Photo Editing Software for the Intel Mac

I've just gotten a Nikon D50 and am trying to figure out what software to purchase to use on my Intel Imac. Obviously something that runs natively would be ideal, but "good" performance would be enough. I'm just an amateur photographer looking to improve my pictures.
Aperture is pricey and has gotten mixed reviews. Nikon is coming out with new Capture software next month (NX I believe), but it doesn't look like it will run natively on the Intel Mac.
Photoshop Elements might be the ticket, though of course it won't run natively now. It will, I believe, allow for "spot" editing, something that the still-beta Lightroom won't do, and something I think I want to be able to do.
Should I consider Boot Camp and PSE for Windows? Would that be a better experience than running the Mac version on my Intel machine? Looks like there's better pricing on the Windows version (at least on Ebay) than the Mac version, but so far I have resisted Boot Camp...hoping to stay out of the Windows world as much as possible.
Is there something else I should be looking at?
I know I'm all over the map here...I'm kind of confused, and just want to get to work making some of these pictures look better. Thanks.

I've just gotten a Nikon D50 and am trying to figure
out what software to purchase to use on my Intel
Imac. Obviously something that runs natively would
be ideal, but "good" performance would be enough.
I'm just an amateur photographer looking to improve
my pictures.
Aperture is pricey and has gotten mixed reviews.
Nikon is coming out with new Capture software next
month (NX I believe), but it doesn't look like it
will run natively on the Intel Mac.
Photoshop Elements might be the ticket, though of
course it won't run natively now. It will, I
believe, allow for "spot" editing, something that the
still-beta Lightroom won't do, and something I think
I want to be able to do.
Should I consider Boot Camp and PSE for Windows?
Would that be a better experience than running the
Mac version on my Intel machine? Looks like there's
better pricing on the Windows version (at least on
Ebay) than the Mac version, but so far I have
resisted Boot Camp...hoping to stay out of the
Windows world as much as possible.
Is there something else I should be looking at?
I know I'm all over the map here...I'm kind of
confused, and just want to get to work making some of
these pictures look better. Thanks.
I have a similar question. I don't think I need all the power of Photoshop CS or GIMP, but is there a photo editing package that can change backgrounds of photos? For example, change a black background to white? Can iPhoto do this? Can Photoshop Elements run on iMac Intel? Can PS Elements do this kind of editing? Thanks.
Justin

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Here's the catch:
I am also not a computer person
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http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop-elements.html
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