I've been to the City Museum several times, and it is an incredible place. They have an aquarium, a pipe organ, caves, a circus school, a ten-story slide, a bank vault door, and a hall of insects, and that's just scratching the surface. Here is a collection of pictures I took: http://gcanyon.posterous.com/st-louis-is-amazing and a few more: http://gcanyon.posterous.com/more-pictures-from-the-city-museum-in-st-loui

It's definitely true that this place leans more towards fun than safe: if you don't have bruises, you haven't seen the museum. But common sense will keep you from most harm, a

Well, in your original post you said, "The reason the Dell came out so expensive for the reviewer, is that he insisted that the Dell have the exact same specs as the mac." So I would argue the same point here: does the Mac _have_ to have an Intel chip? Does it _need_ 2GB of RAM? etc., etc.

If, as you said originally, all you need is, "an [sic] capable business machine," then a used iBook likely fits the bill.

Easy to upgrade? Depends -- a five-year-old Mac has a better shot at running Tiger than a five-year-old Dell has of running Vista. Memory is generally not too hard. Hard drives are more difficult, so you have to consider that.

Obviously a used iBook isn't what you're looking for. My original point wasn't that you should go out and get one. It was simply that if you're looking for a $600 Mac laptop, that's your option.

I'm done now.