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I love my mac. Always used PC until my wife got me a macbook pro and CS3 suite for our anniversary in july. I took a couple days and played around getting use to it but now I wouldn't go back to a PC for my photography stuff and editing apps. Aperture is nice application and has some decent post processing tools. I am just now exploring and trying to see what its potential is. I upload all my images into Aperture and process in CS3 for the most part but for shots I am just putting on my system for record its a great app.
CS3 is made for macs in my eyes...
Safari is the browser you'll get with it but firefox works opera works its all the same pretty much. There are a few differences but not a whole lot as far as basic computing goes.
email works the same also. The new leopard OS system lets you crete virtual desktops with certain apps on each virtual desktop. So for instance you can have one with CS3 aperture all by themselves and another with your business apps and another with your games and music or whatever. Nice feature but also have heard there are problems with the OS. I have yet to upgrade but Nicole one of the other mods has it and loves it.
one thing to know though some apps for post processing will not work on a mac yet some of the less popular ones....I've encountered a couple programs that I would love to have but they've yet to make a Mac version but are in the works...so things like virtual photographer will not be compatible until later next year hopefully.
Once you get use to the macs os theres really no difference in the actual functions of the computer.