Hey everyone,

Today I was surfing through two of my favorite websites, Machall.com and hawkstudios.net. Surfing though the site I noticed something I hadn't noticed because. They both use Mac's. I began to surf though the internet reading what I could find on Mac's, their useability, how well they perform, what problems they have blahblahblah. They seem pretty solid from what I have found. Here is my question.

I want to learn to use a Mac. And the best way to do that, I think, is to buy one and use it. Now before I go out and spend that money I want to know some things. Such as:

Are there Mac versions of virtually every windows program availible?

I'm in programming classes at school right now, is a Mac able to run programs like Visual Basic, JCreator, and other compilers?

I have a Wireless network set up in my house using a microsoft base station. Can I hook a Mac up to that network?

And if anyone using a Mac could tell me their experience's with thier Mac and what good and bad things their are, I would appreciate it.