Mac Compatibility?

I'm thinking of purchasing a powerbook, am wondering, since apple does its own java sdk and runtime. Can my java app that will be compiled in mac be compatible with sun's java in windows/linux/solaris

Yes.
There are the same versioning issues that are always present, regardless of platform--you can't run a 1.5 class on a 1.4 VM. But otherwise, the classes are platform-agnostic.
You do have to make sure you don't put in a lot of platform-specific stuff, like hardcoding pathnames or external executables, and, though I don't do GUIs, my understanding is that that's one area where it's a little easier to create something that won't work as well on other platforms.
For the most part though, compatibility just comes for free.

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