New Macbook Tomorrow; What should I do?

[duskair]

What are some preliminary first-timer activities besides performing some worship rituals around it? I've got my list of preliminary downloads already made...but what else should I do?

[kornyboy]

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Umm turn it on.


LOL! Congrats on your first mac. Enjoy it!

[Jonnyfive]

Bragging to your friends then press the expose button with 12 windows open. thats all i got

[BigD58]

Bragging to your friends then press the expose button with 12 windows open. thats all i got

Ha that was the first thing I did when I upgraded to panther way back when.

[iShater]

1) Jump with joy
2) Download all the OSX updates needed
3) Download and install all the apps you need
4) Clone the HD to a nice clean external HD for disaster recover
5) Put together a backup plan so you never lose your work
6) Open tons of windows and hit F9 repeatedly for fun :D

Welcome aboard :)

[Vulcan]

Download the updates via software update (click the Apple on the bar at the top and select Software Update) and transfer your files, then you're good to go :)

[duskair]

Thanks! I just backed up everything I wanna bring from this clunky old Dell. Question though; is there a way to transfer my Firefox profile to OS X?

[BanjoBanker]

Are you porting the data over yourself, or are you letting the Apple store do it? If they do it at the store, your Firefox profile will come over fine. Then you will only have to enjoy! You didn't say what you are going to use it for, but if it is being used for photos, you will love iPhoto. You are going to love it anyway! :)
Welcome to the club. Be sure and put the Apple sticker on your car so we will know you when we see you!:cool:

[Chris Rogers]

If you got the blackbook, wash your hands with soap and warm water for at least a minute

[iMav]

You should decide NOT to purchase tomorrow and wait till the new Macbooks come out. Worst case scenario, you get the current gen Macbooks at a cheaper price from the refurb store.

[hogfaninga]

If you got the blackbook, wash your hands with soap and warm water for at least a minute

Never had a big problem with fingerprints with mine. Even when they are there it is easy to get rid of.

[alphaod]

What are some preliminary first-timer activities besides performing some worship rituals around it? I've got my list of preliminary downloads already made...but what else should I do?

I'll congratulate you in advance! :D

You should decide NOT to purchase tomorrow and wait till the new Macbooks come out. Worst case scenario, you get the current gen Macbooks at a cheaper price from the refurb store.

OP didn't ask us if he should buy it. He needs it tomorrow and that's that!

You're mixing want and need.

[KissStephanie]

What are some preliminary first-timer activities besides performing some worship rituals around it?I got my first Mac in 1998, and I haven't done that with any of the ones I've owned. However, from the sound of the upcoming new MacBook release, I may do it for the first time then! :)You should decide NOT to purchase tomorrow and wait till the new Macbooks come out.Some people want and/or need their MacBook straight away though, even if the timing is bad. I'm waiting for the new MacBook release myself though, and from all reports, that wait will be well worth it regarding the improvements on both the inside and the outside.

[Abstract]

What's wrong with a current MB? Do you want an unreliable 1st generation product with a design we haven't even seen yet, or an MB that you have seen, and know that most of the issues have been ironed out?

[duskair]

I actually purchased this godly machine from eBay. 2.16GHZ (C2D0, 1GB (upgrading next week!), 120GB, free Leopard Family Pack, and Logic Express 8.0. Only ran me $700. I can live with the upset of not having the latest model for the deal I got. :D

Thanks again for all of your replies. I actually bricked it at school Friday, I was installing the 10.5.5 update and closed the lid to leave...and freaked when it wouldn't 'wake up' so I removed the battery and then OS X wouldn't start. I fixed it though, thankfully.

My only problem is, the Leopard DVD doesn't appear to include iLife 08, so the Tiger restore DVD's I have are all I have, and it has iLife 06. Do I have to pay to upgrade or should the 08 suite be somewhere on my Leopard disk?

[SFStateStudent]

My only problem is, the Leopard DVD doesn't appear to include iLife 08, so the Tiger restore DVD's I have are all I have, and it has iLife 06. Do I have to pay to upgrade or should the 08 suite be somewhere on my Leopard disk?

Congrats on the MB purchase; and at a great price. My recollection is that iLife '08 doesn't come packaged with the MB 2.16, but came with iLife '06, and probably didn't show up until February '08. That's the first time I saw it enclosed with my BlackBook 2.4 Penryn, and it came as a separate disc.

[Dybbuk]

iLife is included with the machine itself, not the OS.

[WillClarke]

Hi I was ;poised to buy a new macbook and the supplier said hold fire till 14th October..is theer a new one due out?
Thanks
Will

[X3n0 AcId]

Hi I was ;poised to buy a new macbook and the supplier said hold fire till 14th October..is theer a new one due out?
Thanks
Will

yes... ;)

http://buyersguide.macrumors.com/

[Chappers]

iLife 06 is fine - don't worry about not upgrading.

Welcome to Mac

Remember to back up you stuff though - there is at least one poster here who didn't and lost everything.

Good luck

[chrono1081]

A nice backup option would be an external enclosure that fits 2 drives and run a raid mirror (0 I think) That way if your laptop or one of the externals go you still have a backup.

[mathcolo]

What's wrong with a current MB? Do you want an unreliable 1st generation product with a design we haven't even seen yet, or an MB that you have seen, and know that most of the issues have been ironed out?

But But... Think of the possibilities with dedicated graphics:D.

[Mykbibby]

What are some preliminary first-timer activities besides performing some worship rituals around it? I've got my list of preliminary downloads already made...but what else should I do?

Send it back immediately...

The MacBooks will receive major updates next week. You will be very upset if you decide to keep it. Return it ASAP.

If you have anymore questions, send me an email. My address is on my website (see below).

[DannyBres]

Send it back immediately...

The MacBooks will receive major updates next week. You will be very upset if you decide to keep it. Return it ASAP.

If you have anymore questions, send me an email. My address is on my website (see below).

seconded!

Dude send it back you will regret it if you dont!!

I love my MacBook but the case is very fragile and I have a few cracks and things in mine. Id say hold out for a new one

[aleksandra.]

Send it back immediately...

The MacBooks will receive major updates next week. You will be very upset if you decide to keep it. Return it ASAP.

If you have anymore questions, send me an email. My address is on my website (see below).

Can you even return something bought on ebay?

[Sista]

I will be needing this thread and will most likely start a bunch of new threads with embarrassingly-easy questions related to my new mac (relax, I will use the search function first) in a couple of weeks. I'm very excited, also worried though, after seeing this thread (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=570032). I have a bad (you can call it paranoid) feeling that I will have the same crappy luck this poor guy had. But it still doesn't put me off getting a mac.

I'm trying to read as many 'I love my mac, it's been great for years' posts as possible to make me feel better.

[thetinman]

What's wrong with a current MB? Do you want an unreliable 1st generation product with a design we haven't even seen yet, or an MB that you have seen, and know that most of the issues have been ironed out?

Have you not seen the cracking, i NEED a new MB but i'm waiting another week. I'm not spending money on the current CrackBooks. I do appreciate that the new MB's could have problems but you will get more for your money.

[skwij]

Yes, just drag the profile from the Dell into your USER library>Application Support>Firefox>Profile

You may need to create the Profile folder.

Thanks! I just backed up everything I wanna bring from this clunky old Dell. Question though; is there a way to transfer my Firefox profile to OS X?

[khunsanook]

You should decide NOT to purchase tomorrow and wait till the new Macbooks come out. Worst case scenario, you get the current gen Macbooks at a cheaper price from the refurb store.

totally agree. those current blackbooks'll be 1049 in no time.

[khunsanook]

Have you not seen the cracking, i NEED a new MB but i'm waiting another week. I'm not spending money on the current CrackBooks. I do appreciate that the new MB's could have problems but you will get more for your money.

I realize that some MacBooks have had the cracking probs, but neither mine nor any of my friends' 2 year + old MBs have exhibited this problem. you'll find a lot of crackbooks on the forums because that's where their owners come to complain.

and yes I'd avoid a Rev A Mac for at least 6 months. there will be problems that need to be worked out...guaranteed.