Last week I bought a brand spankin new ibook with superdrive. Now This was a leap of faith, since the last Mac I used was back in college ~ 1991. Does anyone have any links / suggestions for a windows user switching to OSX?
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zelmo
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Here's a starting point:
http://www.apple.com/switch/
Welcome. Glad to hear you've finally gotten your iBook. How do you like it so far?
http://www.apple.com/switch/
Welcome. Glad to hear you've finally gotten your iBook. How do you like it so far?
It was mail order. 🙁 UPS will deliver it this afternoon. I am a little nervous cause I really know very little about it. I do know Linux and Unix commands / structure.
emw
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What is it you are looking to do with your iBook? Did you order any applications to go with it?
It's a great machine - I'm sure you'll be happy with it, and learning OS X is fairly simple and intuitive. The key, I think, is just take your time and play with the interface, experiment. Don't worry about jumping into Terminal with your Unix background - it generally isn't necessary.
It's a great machine - I'm sure you'll be happy with it, and learning OS X is fairly simple and intuitive. The key, I think, is just take your time and play with the interface, experiment. Don't worry about jumping into Terminal with your Unix background - it generally isn't necessary.
It Is Here!
Well, It is here! I am typing this on my shiny new ibook wirelesly. It found the routers with no problem. Now I have to spend a day figuring out how to use it.
All I can say is it looks and feels great. It is way more responsive than XP on my 1.4 Ghz athalon machine. Battery life is great. 4+ hours so far. I realize I have not done serious computing yet, but this better than my compaq ever got. 😀
Well, It is here! I am typing this on my shiny new ibook wirelesly. It found the routers with no problem. Now I have to spend a day figuring out how to use it.
All I can say is it looks and feels great. It is way more responsive than XP on my 1.4 Ghz athalon machine. Battery life is great. 4+ hours so far. I realize I have not done serious computing yet, but this better than my compaq ever got. 😀
id definatly reccomend buying "mac os x: the missing manual". its a great book and recource for both long time users and switchers like us. I havent even got my powerbook yet, but after reading it, I feel comftorble in the os x enviroment, knowing how to do pretty much everything i know how to do on windows.