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Originally Posted by Buff
I've never messed with bootcamp so I don't know what your problem is. However, look into Parallels. Then you have access to Windows, right from your mac environment. Parallels is virtualization software. However, if you have problems with bootcamp then you may have problems with Parallels, it could be related to the Windows that you purchased... however, when my office switched to Mac I recall the guy who spearheaded the movement was having problems with bootcamp too.
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I personally use VMWare Fusion to run windows on my MacBook. From everyone I've talked to, it sounds like it's a better overall experience then Parallels. I've installed XP SP2 and SP3 as well as Vista without any issues.
Office for Mac is fully compatible with any existing document format out there. However, if you aren't going to need to do a lot of "office" type work and would simply need to open up documents to print or do some editing, I highly recommend
NeoOffice. The word processor is on par with MS Word, save for some advanced table functions, and will work with .doc, .docx and .odf. The spreadsheet program is a little rough, but I still use it over Excel.