Best way to switch from PC to an MBA?

[zoolaine]

OK, my MBA is "On FedEx vehicle for delivery" This is my official switch from PCs to Mac. Are there any tips for making the switch???? I've never used a Mac before. However, I really talked them up at work before purchasing the MBA. Everyone there said that it would not work on the office network so I hope it hooks up without any problems. Otherwise I am going to catch heck from my co-workers.

 

[emt1]

OK, my MBA is "On FedEx vehicle for delivery" This is my official switch from PCs to Mac. Are there any tips for making the switch???? I've never used a Mac before. However, I really talked them up at work before purchasing the MBA. Everyone there said that it would not work on the office network so I hope it hooks up without any problems. Otherwise I am going to catch heck from my co-workers.

Well, what do you do on your PC that you want to do on your Mac?

 

[skinnylegs]

I think it might be easier to answer specific questions you may have.

 

[zoolaine]

I use mostly word documents but I guess my question is if there are any tricks/tips for using Leopard rather than XP? Thanks

 

[skinnylegs]

My first bit of advice would be to get used to your new OS. Fool around with it.....especially the Finder. There are so many tips and tricks I don't really know where to begin.....

 

[skinnylegs]

I guess a good place to start would be to customize your dock because you will be interacting with it quite a bit. Personally, I don't care for all of the default icons Apple throws on the dock. I mean, I think it's good they put them there initially but I have mine whittled down to four (Finder, Safari, Mail and Preferences) and I create an alias for each app. that I use semi-regularly and throw them in a Stack.

 

[peterlobl]

Email client

any advice on a snappy email client, which can import Outlook saved email database? not a lot of contact info - just large database of attachments, etc

all other PC--> MAC apps r very easy to adjust to, i think!

thnks for any and all help!

 

[skinnylegs]

I imported my Outlook Express stuff into Mail.....

 

[mcdj]

yup.