"I was sifting through the cast-aside Christmas cards, ribbons and wrapping paper, and there it was: a brand-new, shiny white iMac, and all I had to do was plug it in." Okay, so that's not exactly what happened. Your reasons for leaving the PC nest to join those rabid Mac fans are your own. We're just here to show you how to do it with the least amount of trouble, because we know how Mac users hate hassle.

To assist in your migration effort, we chose Little Machines' Outlook2Mac (about £10) and Detto Technologies' Move2Mac (around £50).