Hi I just joined this list. I'm thinking seriously about purchasing a Mac Book soon. I have a few questions to ask, or myths to clear up. People tell me that Macs can't read documents created in Windows. Specifically Excel and Word. Also that PDF files aren't readable by Voice Over. They also say that there isn't an equivalent program to OpenBook or Kurzweil. Updating the operating system is expensive and the programs made for Apple are expensive because they are proprietary. Macs are hard to get fixed because the lack of Apple stores. I think those are all the questions/myths I have heard of. I'm looking for pros and cons to switching to a Mac. I generally use my computer for email, internet, and Microsoft Office programs like Word and Excel. Any advice you have is great. Oh, what about connecting the peripherals I have already: printer, scanner, card reader. Probably need new drivers for those. Thanks. Lena