That I don't know, about the is it this sort of website for the material, since I've been a part of it for like 2 hours. But I can understand about needing the equipment. I have two Macs, which I love and use for different purposes (every day versus graphics), but I had to buy a Windows computer for school since I'll be taking classes that I'll need one. (I was not pleased, even if was a cheap laptop, cause dude, money don't grow on backyard trees.) And Macs are so damn expensive.