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Getting iMac on Christmas...any tips?
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Just enjoy the new experience, and don't forget to apply the ways Windows is used to accomplish the same tasks in Mac OS X.
Also have a look at the Keyboard Shortcuts (included in the guide GGJstudios put together) to learn the differences between Windows and Mac OS X shortcuts. Normally the CONTROL key is now replaced with the COMMAND key.
Just enjoy the new experience, and don't forget to apply the ways Windows is used to accomplish the same tasks in Mac OS X.
Also have a look at the Keyboard Shortcuts (included in the guide GGJstudios put together) to learn the differences between Windows and Mac OS X shortcuts. Normally the CONTROL key is now replaced with the COMMAND key.
Hi
it is possible you will not like it at first. Give it a couple of weeks, and more than likely you will never go back. Suggest you purchase iLife, it is really part of the mac experience.
Enjoy!
Exactly. When I got my first Mac in 2007, it took some time to get used to, but now I'm on my third Mac.
iLife will come installed not the computer, so there is no need to purchase it separately.
You may miss the USB 3.0...I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO TELL YOU.
Not everyone is a power user and needs USB 3.0.
I know I haven't used a USB port in years other than syncing my iPad/iPhone .
Enjoy your iMac. It'll probably take you a week or so to unlearn Windows but after that you'll probably never want to work on a Windows PC again.
Oh yea, ask for a Time Machine for next Christmas.
Oh yea, ask for a Time Machine for next Christmas.
I use my USB for the same things...but if he has an HD Video camera will be faster going via USB 3.0...
I use my USB for the same things...but if he has an HD Video camera will be faster going via USB 3.0...
that's only true if his HD cam accepts the USB 3.0 protocol
I do not have a need for USB 3.0 yet. I use my iPhone to take video. Anyway are there any uses for the thunderbolt ports yet? I know that there is the thunderbolt display but anything else?
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Thunderbolt storage?
Duckit said:
Thunderbolt storage?
Oh yeah i forgot about that! That should make backing up really fast!
And really expensive, for now..
I was in the same boat, first two weeks where hard at times. After six months of being a mac user there is no way i would go back. Just take your time with it and everything will be fine.
I use my USB for the same things...but if he has an HD Video camera will be faster going via USB 3.0...
Really?
Most consumer HD camcorders use SD cards to store the footage. These cards hardly exceed the real word USB 2.0 speeds (35 MB/s) during reading or writing processes, as consumer HD camcorders don't need such a high bitrate (maybe 35 Mbit/s, but that is a bit more than 4 MB/s).