MacBook & Windows applications question..

Hello,
I have been a PC user all of my life but I am very seriously considering purchasing a MacBook 13 inch. I will mostly be using the laptop for MS Office and for web browsing, and I know that Office is available for Macs nowadays. However, there are one or two applications I will need to use.
My question, and I am sure you all have heard this many times before: What exactly do I need to purchase/download to do this? I had read that most people use something called Virtual PC, but have read that that program does not work with the Intel Macs...the new Touche commercial though says something about a program called Parallels? I haven't been able to find much info on that though...
My understanding is that I would have to purchase both Windows XP AND Parallels...
1) Is this correct?
2) Where do I find Parallels / cost?
3) Does this work on the Intel MacBook 13 inch laptops?
4) Will just about any Windows application work assuming the specs matchup?
Thanks for any help anyone can give me!!
-T

I have always been a PC user, too, and I have now had my 13"macbook for six days. In addition, I am absolutely no techie, just an average user. I chose parallels after trying boot camp because 1) I can switch back and forth without shutting down; and 2) in parallels I can set up a 2-finger tap right click which is similar to what I'm used to, while in boot camp I had to remember some fancy sequence thing.
It's been absolutely great, I'm thrilled to death with my switch, but it has been far from problem-free and I have even occasionally reached the point where I wanted to fling the macbook from the balcony. But I restrained myself, and after 6 days of 12-hour a day frustration learning a new system, I think I absolutely have the best of both worlds. Already, I'm spending more time on the mac side, with only a few programs left exclusively on the windows side, and I love this machine more than any VAIO I've owned before.
I would say DEFINITELY do it, but remember that you're a bleeding edge pioneer here, especially if you intend to continue to spend time in windows, which most mac users disdain, and it may take a bit of time and patience before everything works the way you want it to. But when it does -- it's quite a rush!!
In conclusion, do it, decide if you want to use boot camp or parallels to run your windows from (there's plenty of discussion of this on the internet), then steel yourself to learn mac OS, and retreat into your windows when it gets too difficult. If you enjoy a challenge, you like to learn new things, and you want a computer that can do what no other can do, you will love this. If you just want something to work seamlessly in the way you are used to doing, then why are you even considering a mac?

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