Switching over from PC to Mac

I am at the stage where I need to upgrade my notebook. I am looking at a Mac because of all the multi-media capabilities that come with Mac, but I will still need to function in the MS world. Any comments on running MS Office on a Mac? Can I run both the Apple software & the MS software on the Mac at the same time? I need some help to decide what to do.
Dell Inspiron 8200   Windows XP Pro  

This is really an area to discuss the functioning of the discussion site as a whole rather than specific technical questions relating to hardware or software. There are discussion areas for each of the Mac systems you may be interested in buying - just go to http://discussions.apple.com/index.jspa?categoryID=1 and click the link under Computing Hardware for the system you are contemplating.
But, to get you going - there is a version of MS Office written specifically for Mac, and which is functionally fully compatible with the PC version for the purpose of transporting files. It is not in 'Universal' format yet, meaning that on any of the current Intel-based Macs, it will run under Rosetta - a form of on-the-fly translator. In my experience it works just fine like that, but a universal binary of the latest version of Office is due (according to MS) next year and which should run very smartly indeed.
On the current Intel-based Macs it would also be possible to run the PC version of Office under Windows. There are two ways to go about this - Boot camp, which allows the Mac to be booted to EITHER MacOS or Windows at startup (but not run both simultaneously), and Parallels, which allows you to run Windows in a Window within MacOS and transfer files between. In either instance you would need to have a copy of Windows to install, and of course the Windows install would be susceptible to all the usual malware and security issues.
All in all, I would personally go for the Mac version of Office.

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