Quote Originally Posted by Lee
is the same type of software i use on my IBM based laptop available on Macs?
Yes.

FTP- transmit
IM - Adium (for icq/aim/etc.)
Web development - Dreamweaver CS3
Graphics - Photoshop CS3
Photos - can use iPhoto or Aperture if you need it
RSS - Newsfire
Browser - Firefox, Safari
Music - iTunes
Video - Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Express
Mail- mail.app, thunderbird

The only PC program I use is Statsremote, which runs surprisingly well in Parallels. According to their forum though, they are redoing statsremote to run on the Sun JVM instead of the Microsoft JVM, so it will be truly cross-platform.

And for people using G4's...those are an antique It came out in 1999- not a fair comparison to today's processors.

Quote Originally Posted by IdolKnights
Also, MAC's get Viruses. The "no Viruses" is not true.
Can you name one mac (yes, mac, not MAC- it is not an acronym) virus in the wild? For OS X that is, not OS 9 and below. The truth is that there is not one single recorded instance of an OS X virus in the wild. There are trojans just like on all operating systems, but they require you to run them and enter your administrator password in order to do any damage.

Not saying there will never be an OS X virus, it just has not happened yet. Unlike Windows, whose poor security design gave birth to a multi-billion dollar adware industry.

Quote Originally Posted by IdolKnights
Another "MAC'S are better" idea is with video editing. Sure, at one time the MAC only Graphics and Video leader was far above the charts with FinalCutPro. No longer true. Vegas doesn't require constant rendering as you edit the video with transitions.
Do more Hollywood studios use Final Cut or Vegas ()? The truth is they are using Final Cut or Avid, both of which run on a Mac.