rest of the worlds applications my MacBook works superbly
You just beat me to it, Jet II!
TsW, seriously, though, the present day Mac (and you do not need to wait for the release of OS 10.5 for that) not only works seamlessly with the 'doze environment, it offers you your own 'doze, if, after you switch over to the Mac, you still feel you must stay with your, er, ahem, antideluvian concepts!!