What are some programs for making cool videos?

Laptops, mac compatibility with windows, and making videos?

• I plan on getting a laptop and I want to be able to make videos on it as well as use it for school and internet. I've heard that macs are the best if you want to make videos on it. Trouble is I don't know if mac is compatible with windows and that's what I have on my computer at home and what I'm most familiar with. I'm not sure mainly because I know apple has a reputation of only working with apple products. So I have a few questions. Are macs compatible with windows(i.e. would I be able to use windows programs on a mac)? Will I still be able to synchronize my laptop with my home computer(if said laptop is a mac). Will I be able to use mp3 to play music and my laptop and/or synchronize an mp3 player with it to download music files onto it. Would a mac be able to synchronize with a PDA that uses windows? Also what are the best laptops for making videos other than macs and/or what sorts of requirments must a laptop fill to be able to make videos?

• Answer:

  Any movies you make on a Mac can be saved in a format that a Windows computer will recognize. You can also burn DVDs of your work with a Mac that will play in any computer or DVD player. The iMovie program that comes with the Mac is easy to use and understand. Your Windows applications will most likely not work on a Mac. You get all the software you need on a Mac anyway. Yes you can use an MP3 player with a Mac. To synch a PDA, you'd have to check with the maker of the PDA, some are Mac friendly.