Hi Pete,
You said: I am looking to give the Mac a fair shake for my personal use. critical programs for me are spread sheet aps, internet surfing, e-mail and music.
TK: Three out of four ain't bad. eMail - Yes. Internet surfing - Yes. Music - Yes. Spreadsheet apps - Not really yet. Apple has an app in their iWork suite called Numbers, it's partially accessible but really not usable at this point. They are working on it but it's just not ready as of yet. Another company called Mariner Software has something called Mariner Calc that we are hoping is ready some time soon as well. Mariner software has a good track record with accessible Mac software but their Word Processor and Spreadsheet suite is not quite there yet. Other than that, I'm not sure if there are any other choices.
hope this helps some. Later...
