Mac and Windows Vista

Hi
I have a mac mini with OSX 10.4.8.
I am looking forward to buy a laptop with windows vista.
The reason why I am interested in buying a windows based laptop is because my work environment is windows and windows based laptops are cheaper.
Could you enlighten me about compatiblity of these two OS in the form of file sharing, syncronisation, communication via blue tooth, wireless and network between them. Is there any specific features I should look for in the hardware.
Thanks
C. Badrakumar

Try reading this for file sharing.
http://chris.pirillo.com/2007/03/07/file-sharing-from-windows-vista-to-os-x/
I know alot of people are having problems with getting Vista nd OS X to work, XP had relatively few problems. Hopefully Leopard fixes this.

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