is not financially
sound option unless you particularly want a mac.

I don't think anyone suggested that one does that. However the fact
still stands that Mac OS is the more capable one in this respect.

Oh, and of course that when PC weenies go on about Macs being expensive
the expensive is over-exaggerated.

Now, if I wanted a crap Mac with the facilities of OSX, I could get one
off eBay for £100. You'd still be looking at the thick end of twice that
for Acrobat.