What is a .mac account? Can I build a website with this and what are some of the features?

Question

I just got a macbook pro, and I'm loving it! I was wondering what a .mac account is. I also want to publish a small webpage/site to showcase my artwork. How can I do this with a macbook pro-- are there some ways I can do it with a .mac account? I'm pretty new to all this, so I appreciate advice. :) Thanks.

Answer 1

Dot Mac is history. It has been converted to MobileMe which has many of the same features but different background technology to facilitate advanced features of the iPhone, iPod Touch, and cross-platform synchronization. It features 20GB of online storage space, email that can be retrieved from iPhone, iPod Touch, OS X or Windows Outlook, instant email notices on iPhone and iPod Touch, instantant contact and calendar synching on all the above devices, a photo gallery at me.com that can be seen in a Web browser, iPhone or iPod Touch and contributed to from an iPhone and optionally updatable by friends, iDisk remote storage accessible from Mac or Windows, and a me.com web page. Watch the guided tour at the link below.