I'm going to treat myself to a new computer (desk top) which will be used pretty much exclusively for photography processing. I have never owned a Mac. I fact I have never even used one. I have always used PC's. I have heard on numerous occasions how good Macs are for working on graphics. So with that in mind here's the list of questions:

Are Macs really that much better?

Is it difficult to make the transition from PC to Mac

Given this computer will be used mainly for photography processing what would be your recommendations for both PC & Mac?

What is the optimum Monitor size & type?



All advice gratefully received.