Pre purchase - convert - many questions - what is right for me?!

HI,
I am considering a Mac. I'm not sure if I want iMac or MacBook.
I work from a laptop now- 17 in - I am a webdesigner by hobby and trade.
I have a movable workstation, and I think the iMac is not so bulky that I can utilize it's power, is it top heavy/balanced the larger the screen size?
Next question Programs: I use MS Web Expressions will it work on a Mac?
How hard will it be to move all my programs from windows to the Mac or will I need to repurchase these programs?
I use Paint Shop x3 and Adobe PDF full version (not the design collection)
also MS 2007 Office Professional.
I am MS Office certified in most of the applications, will I need to re-certify for the Mac version (depending on the previous question)?
Thanks in advance for all your help. Is it OK to ask more question if they come up in this thread?
Holly Lewis - aka AlaskaLife

Welcome to Apple Support Discussions.
The choice between a MacBook and iMac really has one thing to consider, how important is portability to you. There is no doubt the iMac is the best value however if you need portability then you should invest in a MacBook Pro and external monitor so you can have the best of both worlds.
As far as your applications you need to investigate yourself and see if your applications have OS X equivalents. I would recommend contacting Adobe and asking if you can convert your PDF Pro license to an OS X license. As for MS Office, Microsoft has OS X versions which you can purchase. They just released MS Office 2011 Student/Teacher edition and MS Office Professional 2011. I believe Professional is about $149 from Amazon.
If for some reason you want don't to go to the expense of converting your software library at once you can run them on your Mac using either Boot Camp, Parallels, VM Ware Fusion. This could be a temporary solution until you can afford to fully convert your library.
Roger

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