laptops

I presently have a HP Pavilion Laptop that is loaded with VISTA. I am finally getting used to the VISTA, but have been considering buying a MAC. Many people tell me that is the way to go, especially for graphics and for managing my pictures.

Since I have finished National Boards and am almost finished with my Masters program, I am thinking that this may be my best choice.

I teach second grade. Most of th documents I prepare for my students call for simple word processing skills and perhaps the insertion of a picture or graphic. I would still like to use spreadsheets (just learned how - thank you Dr. Wang!) to manage grades, create graphs from information, etc. So what do you all think?