Oh, Thank you so much prasys and xordMeztGeR. oooooooooooooooooH ! a matlab for mac? gr8! Yup, I'll get a mac mini and beef up d RAM and let it let fly . An apple salesman gave me a short preview of windowsXP running on imac with boot camp. I have a few uncertainty here :
(1) Do i have to buy bootcamp or is it free of charge (FOC) ?
(2) Upon installation of winXP o/s, do i need to get drivers for it or can windows recognize the hardware automatically?
Thanks =).

bootcamp is free and bootcamp itself provide the driver for winxp, you only need a blank cd-r and burn the driver image

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boot_Camp

Newbie here. Wonders if:

an windows file(created from Microsoft Office) be run on mac?

oooh . Ic ic... thanks..
Now I can safely migrate to macs.
Thanks for all the help .

mac mini, here i come !

its F.O.C and then you need to create your own CD. Just insert your windows CD [ahem ahem also works..but use it at your own risk] , and then it will create a new windows cd with the drivers loaded....thats the beauty of it

2. Yes , OSX can read/write office files with Office:2004 and OpenOffice

Boot camp only allowing you to select which OS to boot. If you want to switch from WinXP to OSX (or vice versa), you need to reboot.
Another alternative is to use Xen, which allowing you to run multiple OS at the same time(be it WinXP, OSX or Linux). Very suitable to impress your friend

http://macs.hackaday.com/entry/1234000700073836/

I'm waiting on Darwine. It ought to be less resource intensive
and doesn't require you to buy Windows.

- yap

yup it can just get a copy of Microsoft Office 2004 (for Windows is MS Office 2003) install it and u can open any xls , doc etc

why is imac cheaper than macbook black and macbook pro...?..is it bcoz of its processor..??

Please compare apple to apple.

IMac actually is not cheaper than MacBook black. If you compare with Imac intel core duo 2ghz (which is same with MacBook Black processor) it slightly more expensive than MacBook Black, It will cost u RM RM 6,899.

ic ic...i get it...im getting it nx yr march.....imac...

Waiting for the price to drop huh?

Nah , he is waiting for Core Duo 2 iMacs [I guess]

Waiting for Leopard to be standard in all new Macs...

yup..imac lower price , core duo 2 , and leopard osX...march 2007

aiyooo used notebook compare wif desktop that the theory heheheh

normally Notebook is more expensive than desktop .... same as mac

i'll prefer desktop than notebook although notebook is more expensive than desktop...imac.!!!

juz wanna share my experience here b4 anyone of u buys a mac...u wont regret it...i ve been using pc for years(my first was a pentium II) and always had doubts on a mac...until one day my sis bought an 20inch imac(she works alot with designing) n since dat day i ve been so impressed with mac...i can say that my current rig wil b d last pc i m gonna own..its all mac after this...cheers...u ll never go wrong with a mac...

yup i agree...macs is better than pcs...just that ppl still dunno how to use mac , thats y sum of them stick to pcs..

dats wat i tot at first...but actually the mouse is easy to use...shortcuts are easy too...plus(for imac users) i like the remote(for itunes)..all over its a great package...cool hah...the only downside is the price...tot of getting another imac 20 inch...but the price?rm5999...