I switched from a Windows PC to Apple about a year ago. So what do I do with my Laptop. I write and read Emails, surf the web, watch movies, edit my pictures, write some letters and do some basic spreadsheet calculations. For all of this software is available. Either directly from Apple or from other vendors like Adobe or Microsoft and open source applications. The only application I have to run under a Virtual Windows XP is my taxsoftware which is only available for Windows. But I only need this software once a year. So no problem.