Why spend more recreating Linux on Apple hardware? (Score 1)

I've considered buying Apple hardware a couple of times. I am a 99% Linux user. Most of what I do with my comp is browsing and writing/tweaking software (mucking with squid, iptables etc etc). I realized that even if I bought Apple hardware (say an ibook for compactness), I would then end up recreating the Linux/x86 environment.

I would end up spending more than on an equivalent x86 solution for the same results.