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Not sure if this is the best place to put this, but it seems the most logical place :)
Anyway, newbe here, just ordered a Mac mini m2 pro, the first Mac I have ever owned, in fact the first of anything Apple I have ever owned. i have used Macs, but normally only in the software that runs on them and most of that was word or Adobe premier.
So after using Windows for over 24 years, it is going to take a bit of getting used to. I have been building up for this for a while, after all I did get a Logitech keyboard made for Macs and windows,
So i may be asking a lot of stuff on here. I should be getting it in a next 2-3 days.
I hope I have made the right choice, because it is a lot of money if I don't get on with it.

Must get a new mouse, my old Anker have just about had it, looking at the Logitech Lift, a bit pricy for a mouse, but I suppose after what I have paid for a computer, it is not a lot of money :)

Cheers peeps.
 
Keyboard and mouse are often an overlooked primary feature of a computer system.

Logitech MX Keys is one of my favorites. Though with an Apple Magic keyboard, you do get the cool ability to do fingerprint scanning right from the keyboard. But it doesn't have a backlight sadly. But I do use a Magic mouse. Scrolling is touch, which I like, because a traditional scroll wheel feels "rough" to me.
 
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"Must get a new mouse"

I'd stick with Logitech (even if you don't buy "the lift").
Been using their mice for many years, they're far better than Apple's offerings...
 
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Keyboard and mouse are often an overlooked primary feature of a computer system.

Logitech MX Keys is one of my favorites. Though with an Apple Magic keyboard, you do get the cool ability to do fingerprint scanning right from the keyboard. But it doesn't have a backlight sadly. But I do use a Magic mouse. Scrolling is touch, which I like, because a traditional scroll wheel feels "rough" to me.
I already have the MX keys mini, it is good as it can be used with the PC and mac, easy to change as well with a press of a key. I will get the logitech lift mouse as it is a vertical mouse, better on my wrist. .
I'm starting to get exited now, if it is possible to get exited about a computer these days. Feeling like I did when I got my first Amiga.
 
The Mac Mini M2 Pro is a looooooovely machine! Congrats!

I hope you get used to MacOS. After over 20 years it may be take a while.
Thank you, it arrived today (Friday) but I have not had a chance to try it yet, I took the top of the box off to have a look. The machine is heavy for the size, it surprised me how heavy it is. I wil set it up tomorrow, I haver to get another extension cable and find somewhere to move the PC where i can still acess it.
I think it will get a bit of getting used to, but then when I changed from the Amiga to Windows it was a learning curve, but I did not use the Amiga for 20 years. Such a shame CBM went belly up, the Amiga would be a great machine now if updated.
Oh well
 
Such a shame CBM went belly up, the Amiga would be a great machine now if updated.
Oh well
it'd certainly share the same philosophy of incompatibilities with each new OS and hardware iteration with Apple ;)
 
Thank you, it arrived today (Friday) but I have not had a chance to try it yet, I took the top of the box off to have a look. The machine is heavy for the size, it surprised me how heavy it is. I wil set it up tomorrow, I haver to get another extension cable and find somewhere to move the PC where i can still acess it.
I think it will get a bit of getting used to, but then when I changed from the Amiga to Windows it was a learning curve, but I did not use the Amiga for 20 years. Such a shame CBM went belly up, the Amiga would be a great machine now if updated.
Oh well
Did Amiga make computer stuff in 1986?
at my college, I took a graphic design class that year and used that (or Omega) computer to draw a picture.
took 2-3 hours and they forgot to teach me how to save on a computer, so I lost the file.
they spent too much money for the system and the professor lost his enthusiasm in 3 weeks.

anyway Apple is great, there are parameters like signing in every clear history change
and only 2 chances to log into iCloud successfully, but a solid user experience,
and that Mini should be great!

im still using my 2012, belly up with a usb fan!
your should nor have that problem in anther 11 tears as mine did!
 
I've tried the Logitech Lift and I was not pleased with it. I think I'm too used to using the classic design of a mouse.

I know my wrists will thank me with the Lift, but it wasn't for me. It might be for you @Ad47uk - have a go at it.

I always buy into Logitech's Marathon Mouse series. These seem to last forever on a single AA battery, but does have the same issue with the right-click button getting too loose as the clicking goes on.

I have the Logitech MX Ergo just sitting here, and even that is tough to get used to with that freaking trackball.

Congratulations on your Mac and welcome to MacRumors too of course.
 
The thing with Macs is, there is a lot less to fiddle about with. On a Windows box, you can take a peek at the device manager and the registry to check out what all is attached, you can dig into the guts. On MacOS, what is represented via the gui is all present in the new Settings app (love it or hate it) which is very reminiscent of iOS settings. And almost all of it just works.

That for me was the largest single reason — besides the lovely hardware — to move to the Mac. Just because I found that I could get the things done that I wanted to do, without spending hours and hours faffing about with drivers and things. Of course I monitor updates by hand, don’t want anything to suddenly stop working, and check every once in a while whether I need to recharge keyboard or mouse.

If you want to get more into the guts, there is the Terminal and the Unix system underlying the whole. But you almost never have to.
 
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Welcome to your Mac! Firstly, I'd say: be prepared for things to be different from Windows, and don't try to force it to behave in a familiar way if it doesn't want to.
Secondly: despite Apple's curation, there is actually a lot of rubbish in App Store, so don't think that it must be good just cause it's in the store.

I'd take a look at the Magic TrackPad, as an alternative to the mouse. I tried one in the Apple Store and never looked at another mouse again.
 
I had an amiga 500 and an amiga 4000 and all my software worked from the 500 worked on the 4000, my 500 is now in my late mate's recording studio, I would like to get it back to be honest, but having the space here is the problem.
 
Did Amiga make computer stuff in 1986?
at my college, I took a graphic design class that year and used that (or Omega) computer to draw a picture.
took 2-3 hours and they forgot to teach me how to save on a computer, so I lost the file.
they spent too much money for the system and the professor lost his enthusiasm in 3 weeks.

anyway Apple is great, there are parameters like signing in every clear history change
and only 2 chances to log into iCloud successfully, but a solid user experience,
and that Mini should be great!

im still using my 2012, belly up with a usb fan!
your should nor have that problem in anther 11 tears as mine did!
They were produced by Commodore, launched in 1985, for their time they were amazing, millions of colours, great audio and high res when the PC was going beep,and a max of 8 colours I think.
 
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I've tried the Logitech Lift and I was not pleased with it. I think I'm too used to using the classic design of a mouse.

I know my wrists will thank me with the Lift, but it wasn't for me. It might be for you @Ad47uk - have a go at it.

I always buy into Logitech's Marathon Mouse series. These seem to last forever on a single AA battery, but does have the same issue with the right-click button getting too loose as the clicking goes on.

I have the Logitech MX Ergo just sitting here, and even that is tough to get used to with that freaking trackball.

Congratulations on your Mac and welcome to MacRumors too of course.
i already use a vertical mouse, a cheap Anker, lasted well but starting to play up now, so I think I will get on with the lift pretty well. i now find it difficult to go back to a normal mouse.
I will order it Friday as I can get a larger discount from work on Friday, may only be £3 less, but £3 is £3.

i tried a trackball years agao with the Amiga, I could not get on with it, I expect they are better these days.

Cheers anyway
 
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i already use a vertical mouse, a cheap Anker, lasted well but starting to play up now, so I think I will get on with the lift pretty well. i now find it difficult to go back to a normal mouse.
I will order it Friday as I can get a larger discount from work on Friday, may only be £3 less, but £3 is £3.

i tried a trackball years agao with the Amiga, I could not get on with it, I expect they are better these days.

Cheers anyway
I think I eventually got an Amiga mouse that was similar to that of the PC mice at the time back in the 2000's and mid 90's.
I can't tell from the images I have of myself with my Amiga which mouse I had. The "tank mouse" got retired as soon as I could buy my own.

I understand your desire to then get a Logitech Lift. Perhaps I have too small hands for the Lift as it would always slip out from my hand when working hence also why it wasn't a good fit for me. The top part of the mouse when my hand rests has these lines that for some reason wouldn't do as I thought if they were designed to keep my hand on the mouse.

I'll have a look at the Anker ones or those made by Contour Design called "Contour Design Unimouse Wireless"

And money saved is money saved of course.

Buying computer mice can be an expensive hobby.
 
Welcome to your Mac! Firstly, I'd say: be prepared for things to be different from Windows, and don't try to force it to behave in a familiar way if it doesn't want to.
Secondly: despite Apple's curation, there is actually a lot of rubbish in App Store, so don't think that it must be good just cause it's in the store.

I'd take a look at the Magic TrackPad, as an alternative to the mouse. I tried one in the Apple Store and never looked at another mouse again.
I realise it will be different, I have not set it up yet, trying to sort out this room and move some things around,
I been looking for an audio cable to connect it to my Amp and of all the cables I have, I don't have one for the mac, I will have to pinch the one off the PC and order another one.

I have to get used to this idea of having an account of all the years I have been using Windows I have managed to do without the MS account, i know it is possible to do so on a Mac, but not so easy. A friend don't have one on her Mac pro, but she does on her laptop and Imac.
She is waiting for my report on Mac mini so she can buy one if I think it is good, certainly going to be better than her trash can Mac pro.
I have a wacom graphics tablet, I hope that works with the Mac ok, also a contour shuttle express, the web site says Mac, but does that mean Apple Silicon Mac.
The only other thing I may have problems hardware wise is my scanner, it is a very old HP deskscan 7650, It is a great scanner, but getting a bit long in the tooth, I don't really want to buy a new one as I don't use it an awful lot, but would miss having one.
Just copying some files from a USB drive to my NAS, i am going to use it for storage for documents until I get one of those Docks that fit under the Mac that can take a SSD
 
I think I eventually got an Amiga mouse that was similar to that of the PC mice at the time back in the 2000's and mid 90's.
I can't tell from the images I have of myself with my Amiga which mouse I had. The "tank mouse" got retired as soon as I could buy my own.

I understand your desire to then get a Logitech Lift. Perhaps I have too small hands for the Lift as it would always slip out from my hand when working hence also why it wasn't a good fit for me. I'll have a look at the Anker ones the ones made by Contour Design called "Contour Design Unimouse Wireless"

And money saved is money saved of course.
I have a Atari ST in the loft, it belonged to my brother, I just found a mouse to it as I was tidying up in here, I remember the Amiga mouse, the thing it, it was the first mouse I ever used, so I knew no different.

I have seen the contour one, very interesting design, i have a Shuttle express by them, hoping it will work with the MAc.

Yep, need to save money in this day and age, rent is going up 7%, council tax, water, energy, everything is going up including my broadband.
 
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