The Mac is the only computer in the world that can run all the major operating systems, including Mac OS X, Windows XP, and Vista. With software like Parallels Desktop or VMware Fusion you can even run them side by side.
The Mac also comes with the latest industry-standard technologies for connecting to peripherals and networks, including USB 2.0, FireWire, Ethernet, and Bluetooth. So it’s a no-brainer to connect digital cameras, external drives, wireless devices, you name it.
Macs run Office
With Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac OS X, you too can create documents with Word, presentations in PowerPoint, and spreadsheets with Excel with the same features and shortcuts you’ve been using on your Windows PC — so you won’t have to relearn a thing. And you’ll enjoy virtually flawless compatibility with Microsoft Office for Windows, so you can easily share documents with friends and colleagues.
You’ll even notice a few things in Office for Mac not available in the Windows version. For example, a Project Center helps you be more efficient by putting all of your project-related email messages, files, notes, contacts, and schedules in one convenient place. You can also take full advantage of Mac OS X Leopard’s powerful Spotlight search, which indexes file names, metadata, and even the content inside your Office documents; with one search, you can quickly find the exact document you’re looking for, even if you don’t know what it’s called or when you wrote it.
Awesome out of the box
Bring home a new Mac and you bring home Mac OS X Leopard with hundreds of built-in features — including Dashboard widgets, Mail, iChat AV, and Time Machine for automatic backup, among other cool things — and the award-winning suite of iLife applications.
All that makes the Mac the center of your digital life from the get-go. Just ask Walt Mossberg of the Wall Street Journal. “Out of the box,” says Mossberg, “the Mac has better photo, music, video, and DVD-creation software than any Windows computer I’ve seen.” That’s because Apple’s iLife applications are built on the same technology as pro applications like Logic Pro and Final Cut Studio. And unlike some media management software that only offers cookie-cutter clip art, iLife features gorgeous, professionally designed themes and templates that truly complement your baby album, vacation movie, family podcast, pop culture blog — anything you create on your Mac.
You can take it with you
When you upgrade to a Mac, you may justifiably wonder what’s going to happen with all the stuff you’ve created over the years on your PC. Your Word documents. Digital photos. Email. Video and music files. The simple answer: nothing. In most cases, you’ll be able to continue working with them like you always did — with the added benefit that now you’ll be doing it all on a Mac. How can it be so easy? Computing standards.
Standards let everyone work together harmoniously. That’s why Apple has adopted so many of them. For example, Microsoft Office files created on a PC — spreadsheets, documents, presentations — can be opened on a Mac with no hiccups, and vice versa. JPEGs, MP3s, AVIs, QuickTime files... they all work the same way on both Mac and PC. All you have to do when you get your new Mac is copy your files over from your old PC using a network, burned CDs, or an external hard drive. You can even go to a retail Apple Store and ask one of the Geniuses to do it all for you.
You can make amazing stuff
Every Mac comes with iLife, a suite of software that transforms your photos, music, and video into all kinds of projects. Make high-quality websites, photo books, DVDs, songs, slideshows, music CDs, calendars, cards, prints, podcasts, music videos, documentaries, and more. Seamless integration. That’s the telling difference between iLife and all the great pretenders out there. Independently superb, the iLife applications work together to let you create practically anything you can imagine.
The Mac is the only computer in the world that can run all the major operating systems, including Mac OS X, Windows XP, and Vista. With software like Parallels Desktop or VMware Fusion you can even run them side by side. 
With Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac OS X, you too can create documents with Word, presentations in PowerPoint, and spreadsheets with Excel with the same features and shortcuts you’ve been using on your Windows PC — so you won’t have to relearn a thing. And you’ll enjoy virtually flawless compatibility with Microsoft Office for Windows, so you can easily share documents with friends and colleagues. 
Bring home a new Mac and you bring home Mac OS X Leopard with hundreds of built-in features — including Dashboard widgets, Mail, iChat AV, and Time Machine for automatic backup, among other cool things — and the award-winning suite of iLife applications.
When you upgrade to a Mac, you may justifiably wonder what’s going to happen with all the stuff you’ve created over the years on your PC. Your Word documents. Digital photos. Email. Video and music files. The simple answer: nothing. In most cases, you’ll be able to continue working with them like you always did — with the added benefit that now you’ll be doing it all on a Mac. How can it be so easy? Computing standards.
Every Mac comes with iLife, a suite of software that transforms your photos, music, and video into all kinds of projects. Make high-quality websites, photo books, DVDs, songs, slideshows, music CDs, calendars, cards, prints, podcasts, music videos, documentaries, and more. Seamless integration. That’s the telling difference between iLife and all the great pretenders out there. Independently superb, the iLife applications work together to let you create practically anything you can imagine.
