I am a MAC fan as well and you can download a free office Suite from openoffice.org that opens up PowerPoint, excel and the other office programs and work on them. Get the free download and try it out, not sure if the shortcuts and key commands are the same, but it is a great office suite thT opens tons of programs. You can also run both Microsoft OS and MAC OSX Lion on a MAC if you go that route. I made the switch many years ago and will never go back. No viruses, no spyware, love it!