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Message: <blockquote data-quote="d20books" data-source="post: 1231475" data-attributes="member: 11487">Microsoft bought the Virtual PC for Macintosh.  It is far superior to run Virtual PC with Windows XP Pro on a Macintosh than to run the actual Windows XP Pro on a PC, if you want my opinion.Other than the few Windows apps, most everything you can get for the Macintosh now.  Office v.X Professional is the full Microsoft Office Suite for Mac, WITH the Virtual PC with Windows XP Pro bundled in it.Because Mac OS X is actually BSD (a type of Linux, roughly), it never crashes like a PC.  It is also universal in its ability to interact with PCs, Linux/UNIX, and Macintosh.As for learning Mac OS X, it is actually MUCH more intuitive than any previous Mac OS.  OS 9 was the last of the old Macintosh ways.  The only time I've seen people having problems with Mac OS X is when they try to be "too Windows" centric.  It is a new beast all its own and much easier to use if you "flow" with it.  It becomes second nature REALLY FAST.My own mother (aged in middle 60s) has stopped using her PC.  She waits for me to come by for a visit with my Powerbook.  I think she wants to see my Macintosh more than me or her 2-year-old grandson sometimes <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue    :p"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" /></blockquote>