Some advice - about to buy new Mac Mini.

Hi everyone - I'm hoping that someone can help me out with some advice.
I'm a former blackberry user and not a mac user, so I hope I'm clear in my explanation.
My mother is a PC user currently and owns a Blackberry Curve 8900. Actually, she and my dad both do, and currently use the PC to sync their (shared) calendar and contacts from one login in Windows XP to both of their blackberries. Yep, they're at that stage where they really don't need independent contacts or calendar. They sync with USB and curerntly use Outlook -- so no Exchange integration is needed for push email/etc.
Anyway, the PC is on its absolute last legs and I was thinking of migrating them over to a new Mac Mini since she's never really gotten the hang of Windows XP and I'm guessing that she'll do better on the Mac OS. Plus her friends all use Macs and I'm hoping they can help her. I'm guessing we'll just get them the latest version of Entourage with their new Mac.
I've been holding off migrating them to this until the Blackberry Desktop Manager for Mac was available because the Blackberry Desktop Manager on their PC is one of the few things that works really well for them. They're used to the interface, and it just works.
So, now that it's available I was looking through the forums here and it looks like there might be some issues with it that are persistent? I've seen references to 32 bit vs 64 bit and other sorts of stuff that I don't quite get.
Can anyone tell me if the new system for them would just work? Maybe someone out there has a similar configuration?
Or should I hold off or just consider moving them to a new Windows PC instead?
So it would be:
* 2 Blackberry Curve 8900s syncing to a single shared set of contacts and calendar using Blackberry Desktop Manager. They don't do email sync and probably won't make much use of audio sync. Images, though, yes.
* Brand new Mac Mini, which evidently comes with Mac OS X 10.6 (I don't know if it is 32 bit or 64 or what??)
* Sync to Entourage from Office 2008
thanks in advance,Aaron

Let me respond. First 10.6 (known as Snow Leopard) enables 64 bit technology...you can read this for more info:
http://www.apple.com/macosx/technology/
Now as far as sync goes...Unfortunately there is no perfect solution. Why? BB, Entourage, Mac Address Book & iCal do not share identical "fields". So it is impossible to get them to all have the same info. The truth of the matter is, I do not think your parents will need to constantly sync the contacts...seriously how many new people do they met to add to their contact list? It is probably a one time...let me get all of their contacts on the computer and the devices. Now the calendar does need to be synced regularly. Some have had no issues with the sync between iCal and BB...others...well a different story. I migrated my parents (both sets) to Mac about 8-10 years ago. Why, because Mac software (OS included) is so much easier for them to understand and use. I also do the technical support (which I can do remotely with screen sharing) which is easier for me (and there are not many issues). I use mobile me and we have contacts and calendars synced across the family...all automated (if I make a change they get it within seconds). Hope this helps.
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