Potential Mac newbie

Hi Folks
Firstly - apologies if this subject has been posted endless times already, but I've tried searching, but my searches haven't be accurate enough. If somebody could direct me to any relevant threads it would be much appreciated.
I have a standard Tosh PC notebook and am looking to change to a Macbook.
1) It will be required for some work, but this is largely confined to powerpoint presentations/word and excel. Can I connect to my office network and see files on the network as I would with my PC?
2) I have an ipod which is formatted to a PC config. How do I get my tunes from my ipod or notebook to a Macbook?
3) I have thousands of pictures and vid clips I would also like to transfer. At present I use Picasa. Is the Mac photo browsing/editing software as easy to use as this?!
Any suggestions or help appreciated!
Many thanks
Marcus

I know that you marked this as answered, but I thought I would throw me two sense in. I am a new mac owner. I have owned pc's for some thirty some odd years. I've been on the fence for about 3 years as to switching to a mac. I kept searching for someone to enlighten me as to why a mac is "soooo" much better.
I'm certainly not the one to answer specific questions. What I have found out is there is nothing that I have found so far that you can do on a pc that you can't do on a mac. I can't say there are any major differences that I have found. But I can tell you that there are many small things that just make more sense and are easier to do on a mac.
I was a very happy pc user (also had a toshiba laptop). But kept trying to figure out why does everyone I know with a mac, so loyal and so defiant that they are better than pc's. Well I have had mine for a month now and I must say that I love it. There are a few small things that don't behave the way they they did on my pc that I wish would. But these are few and far between and very insignificant.
I think you'll like the mac a lot.

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