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<blockquote data-quote="dvvega" data-source="post: 1130151" data-attributes="member: 524">Ryan,a MAC powerbook is an awesome upgrade choice. I did it this year (never had a laptop before) and have not regretted it.Most powerbooks will come with AppleWorks (which is just fine for most documents etc) however you may wish to purchase Microsoft Office. Don't think of it as Microsoft software however - it is a completely different beast.If you really really need to run Windows software, Virtual PC is not a bad choice. When I bought my laptop I went through a complete process of &quot;can I do this?&quot; for my job (programmer/web development/etc). I can develop and test all websites in windows and mac environments on many browsers for example. I even programmed in Visual Basic under Virtual PC for a client. It was awesome. Of course I have a Powerbook G4 with 1 gig of memory, so speed for me was decent. This should allow you to go VPN to work if there is no MAC equivalent.As for internet browsing, the Mac OS X comes with Internet Explorer (not supported by Microsoft anymore BTW) but you can get Safari (very good browser) or download Camino from mozilla.org (my current favourite for personal browsing).An added bonus, if your fiance is a teacher of some kind (mine is) you can purchase the laptop at greatly reduced prices as well as office.That should cover all your bases.Regards,David</blockquote>

[QUOTE="dvvega, post: 1130151, member: 524"] Ryan, a MAC powerbook is an awesome upgrade choice. I did it this year (never had a laptop before) and have not regretted it. Most powerbooks will come with AppleWorks (which is just fine for most documents etc) however you may wish to purchase Microsoft Office. Don't think of it as Microsoft software however - it is a completely different beast. If you really really need to run Windows software, Virtual PC is not a bad choice. When I bought my laptop I went through a complete process of "can I do this?" for my job (programmer/web development/etc). I can develop and test all websites in windows and mac environments on many browsers for example. I even programmed in Visual Basic under Virtual PC for a client. It was awesome. Of course I have a Powerbook G4 with 1 gig of memory, so speed for me was decent. This should allow you to go VPN to work if there is no MAC equivalent. As for internet browsing, the Mac OS X comes with Internet Explorer (not supported by Microsoft anymore BTW) but you can get Safari (very good browser) or download Camino from mozilla.org (my current favourite for personal browsing). An added bonus, if your fiance is a teacher of some kind (mine is) you can purchase the laptop at greatly reduced prices as well as office. That should cover all your bases. Regards, David [/QUOTE]

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