[FanIn80]

I should have expanded on the MobileMe thing, I guess mostly what I'd need is mail client that supports IMAP (easy, I'm sure) but also a contacts and calendar sync. I guess, ideally, something like Outlook.

Interesting about OpenOffice coming a long way. I can take a look at them again. Mono looks really promising as well. I was looking at them right before I posted this thread. I just wasn't sure if there was something better out there or not.

Also, I didn't even think of the VM from within Linux thing. I'm so used to going the other way around. I'll look into that, awesome.

To elaborate on my "real work" comment, I just meant that while Linux has been awesome on the server side of things, each time I try to give it a go as a primary OS, it leaves me wanting. It installs easily enough and looks neat and I can turn the desktop into a cube and all that... but whenever it's time to get some work done, I end up having to switch back to Windows. Admittedly, most of that is due to my lack of knowledge about decent application options... Every time I hit the repository to try to search for a possible app, I get inundated with far too many options.

This is why I wanted to make this thread, so I can maybe weed through some of those options and get to the apps and solutions that people are already using.