Delphi7 rulezz )
However i also like Lazarus and FPC and of course use them because they are CrossPlatform and OpenSource and FPC is sometime even better than Delphi, there is nothing you can't do with FPC, just some things are different.

If you go for Delphi, get Delphi7 you'll love it
You might also like Lazarus+FPC.